Alex Dobrenko

Therapy is not bad. It is often good. But, I think, it is easy to find tools in this world to force our focus inward. It is encouraged that we constantly check ourselves and check in with ourselves and self-care ourselves. To live externally is to live more dangerously; it is to live a life that takes up public space, a life that is messy and... See more

“Correct your mistakes before they become your habits.”

This whole chapter of Loom has created a complex web of internalized insecurities I must now work hard to disentangle and free myself from.

But the clever bit was when Hertzstark got rid of all the number registers and replaced them with a single unit called a step drum. This, as the name implies, is a drum made of metal cut in steps to correspond to different numbers. He then simplified things even further by adding a second drum on top of the first in reverse, so a simple shift in... See more

My opinion begins with a simple question: what is brand? To me, brand is a representation of you, your values, and what you think is important. Take that idea and sit on it, then ask yourself what Porsche stands for? What about Apple? Liquid Death? These companies are masters of brand, and they’re companies that inspire my thinking around it,... See more

Lore aims to restore this absent dimension. It’s designed not as another social media website, but as what she describes as a “community-driven multiplayer internet”. The first private beta version of the site goes live today.