Brandon Dang
@bdang
Brandon Dang
Another mode, that I haven’t worked with at all, is producing textual hyperobjects that require a bit of software to properly articulate, such as an essay with a UI and a bunch of knobs that allows the reader to dynamically reshape the default text within a parameterized space. A simple example would be a one-page app essay with a few styling... See more
Texts as Toys
@SahilBloom I look at this visualization every day.
It’s a great reminder to not get stuck at a local minimum.
The path of consistency is also a story of lowlights.
Cc: @stephsmithio https://t.co/EZFnqxX5jf
I used to think that the way towards more genuine conversation was advancing the schedule of intimacy instantly by plunging into difficult, weird, or controversial topics, usually by asking some intense question, like, “what are you most afraid of.” I think lots of aspiring conversationalists—especially men—do this when they’re new to intentionally
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Listening to Edith Piaf in Oppert’s presence, a 65-year-old man with A.L.S., a former boxer, removes his oxygen mask to sing along and proclaim: “I’m in the ring. I’m strong enough to fight!”
How the Sound of Music Can Be Healing. Literally.
But then, somehow, it got in.
No. Not got in. That's the wrong way of putting it. Music doesn't get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn't necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.
There was such a yearning and energy to it. I closed my
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Dane Reynolds is a surfer who made a company just to fund making surf videos of him and his friends. He cares more about storytelling and creating culture around his local surf scene than scaling a business and it shows
