Writing

Field notes for the age of generative everything.

Essays on AI, culture, community, creative practice, consent, taste, and what stays human when the tools get loud.

  • WWJDT: What Would Jesus Dance To?

    WWJDT: What Would Jesus Dance To? “God is interested in truth, and only in truth. And that’s why God is more interested in Rock & Roll music than…

  • Progressive U

    Progressive U The new media voice for progressive students and other problem solvers.

  • Blogging Grows Up

    (from Salon.com) Mena and Ben Trott thrilled the world of bloggers with their Movable Type software. Then their company, Six Apart, received venture financing and they decided it…

  • Cubicles Suck – Not Just for Hackers

    After software, the most important tool to a hacker is probably his office. Big companies think the function of office space is to express rank. But hackers use…

  • Michael C. Place, Build Design – Interview

    (interview originally published at twohundredby200 magazine) Michael C. Place was born in North Yorkshire, England in 1969. He graduated from Newcastle College in 1990. He then went on…

  • Jeremy Crowle – Interview

    (interview originally published at UrbanVancouver.com) Jeremy Crowle is an up-and-coming Canadian painter, illustrator, photographer, and all-purpose lunatic. I recently had the chance to interview him and we got…

  • Blog Search Engines, Directories, and Listings

    I’d love to come up with a comprehensive list of sites that are weblog search engines, directories, listings, trackers, and major aggregation points. Here’s the group so far.…

  • *spark-online Version 2.0 Brainstorming

    Lots of you are probably already involved and helping out, but for those of you who aren’t, we’re in the process of breathing some life back into *spark-online.…

  • Design and your strategy

    A great new article posted today by Design Council. Design runs deeper than look and feel – it can help you decide what you do and how you…

  • Web Design: The Usual Suspects

    Cameron takes us through the development of his current site design. Good job articulating his internal thought process. Jason and half the frickin’ internet discuss CSS, XHTML and…

  • George W. Bush – Negative Capability

    The following assertions were collected from public statements made by George W. Bush and his official spokesmen since 1997. Originally from Harper’s Magazine, May 2004. The President of…

  • McSweeney’s Lists

    McSweeney’s lists crack me up. Here’s a couple of a favorites and a link to the archives. Titles of B-Movie Westerns That Give the Impression the West was…

  • Shout-outs. Vancouver Edition.

    Time for some shout-outs. It’s been way too long. My friend Cris is now a rockstar. Josh’s company Burnkit redesigned. Boris is working hard at urbanvancouver.com. Cameron took…

  • OMG!!!

    Yeah… I build my webpages for like 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution. Heh!

  • Supermodel Personal Ads

    Here are a few of my favs… check Tara’s site for the latest and greatest. Adorable ski-bunny needs someone to keep me warm. I don’t really snowboard, but…

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