Jay Matthews

Writing, art, creation: this is smithwork. You set your fire; you use your bellows, your pen, your paper, to heat it to the right temperature. You set your base metal in the flames, heat it until it is white. Then you begin your transformation.

What do these changes to our forests mean? What are the trees taking with them and what is arriving in their wake? What is the relationship between the trees’ migration and the ecological systems and human communities that they are leaving behind? What does the movement of these beings reflect back to us in the present and foreshadow for the... See more

Understanding and empathising with a persona’s behavioural patterns puts the user at the forefront of the solution, ensuring a well-rounded product catering to both business and user needs.

Alright, I thought. Writing is about working harder and faster than everyone else. It’s about overwhelming the world with the sheer volume of words you can churn out. It’s about hitting wordcounts and it’s definitely about making fun of anyone that mentions “writer’s block.” ... I loved writing and I was doing what they said you have to do if you... See more

But  I am my deeper and complete self when I build in community.

• building in public gives emptiness


• focus is on going and building deeper


• additional context of mutual trust


• psychological safety

Culture and Psychoanalysis  Human suffering often may stem from the way that the culture promotes the pursuit of impossible ideals and unlimited narcissistic gratification that serves an unacknowledged economic purpose benefiting some members of society at the cost of others... Advertising fans the flames of widespread and insatiable narcissistic... See more

" Be kind to yourself, but at the same time skeptical and constructively critical, and you might just find the real you in there somewhere."

Be pragmatic about the preparation and thinking required before a technology project and the risk is not in being to shallow during analysis, but in missing dimensions