Maker, Murmer, or Lurker?

November 10, 2023

Only 1% of Internet users actively share their work, while the other 99% murmur and lurk. The only gatekeeping preventing us from sharing our ideas with the world are the hurdles we put up in our own heads.

Social Media's Poison Pill

March 19, 2023

Are TikTok-like algorithmic feeds the death knell of social media giants? If so, what will emerge from their ruins?

Cultivating Collective Creativity

March 12, 2023

How a couple of recent movie interviews reminded me what can be accomplished collectively and individually in a safe environment where experimentation and vulnerability are encouraged.

Are we in the 1950s of the smartphone era?

February 28, 2023

Consequences are emerging from unchecked smartphone usage, unregulated access to and exploitation of developing minds. Could smartphones eventually come with their own version of the surgeon general’s warning?

How to Make Friends on the Internet

September 30, 2022

Hi Friends! I’m really excited to share my most recent essay, How to Make Friends on the Internet. Over the course of a month, I worked with fellow prose-...

It's open mic night on the internet stage

July 10, 2022

A Stand-up Guy This past week, I was watching Jon Stewart accepting his 2022 Mark Twain Prize. He was discussing how he got his start in comedy at the Comedy...

New Addition: Tips on Using Tech to Stay Focused

July 2, 2022

Hi Friends! Welcome to a Saturday edition of my newsletter. Does anyone have any exciting plans for the extended holiday weekend? I was thinking about...

New Addition: Summer, Sustainability, Using Tech for Good

June 24, 2022

Hi Friends! Summer is here in full force in Los Angeles (I know this because my 1920s apartment doesn't have central air!). I just got back from an extended...

New Addition (Online Expeditions: Digital Postcards, Curiosity Compasses)

April 1, 2022

Hi Friends! It almost April! Who’s got any fun summer plans? I’ve got trips planned for the East Coast, Hawaii, and (maybe even) Europe later this year. The...

New Addition: Working Towards a Greater Good — For Self and Others

February 13, 2022

Hi Friends, Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Here‘s to paying grown men obscene amounts of money to give each other concussions. 🍻 I think Joseph Campbell once said...

New Addition: Coffee Beans, Kobe Bean, Humans Beings

February 1, 2022

Hi Friends, Welcome to a new edition...of new addition 😉 I can't believe its already February. On this week's episode: Updates Upcoming Interintellect salons...

New Addition: 2021 Round-up, 2022 Roadmapping

January 21, 2022

Hi Friends! Happy New Year to you, and welcome to the fourth edition of my newsletter! One of my goals for this year is to write and share more often —...

New Addition: Learning in Public with Roam Book Club 4, Writual Writing Group, and Complice

April 11, 2021

Hi Friends! Welcome to the third issue of my newsletter. This week I'll be sharing some of the wonderful communities and platforms that have become a part of...

New Addition: Explorable Explanations & the Future of Learning + How COVID is Creating a New Normal for Knowledge Workers

April 4, 2021

Hi Friend! Welcome to the second issue of my newsletter! Write of Passage officially ended last week, but with some newfound writing buddies we are trying to...

Justin's Newsletter #1: The Right Amount of Stress is Called Stimulation (Digital Postcard)

March 28, 2021

Hi Friend! Welcome to my first newsletter — I appreciate you signing up. I'm toying around with a couple of ideas for the name (of the newsletter),...