Hello! This is my second to last issue in this form. I’ll be going dormant for a while. I’ll return with sporadic announcements and semi-regular essays/op-eds that can serve more purpose and act as standalone pieces. No more link lists, sorry. Placation. Vacation. Pride ultimately loses, or refuses to continue…

Hello! The world has cracked open before me. A new light shines through. It is profound. I am moved. My perspective shifts; it is totally re-aligned. I’m going to be a dad. To a daughter. And I couldn’t be happier. The way I viewed everything changed immediately, forever. I’ve never…

Hello! I’m an automaton, played on loop. Pitch, eat, sleep. Repeat. Routines as rote processes. We’re stuck in eternal elevator, all acting. Robots. Our mouths open. A squawk box. It crackles to life, in humble salutation. I’ve introduced myself thousands of times. I give my same spiel. I make the…

Hello! Impressions were once meant to last. Creative signals. Now they’ve been assembled in bulk to be sold to advertiser. Actual attention, a fleeting commodity. It’s a volume game, much like Costco — where my ashes will be spread. Pallets stacked sky high. To heaven. Impressions: essentially meaningless, yet the…

Hello! People need to put their tastes, their inputs, on display. Recommendations are a representation of self. Let’s start easy: flex your friends — they win, you win. The old expression says you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. …

Hello! I’ve been thinking about lifecycles, beginnings and ends, and the ever-expanding middle ground. The day, from dawn ’til dusk, brings night. Fresh starts and cold turkeys. Ramp ups and downs. Seeds and harvests. Growth. Decay. You get it… Life events, as productions, as dividing lines; more so, processes. Intersectionality. …

Hello! The content creation & consumption value chains will start mapping onto each other, bleeding together. Progressively. Simultaneously. The train will be built (and the track laid) as it leaves the station. Allow room for improvements, modularity. Idea intervention: remixing and sampling. Not interference. Co-imagination. A Rube Goldberg machine, where…

Hello! Picking things up where we left off… the now is a once in a generation opportunity. And that’s coming from someone who despises hyperbole. The window to strike shortens with each passing day. …

Hello! The concept of being a “multi-platform” value’s driven production company is omnipresent, yet alludes. Stand for something. For those who don’t, nothingness begets pollution. Or worse, oxygen thievery. Satisfactory prevails in the content age, for both consumers and creators. Let’s rejoice in strong first principles. …