<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>AlignedContact — Articles &amp; Insights</title><description>Thoughts on experiences, research, and the space between.</description><link>https://www.alignedcontact.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>New Beginnings</title><link>https://www.alignedcontact.com/articles/new-beginnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.alignedcontact.com/articles/new-beginnings/</guid><description>A brief hello</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:23:57 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Hello! Welcome to a project that I have been working on for about a year. Where to begin?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Around the time I was starting to come into &lt;a href=&quot;/framework/alignment&quot;&gt;alignment&lt;/a&gt;, I began to want to honor myself in the broadest sense. That has carried through since with all of the energy I have poured into this work. In many ways this is experimental, I’m not certain which elements will succeed in the manners I am expecting. I hope that my understanding has served well in designing something that can bring understanding, alignment, and &lt;a href=&quot;/framework/resonance&quot;&gt;resonance&lt;/a&gt; between us. I know that the shape of this will fill a need, and I like that it is a concerted effort to unify. Collective service has many forms, this project is my way of expressing that &lt;em&gt;we are&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;worth it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There may be some rough edges right now. Be patient with me, it has been a lot of work. Know that I have a priority to stabilize and refine the application through the launch window. After that, I hope to add more features to the application and refinement and clarity in the framework. I will also likely bring some consolidated articles to help reflect some connections that the framework isn’t suited to surface. I also hope to be able to leave my desk (please) and get out there and use it myself. Enjoy, and I’m looking forward to reading about your experiences!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;p.s.: I took this video of fireflies over this past summer. I saw signals then that were relaying this was contact. Pretty mild here (I’ll have to see about HDR support…), but in the moment it was magic. The header image was from the same night. I’ll share some past contact media in a followup post, so you can get an idea of what that has been like for me over the last year and a half.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The media also gives me a good way to test media on the web and within the app)&lt;/p&gt;
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