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Alex Maki-Jokela
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Feb 12

Superb Owl — The Secret American History ESPN Doesn’t Want You To Know

America 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 Bowl

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Superb Owl — The Secret American History ESPN Doesn’t Want You To Know
Superb Owl — The Secret American History ESPN Doesn’t Want You To Know
Super Bowl

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Nov 19, 2020

Open Source Artifact — A Walkthrough

For 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 Art

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Open Source Artifact — A Walkthrough
Open Source Artifact — A Walkthrough
Ai Art

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Oct 16, 2020

Art and A.I. — A Vision of Where It’s Going

The 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…

AI

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Art and A.I. — Reflections, and a Vision of Where It’s Going
Art and A.I. — Reflections, and a Vision of Where It’s Going
AI

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Sep 8, 2020

On Creating Arctic Code Vault Art, Open Source, and Minerals

It’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…

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On Creating Arctic Code Vault Art, Open Source, and Minerals
On Creating Arctic Code Vault Art, Open Source, and Minerals

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Dec 4, 2019

A Journey into Femininity, Fluidity, and Magic

I 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…

Masculinity

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A Man’s Journey into Femininity, Fluidity, and Magic
A Man’s Journey into Femininity, Fluidity, and Magic
Masculinity

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Dec 3, 2019

Three Observations on Company Culture

Based 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? …

Leadership

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Observations on Company Culture
Observations on Company Culture
Leadership

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Alex Maki-Jokela

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