Lost in worlds
I have a few recurring topics. Give it enough time and I'll return to one months or years later. Part of this is from the joy of appreciating ideas more deeply, and part of it is due to a shoddy memory. Maybe at some point I'll
A better sketching app for iPad
I'm excited about the iPhone Duo. Not least of all because it will finally enable the dream I've had for years—to be able to easily carry around a device for digital annotations at a moment's notice. I've tried this with the
Why we create
Artists are drawn to make, to create, to envision something from nothing (or something from another thing). Some do it for the joy of the experience, for the reward of the results, for the change it brings to the viewer. In a world where ChatGPT and Claude and others can
Seasonality
It's beginning. Each year it kind of sneaks up on me, the gradual temperature adjustments from summer to fall. I really start to notice it in the changing of the plant life on my daily runs through the woods. A few curled leaves, browning on the edges. The
iPhone Duo thoughts
I've tried not to make this a breaking-news, tech-style blog. That's more what Krehin is for, something I'm testing in contrast to short-form posting on social media. But yesterday was a big day. I've long written about my love
Holding your thoughts
I've long struggled to keep ideas floating in my head without interruption. I'll be thinking through a concept, trying to figure it out, then something floats in. It might be an outside force, someone needing to talk to me, a Slack message, an email, a fly
Try harder
That's the message I've heard many times throughout my life. Often from well-meaning folks. They imagine that life will blossom and magic happens through sheer force of effort. It's also a message I've been guilty of promoting, of repeating things I&
Running thoughts
I don't know how to meditate. I've tried. I've followed guidelines, read about it, listened to advice from others, and every time I take a stab at it I just feel like I'm failing. Maybe that's the whole point, and
Hacking culture
It might be the world I'm swimming in, but it feels like a lot of people are starting to build apps. Some of these ideas spring from a desire to tinker and create, and maybe make money. But many others come from folks who have a problem, and
Hacking excitement
I'm excited. It'd be an understatement to say that things have shifted with technology in the last few years. The whole world has changed. And those of us who build software for a living have seen the ground shift under our feet. As with many designers,
Circuit breaks
Last night I was up late working on a project for work. Nobody made me do it, so no—don't worry, I won't be blinking twice. I really wanted to solve a particular problem, and I went at it all day, from dawn till dusk. Every
Being
You push so hard for so long, and at some point you look up and wonder why you've been expending your energy. When this happens, you can decide to keep pushing for diminishing returns or pause, step back, and reconsider. This is an area I struggle with. I&