May 5On Becoming an “AI Product Manager” — Week 1I sat down on a Friday evening in 2019 months before the pandemic was more realized as global — at that point just a blip in the news among many other things — and I committed to myself to transform some of the latent anxiety I had been feeling about…Artificial Intelligence5 min readArtificial Intelligence5 min read
Aug 3, 2020The MeadowThere’s a space for feeling that lies somewhere in between infatuation endearment gratitude wonder It can be tied to a person, this feeling. For me, right now, it most definitely is. …Poetry4 min readPoetry4 min read
May 2, 2018Adæpt: An Ongoing Experiment in Design & ExperienceUpdate as of 01.31.21: Adæpt is now a creative collective and co-op in Long Beach, California! We will be selling art supplies (e.g. canvas, paint, brushes, notebooks, pens) and hosting/teaching workshops in all kinds of topics. …UX13 min readUX13 min read
Jun 21, 2017The Big DripA while back I watched The Big Short. Good movie, I recommend it. Apparently quite historically accurate, as far as blockbusters go. One thing in that movie stuck out. In a way that hurts, as was intended. Michael Burry is a portrayed protagonist in the film, and as one of…Water5 min readWater5 min read
Jun 21, 2017Starting from the BottomThe “Abundance Pyramid” is a high level approximation of human survival and flourishing, published in Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think, a techno-optimist’s book written by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. The pyramid is designed to break down the worlds problems into strata approachable by engineers and social…Agriculture5 min readAgriculture5 min read
May 16, 2017Envisioned in a Boxcalm in all my heart where the window meets the phrasing of ellipses sutured still where necks raised proud engage the grain of hard fought land shorn by the stories framed in conquest violent sorrow massive protest concrete swamp leaking taxes all roads lead back to home icon shining in the dark corrected vision seething with a hunger camping lines form round the cult entranced by cobalt powered portals pouring light-noise for our klipot collective screaming for fulfillment shattered sephirothPoetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
May 16, 2017The Spectacle of SpaceThe brush of memory across the skin in the morning softly coaxes longing from the will. Coffee cooking in a pot bombing senses with iterative nostalgia. You’re now a facsimile of adulthood and you embrace this phase with enthusiasm. Now you seriously iron your clothes. …Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
May 3, 2017Putting a Dream on a ScreenAbstract: The following paper was a 2014 review of the science and engineering that investigates the phenomenon of dreaming. An addendum as of 2017 has been added at the end. An overview of the field and its prospects is described, followed by the benefits such research will be able to…Neuroscience18 min readNeuroscience18 min read
Apr 22, 2017My Statement of Purpose for a Computer Science MastersMy application is due Monday April 24th. I’m looking for any/all criticism. Hopefully my story resonates with some and we can connect over similar pursuits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In my life is a narrative that runs parallel to our global story, although it is uniquely my own. Born into a family of…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Apr 16, 2017Imagine Virtual EducationWhile the architects of tomorrow perform with the tools of today, no mind is bound by the constraints of its own era. This is because minds operate in a world of holograms on top of physical reality, where there are more dimensions than time and space. …Virtual Reality5 min readVirtual Reality5 min read