A journal for curious people
Follow a bass line. Rethink a room. Give a good idea somewhere to go.
The listening room
Violin and bass. Bach and bluegrass. Find the exchanges hiding in plain hearing, with a notebook you can use on the next track too.
Take a closer listen ↗
Spaces / 01
Before choosing a retail designer, describe what must happen in the space. A beautiful portfolio cannot tell you whether the proposal includes the stockroom, lighting specification or installation supervision.
Read the guide ↗
Work / 02
Choose a graphics card for a workload, display and computer you already understand. A model name or a single benchmark score cannot establish compatibility or value.
Read the guide ↗
Work / 03
A useful website makes an intended action understandable and possible. Visual polish matters, but it should support a visitor’s next step.
Read the guide ↗
Work / 04
The success test for an office move is whether people can do essential work afterwards. Build the move around dependencies, not a stack of labelled boxes.
Read the guide ↗
Everyday / 05
A dress budget includes more than the garment price. Time, alterations, accessories and the conditions of the order all affect the decision.
Read the guide ↗
Everyday / 06
An appliance must fit the installation space, the delivery route and the way it will be used. Compare the complete purchase before ordering.
Read the guide ↗A small tool, a clearer next step
Define the outcome, scope and acceptance check. Copy the finished brief into your own notes. No account required.
Make your one-page brief ↗Project → Outcome → Scope → Evidence → Next step
Earlier editions of MichaelT were a doorway into Michael Thurber’s music. Later, the domain became a journal of everyday subjects. This edition brings the two strands together: documented music projects alongside practical, newly developed guides.
Meet the story behind the journal ↗
Spaces
A phased handover plan for the people, files and equipment that still need a place to work.
Read the guide ↗
Everyday
Choose a flat pressed specimen or a three-dimensional dried arrangement, then keep a simple condition record.
Read the guide ↗
Music
A Public Theater interview offers a concrete way to distinguish a composer’s choice, a performer’s contribution and an audience intention.
Read the guide ↗Five routes through the latest practical guides. Each one includes worked records and blank worksheets.
Complete examples, a blank record to keep and a drawing that explains the decision.
