Due to the popularity of my last post, I received loads of questions about how to maintain a social life without social media. Many commenters were defensive - saying that they needed social media to maintain some kind of connection with those they don't see very often. My intent with this post is not to [...]
I Quit Social Media for a Year and Nothing Magical Happened
I made a resolution in September of 2018 that I would quit social media indefinitely. This seemed to be a good decision because of the literal hundreds of articles detailing gains from the benign better interpersonal relationships to the fantastical I founded a multimillion dollar startup. The truth is somewhere in between, but doesn't make [...]
What I Learned From 1000 Days of Meditation
Why Like most people, I had made a few failed attempts to establish a daily meditation routine. Maybe "a few" is an understatement. I experimented with meditation on and off for about 10 years - typically unable to extend a daily streak past one week or at best one month. These shorter streaks weren't entirely [...]
Job Hunting
I'm taking a hiatus from blogging right now. Things have been very busy recently as I am searching for a new job. You can stay tuned with the latest over on my portfolio website: http://jcsdesign.me I'll be back with new material after I segue into a new position. Thanks for reading, stay tuned.
Get a PhD
Why are you here? Maybe you were undeterred by the sister post to this one, Don’t Get a PhD. Perhaps you’ve just been admitted to the “PhD program of your dreams” and are bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to start a path of knowledge unfettered by the dismal academic job market that lies ahead [...]
Don’t Get a PhD
Edit: Also check out the sister-post "Get a PhD" I’ve spent the past five years interviewing 100+ graduate students in different fields, at different institutions from lower-tier research all the way to Ivy League - mostly in the arts and humanities. The information here is highly applicable to those in the arts and humanities, and [...]
Some Design Principles for Developing Audio-First VR
"Real Time Whenever Possible" (Title sourced from VR researcher Ge Wang) The modern wave of VR and the cryptocurrency boom rapidly increased GPU development. Stunning 3D graphics can be rendered in realtime on consumer grade computers. Fixed media should no longer be used for technical reasons, it is only to be used in the event [...]
Priorities: Sorting Without Sinking
More than almost anything else, grad school is a game of priorities. As a grad student you will undoubtedly come into contact with many people that have extremely dysfunctional priority sets. Arranging priorities in a way that is not advantageous will leave you out to sea without a life raft. Organize your priorities or someone [...]
Social Media Subtraction Creativity Boost
I am a social media addict. You probably are too - it's hijacking your creativity and repackaging it into meaningless beige boxes. Social Media Addiction Litmus Test If you have a social media addiction you may have been offended by my accusation that you have a problem. Since offense is a poor metric for objective [...]
STEP AWAY FROM THE DAW: VCV Rack for Vibrational Resonance and Fun
VCV Rack is a software emulation of hardware modular synthesizers. In this article you'll find an overview of modular synthesis, and a crash course in how to get started right away with VCV Rack. Retro A Moog brand modular synth. Modular synthesis was big in the late 60s and early 70s. A modular synthesizer looks [...]