Feb 12Member-onlySuperb Owl — The Secret American History ESPN Doesn’t Want You To KnowAmerica has always been a land of paradox — and the history surrounding our yearly Superb Owl competition is no exception. One cold winter day in 1967, our nation found itself irreconcilably divided. Many factions representing different regions of the country, driven by ancestral animal spirits, were warring for supremacy…Super Bowl4 min readSuper Bowl4 min read
Nov 19, 2020Member-onlyOpen Source Artifact — A WalkthroughFor the GitHub Archive Program Museum Cases, I wanted to create something that was aesthetically beautiful, and that paid homage to the spirit of open source software, and to the generations of science and engineering that open source software rests upon. The software and 3D printing tools I used to…Ai Art3 min readAi Art3 min read
Oct 16, 2020Member-onlyArt and A.I. — A Vision of Where It’s GoingThe Github Archive Program is meant to preserve software, and so it only makes sense that I would use A.I. in the process of creating the artwork for it. I’ve been playing with A.I. artistically for years now. The following is as best of an account I can give of…AI12 min readAI12 min read
Sep 8, 2020Member-onlyOn Creating Arctic Code Vault Art, Open Source, and MineralsIt’s not every day that you get an email from a friend connecting you to a project that…honestly, sounds like something out of a James Bond movie. A vault, buried deep in a mountain on the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, housing a repository of humanity’s most important open source code, designed…4 min read4 min read
Dec 4, 2019Member-onlyA Journey into Femininity, Fluidity, and MagicI check a lot of masculine boxes. Sometimes to extremes. I’ve almost died mountain climbing. I’ve successfully led extremely complicated engineering projects. I’ve started a company. I’ve pulled a four hundred pound deadlift. I’ve been lost in the woods alone and found my way out. Rah. Me, man. And about…Masculinity6 min readMasculinity6 min read
Dec 3, 2019Three Observations on Company CultureBased on a decade of experience navigating the corporate world, Burning Man, and San Francisco’s underground warehouse communities. Culture is a product of the container that you hold for your people. Is the container you’re holding one in which well-being is valued? …Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
