Out of
Scope.

A field notebook by
Markos P. Merkouris

Anthropologist working in software.

I’m interested in the space between people and technology. How we understand it. How we build it. And what happens when it meets everyday life.

This is where the work, the writing, and the occasional detour come together.

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Current focus

I keep a large corporate group and a small software team understanding each other well enough to build the right things.

How I approach the work

The Forest

Essays and field notes on people, systems, and software.

All field notes

Down with the defaults - on the merits of knobs and dials

Defaults are someone's opinion frozen in place. Why handing stakeholders knobs and dials beats another meeting about a button.

Field note

Finding real solutions is sketching where they aren't

Building a tool in a vacuum produces more solutions, not fewer problems. A story about a shiny system nobody asked for, and why the answers live in the gaps of the context you sketch first.

Field note

Side quests

Experiments, unfinished ideas, and things made for the joy of finding out.

All the detours

Cyprus Historical Atlas

An interactive map of Cyprus through time, linking 16 historical eras with 131 places and 1,145 archaeological finds. Explore the island, its changing political setting and everyday life, then follow the sources behind the story.

Live

Nabo

A trusted digital layer for practical neighbourhood life. Temporary notices help people give, borrow, sell, ask for help, or organise nearby activity, with private replies and control over attention.

WIP