There is something about lo-fi music that just hits different when you are up at 2am working on a project. I have been curating this playlist for months and I think it is finally perfect.1. Nujabes - FeatherThe GOAT. If you have never heard Nujabes, stop reading and go listen right now. Samurai Champloo introduced me to this legend and I have never looked back.2. J Dilla - WavesDonuts is one of the most beautiful albums ever made. Waves is the track I keep coming back to when I need to zone out ... » Continue Reading
I picked up a camera three years ago on a whim. A friend was selling their old Fuji X100 and I figured why not. I had no idea it would completely change the way I move through the world.The first month was rough. Every photo I took was garbage. Blurry, poorly composed, boring subjects. I almost sold the camera. But then one evening I was walking home from work and the light hit this alley in a way I had never noticed before. Golden hour light cutting through steam from a vent, a guy on his phone... » Continue Reading
I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I am old enough to remember the internet before algorithms decided what I should see, before every platform became an engagement-optimized dopamine machine, before the word "content" replaced "things people made because they wanted to."What we lost:Personal websites were art. Remember when people had actual websites? Not profiles on a platform, but their own little corner of the internet that they designed themselves? Some were ugly. Most were ugly, ... » Continue Reading
Six months ago I decided to stop doing tutorials and actually build something. Not a to-do app, not a calculator, not another portfolio site. A real project that solved a real problem. Here is what I learned.The problem: My friends and I play tabletop RPGs and we were tired of losing track of our character sheets, session notes, and maps across Google Docs, Discord messages, and random photos on our phones. So I decided to build a web app to keep everything in one place.Lesson 1: Planning is not... » Continue Reading
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