Journal
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What a Visual Map of Malcolm Gladwell’s Structure Taught Me
A 2023 AI-assisted close-reading experiment turned narrative sequence into a visual map—and revealed where data helps, where judgment begins, and what writers can learn without copying a voice.
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The Blockchain AI Prototype That Taught Me to Distrust Plausible Code
A 2023 experiment with decentralized AI and blockchain became a practical lesson: a coherent concept, plausible code and a working system are three different things.
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What 12 Years of Long Distance Taught Us About Building a Shared Life
My wife and I spent twelve years engaged between Southern California and Taiwan. What sustained us was not constant romance, but a shared ordinary life.
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Tech Demos Sold the Future Before Games Could Deliver It
A personal history of GPU technology demos—from Valley of Ra and Dawn to Unity’s Enemies—and why their best marketing lesson still matters: make an invisible capability visible, memorable and honestly demonstrated.
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How to Build a Tech Demo Gamers Can Trust
A modern tech demo should create wonder and leave enough evidence for gamers to understand, test and trust what the technology actually changes.
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The One-Time Coupon: A Boundary for Working With Friends and Family
The one-time coupon turns a professional favor into one thoughtful, clearly defined deliverable—protecting both the work and the relationship.
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Why I Started This Blog Before I Knew What It Would Become
I started this blog to catch ideas before they disappeared—and to learn how memory, experience and educated guesses could become useful to someone else.
