What is a digital mending circle? A sign of the times I think

18 February 2025

Jack Cheng, an author based in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, hosts a now fortnightly online get together called a digital mending circle:

What, you ask, is a digital mending circle? A virtual co-working session for the kinds of oft-neglected maintenance tasks that accrue around our digital lives. Instead of darning socks and patching jeans, we update personal websites, delete unused accounts, work on side projects, or even just catch up on email.

The sessions run for ninety-minutes. It’s a smart idea, blocking off a set amount of time on a regular basis, to devote to these sorts of minor, but still important, matters. I find myself trying to do things like this when a free ten to fifteen minute window randomly opens up.