Applied Leverage

Written by: Jonathan

A history lesson Imagine a $100 Billion company’s network goes down. For every minute they’re disconnected, they’re losing out on tens of thousands of dollars. A technician is called in at twice his already hefty fee (with a guaranteed 5 hour minimum) to solve the issue. After a quick look around the server room he […]

applied leverage, Lulu Hurst, martial arts, physics, Vaudeville

First Principles

Written by: Jonathan

Elon Musk, savior of Earth Humans, explains in this short video what it means to reason from first principles, and why it’s important.

Design, Elon Musk, first principles, Kung Fu

Yellowstone Campground

Written by: Jonathan

This was the place where Ashley & I stayed on our trip to Yellowstone. Just unreal.

beauty, Photography, vista

Open Letter To My Mom About Urbit

Written by: Jonathan

Hi Mom. You know how you're always asking me why I didn't comment on your Facebook post about that one thing that your friend from high school shared? I didn't see it. Seriously. Facebook doesn't show me everything that you post. It doesn't even show me everything that Ashley posts. In fact, Facebook doesn't show […]

Facebook, Google, identity, infrastructure, internet, KYC, networking, server, Twitter, Urbit

Dynamic Tension

Written by: Jonathan

Introducing, Mr. Charles Atlas If you grew up reading comic books like I did, you probably saw this advertisement somewhere inside its pages: It’s perfect. It plays on your fear of not being able to defend yourself; as though muscles alone will keep you safe! The Man The photograph of the man in the lower left […]

dynamic tension, exercise, strength

Digital Painting Created On An iPad: A Walk Through

Written by: Jonathan

This is a timelapse video of a digital portrait I painted, and eventually sold as a #cryptoprint on MakersPlace. Even though you can watch every single change made (in fast forward) it can be difficult to understand what's happening, and why I'm doing it that way. I'll explain. But first, give it a watch 👇 […]

Apple Pen, cryptoart, cryptoartist, cryptoprint, iPad, Painting, Portrait, Procreate

Why Do Artists Care About Ratios More Than Measurements

Written by: Jonathan

Let's start with some pedantry. Yes. I know that ratios are a type of measurement. What I mean is that artists care more about the relationships between details more than they care about the unit measurements. You might recognize this shape as the Golden Spiral, which is born from the Golden Ratio which, itself, is […]

Art, Caricature, distance, Fibonacci, Golden Ratio, Golden Spiral, Likeness, Painting, Portrait, Ratio

Tensegrity

Written by: Jonathan

There’s a genius whose work you’re probably familiar with, but you may not recognize his name: Buckminster Fuller. The work you most likely recognize is this “Golf ball;” a geodesic sphere that lives as the visual anchor for Disney’s Epcot amusement park.Its real name is “Spaceship Earth,” and it’s a marvel in engineering terms. How in […]

Buckminster Fuller, tensegrity

Front Page Feature On MakersPlace

Written by: Jonathan

It's a little after 8:30 and I headed over to MakersPlace to check out what new work had been posted, and to see if anyone had made an offer on my work. That's when I see this: ☝This is my piece "Winter Chill" featured on the home page! Really cool! I don't know how they […]

crypto, cryptoart, cryptoartist, cryptoprint

Two Thieves Of Time

Written by: Jonathan

Originally published in "[think] Like A Mind Reader" available on Amazon.com If you want your time back, you have to face procrastination and indecision. Both are quietly stealing time right from under your nose. You’re missing out on opportunities, experiencing more problems, and getting left behind because you take too long making up your mind. […]

doubt, fear, indecision, procrastination, stealing, thief, time, uncertainty

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