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In the digital realm, limitless potential drives unparalleled growth. Embrace or be left behind.

There is no gravity online.

Photo taken from Venice, California, at ~9:30am.

The solar eclipse is pretty cool.

Automate only after repeating a task many times, and understanding its complexities and bottlenecks.

Automate once it hurts.

Use unique tones to differentiate tests from real alerts.

Attention: no action is required by the public.

Advanced tech seems magical, echoing religious narratives & skepticism.

ChatGPT is Robot Jesus

It is a cheap but ultimately unfulfilling solution that borrows narratives and lacks authenticity.

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Thought Merchants: A unique design studio merging creativity and code. Small scale, massive impact.

The Uncommon Design Studio That Crafts Better Business Outcomes

Data shows a weak but significant correlation between public interest in UFOs and indictments. Stay discerning amidst information overload.

Unidentified Phenomena and Political Disruptions

Embrace simplicity to scale effectively. While it may cost more initially, simplicity reduces long-term expenses and aids swift growth.

Scaling Simplicity: Designing Growth with Grace.

Prioritize simplicity, communicability, and long-term recognition. Remember, you're building a brand, not just a logo.

Building Your Brand Identity: The Art of Logo Design

Hyper-automation is shaking industries by reducing workforce demand and creating conflicts over AI and image rights in Hollywood.

The New Paradigm Shaking the Foundation of Industries

TikTok is eroding our attention spans while revolutionizing content engagement. Is immediate entertainment worth the cost?

The TikTok Conundrum

Excited to launch a podcast with my friend Desmond Bowe. A space to learn, explore, and challenge norms, particularly in tech.

Introducing We Know Better

The world's complicated enough. Design shouldn't be.

Simplicity in Design

From human chats to machine buttons, AI brings the conversation back as the future interface.

Conversation as the Next Interface

Innovative apps like Instagram, TikTok, made vertical videos mainstream by prioritizing convenience over form, revolutionizing consumption.

The Ascendance of Vertical Videos

Midjourney is absurd, exhilarating, and filled with unexpected turns. Destination unknown, adventure certain.

Midjourney is the Batmobile.

Venice has had 5 months of gloom, making it feel less sunny paradise, more moody teen.

Did we move to London?

From 3-hour paperwork hassles at dealerships to a seamless, app-based experience with Tesla - the future of car buying is here!

The Death of Car Dealerships

Rapid tech advancements incite fear, offering escapism, yet global challenges pose greater concerns.

This is fine.

AI's rapid creation of artistic iteration propels the art world into uncharted territory.

Embracing the Evolution of Art in the AI Era

Arrogance is leadership: the Dan Snyder way.

Naming the Washington Football Team

Ambient findability can be valuable even in human relationships.

My clever public ambient findability solution.

"Evolution is cleverer than you are."

COVID Lotto Ticket Glory Hole

Agile methodology pierces the veil by stack ranking tasks so that the one at the top of the list is the most valuable.

If everything is important, nothing is really important.

The infinite value of digital creations.

Future of Everything

I pulled out my camera, leaned against the front door frame to steady my hand, and captured the horror that is 2020.

9/11 @ 7:31am. 69 degrees. Smoky.

We have been working with Neomind Labs for a year, improving their brand, crafting more effective communication, and focusing the brilliance

Craft meaningful content for clients.

Responding to the CEO of a company admitting their product wasn't any good.

Ben from NUGGS

A content-based web experience is exceedingly light on content.

The web is a mess.

Each day (nearly), I sent out a survey on Mechanical Turk asking: "Since yesterday, how are you feeling?" The audience has three choices: mo

COVID-19 Daily Sentiment Survey

Thought Merchants' message to E-Scooters.

If you have to deliver bad news it helps if you are not ugly.

It appears the new boss is the same as the old boss.

Facebook is whatever you want it to be.

The dashboard always has potential but make sure to make every other page even more valuable.

Design the dashboard last

If the roots are your brand are borrowed, the tree that grows from them will be borrowed, too.

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Extracting the pure essence of an idea from a page of ongoing thoughts.

A page. A paragraph. A sentence.