Afternoon Jam with Ocho
[YouTube embed] An afternoon jam with Ocho.
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Talk with Luna Lin: Music Without Vision
[YouTube embed] It was a Saturday evening when a woman walked into an open jam by herself, with nothing but a guitar in her hands. She was blind. In the...
Lessons in Blogging
Simon Willison wrote: “It’s incredibly tempting to skip the step where you write about a project. But any time you do that you’re leaving a huge amount of uncaptured value from that...
Rocky
[YouTube embed] Rocky I, created by Sylvester Stallone, is a classic – but what happens when, instead of looking at the reflection in the lake, you turn your gaze toward...
The One Berry That Brought Me Home
When my father moved to the States, he missed one fruit he grew up with: Jamun. It’s a tasty, sweet-tart superfruit that’s been enjoyed in South Asia for centuries and...
From Kermit to Stuart
From 2008 to 2011, I quit my tech job, became a photographer, and lived in a car I named Kermit. It was the beginning of my journey into minimalism —...
Pushing Boundaries
Jane wrote : “Blogging was never meant to be a marketing machine. It’s about personal expression, community building, and human connection. It’s about telling our stories, sharing our pain, and...
Talk with Grace Huang: Don’t Give Up
[YouTube embed] Grace is a cellist, music educator, and founder of Motifive Art, a diverse and experimental musical experience. Although she studied classical music, her relationship with music transformed when...
Before the iPhone, There Was Magic. General Magic.
For anyone interested in computing history, this one is for the books. [YouTube embed] I’d reiterate the often-repeated description of General Magic as “the most important Silicon Valley company no...
From Niche to Briche
Antonio Santos wrote: “I made this mistake when I started this blog. First, I was writing about design. Then, I was writing about the intersection between design and AI. Last...
You Live a While, Then You Die
What a gem of a piece on Scooter Tramp Scotty: “…There are very real obstacles that you have to overcome and drives almost everyone home. People don’t realize you’re going...
Pika and the Indie Web
Unsponsored. I have no affiliation with Pika and receive no compensation. I’ve written before about the comeback of blogging. Today, I want to share about my setup. Pika, by Good...
WWDC26 — The Small Things
My favorite Apple updates are not the flashy new features, but the quiet little touches: annoyances fixed, workflows made smoother, rough edges sanded down, and longstanding flaws thoughtfully reworked. To...
Hello, June
I’m really glad I started my blog and began slowly moving away from the middleman like Meta (aka Facebook). I wish more people blogged. They feel more like a conversation...
My Mini Amp Died, So I got Even More Minimal
Since my Blackstar BEAM Mini Amp broke down, I returned it to Amazon for a refund. I really liked the tool because it fit my needs like a glove, but...
Blackstar BEAM Mini for Harmonica
May 24th Update: After a few days of absolutely loving this amp, it suddenly died on me right in the middle of making music and filming videos with it. It...
The Magic Trackpad Isn’t Just Haptics
This is a bit nerdy, but as a follow up to my piece, From Touch Bar to Touch Surface, most write-ups claim the click of an Apple Magic Trackpad entirely...
From Touch Bar to Touch Surface
In 2007, when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, he pointed to the bottom third of existing smartphones and identified theproblem: thekeyboard. His argument was simple: 1. Most smartphones relied on...
Talk with Letitia Wu: Colors & Vibrations
[YouTube embed] I met Letitia in an improvised music circle in Taiwan, and two things immediately stood out: 1. Her instrument 2. Her ability to listen when she played It’s...
From Tim Cook to John Ternus
’s Tim Cook writes: “… Today we announced that I’m taking the next step in my journey at Apple. Over the coming months I will be transitioning into a new...
2 Grams of Mushrooms and a Postcard from Heaven
“Do you believe in God?” That’s the question I woke up with on Monday morning, January 5th — one I was asked years ago during my travels to India and...
Talk with Guy Shani: Voice is my Instrument
[YouTube embed] I walked into a vocal workshop in Pai, and a man entered, said nothing and started making sounds with his voice. Instinctively, we copied him. Then, with just...
Introducing Oneberri Jam Circle
Some of the best moments I’ve had since college — and throughout my travels — have come from spontaneous jam circles. No stage, no setlist, just people sitting together and...
Talk with Niv Elizra: Syncopate Together
[YouTube embed] I met Niv in Pai, Thailand, where he and his girlfriend invited me to their café, Witch’s Brew. He’s an extraordinary musician, moving between instruments with a deeply...
The 2025 iPad Pro in Sunny San Diego
After more than five years away, I’m finally back in the States. Despite all the noise on the news, it honestly feels good to be back in sunny San Diego....