Welcome! I work as a Growth Manager at a PH Fintech. Off hours, I try to stay curious. This is where I share thoughts on anything I find interesting or f...
Recently I’ve been looking for a way out. Not out of any physical space or my job even. I dare say, I love my work. The out I’m looking for is my mind. That squibbly squabbly ruckus. I’ve got that Anywhere you go, you’re there thing going on where, if I try to relax by listening to music, the heat from work’s to-dos still emanates through the walls. So a way out has been a top priority. Naps are…
I've been discovering a lot of new music lately. Like a lot . There's a new Slayyyter album out, then my YT Music recommended Middle Kids. When I scrolled down to the recommended albums, I noticed the cover of Surf's Up by The Beach Boys. It's way darker than I would've expected from the Kokomo guys, so I wanted to see what that was about But then scrolling through Instagram, I found this post of…
"Tell me about [insert musical artist here]." That's what makes Track Star on YouTube so good. Sure, I can look at the Wikipedia page about a band like The Black Crows. But what if I asked a random Gen X-er about it. What would she tell me? What details would she bring up? It isn't about the chronological events of how a band came to be or who the members are. The real meat is what the songs meant…
That's a comment I found on a Reddit post. OP asked how they could return to their "Pre-ChatGPT brain" I didn't realize how much of an issue that is. But it's true. Consulting the internet has become a default response to perplexing situations since Google became a thing. Now chatbots have replaced it far too well. There's a need now to preserve oneself. Retain muscle like the astronauts on the…
There are 2,507 videos in my YouTube Watch Later playlist. What on earth am I gonna do with 2,507 videos? I occasionally clear them but now I'm stuck thinking about what it's all for anyway. What's left are videos that I'm interested in but only at about an arm's length. The anxiety is that each video is a seed from which more videos may bear fruit. They're mysterious ropes leading to dark tunnels…
Most times AI is included in any workflow, it's purely performative. Many businesses are too eager to wield the hammer before they've found any nails. Every company that uses AI thinks they're the only ones doing it. You aren't on the cutting edge anymore. The circle's gotten so big you're reverting back to the center. How often do you encounter an AI-generated image? Or copy that that's clearly…
It's grotesque. This is coming from an avid commuter around QC. Take the lighting. It's bright. Too bright. The eyes of the modern Filipino commuter are uniquely adjusted for dimly lit stations and tunnels. Hit them with well-powered fluorescents and routines begin to fall apart. The light bouncing off polished floors is no help either. Where's the grime? The dust? I haven't spotted a misplaced…
Recently, there's been reports about Meta disabling accounts seemingly randomly; a friend was a victim of it and it's plunged her into an unexpected despair. There was about 17 years of memories in her account. That's a long time to have been online. This is one of those moments that made me stop to think about my relationship with these social media sites. Every day I pour data into them. My…
This feels like a weird question to ask. It's one that's developed a low-level anxiety in me, like walking around with a slightly damp sock in my shoe (as I've had to do at least once this week cause of the storms during my work commutes). How does one spend their weekend well? We've only got 2 days for it. As much as possible, I'd like to look back on Saturday and Sunday fondly. Of course, we'd…
It’s easy to think that hospitality is a concept reserved for hotels and restaurants. But what I’ve realized from Will Guidara, author of Unreasonable Hospitality , is that it can apply to a lot more industries. That’s because the core of hospitality—unreasonable and reasonable—revolves around people. Not customers or users. People. People have expectations, pet peeves, and preferences. They have…