Apple: The Forbidden Fruit, iHolics, PReemption
My first iPhone: The iPhone 4 I finally broke down. Not the epiphany in counseling type, but more the technology type. The BlackBerry rocked before social media came and forced it’s OS to be more app...
View ArticleThe Self-Authorization of Our Own Digital Cloning
After the launch of Facebook Places, and seeing it show up as part of my most used social app, Facebook, I was reminded of something that is becoming increasingly important for us to realize and...
View ArticleProp 19: The New California [a theoretical jaunt]
I don’t have any answers, but I have lots of questions and an imagination. I was born and raised in this state. I’m not offended by the responsible use of alcohol or marijuana. But man, let’s face...
View ArticleBeing a Moderate is a Pain in The Ass.
Just like the Bible, Quran, et al, our own Constitution is constantly being re-interpreted and skewed by the very people that claim to care about it the most. I watched and participated in the last...
View ArticleWikiLeaks: The American Debacle
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gave us a face that we could assign to the heated and conflicted opinions of millions of Americans. It’s been eye-opening to watch our country react to this on...
View ArticleFavorite Music of 2010: This List Goes to 11
It’s been a long year with far more peaks than valleys…and thank goodness because 2009 was an asshole. My music choices always ride the wave along with me. Here’s a short list of albums that I’d...
View ArticleTwenty Things I Learned at SXSW 2011
What an exhausting and amazing experience SXSW was this year. I met Dave Grohl. I watched an inspiring and yet heartbreaking documentary on Fishbone. I met many new people, the good, the bad and the...
View ArticleThe Internet is stressing me out.
Welcome to the era of news redefined where the line between important and useless has been dissolved completely. It’s up for grabs and it’s stressing me out. News, generally speaking, is stressing me...
View ArticleThe transition from Sci-fi to Sci-fact.
I don’t know when these things will happen (probably not in my life time), what they will look like, or who will be involved, but all the pieces are now there technologically to achieve any of this. I...
View ArticleThe personal approval process.
We all do it. Whether you admit or not, we all seek some level of approval from others. Working hard while hard at work Whether we are competing with others, ourselves or our personal demons and...
View ArticleSerial monogamy and emotional addiction
Addiction According to Wikipedia, the be all end all of the internet…. “Serial monogamy is described as a societal mating practice in which individuals engage in sequential monogamous pairings, or in...
View ArticleZen: A westerner’s struggle
I grew up in a very stereotypical conservative Christian household, immersed in fundamentalist republican thought, where my all-or-nothing personality tendencies were fused with a narrow minded...
View ArticleDear America
The News I don’t know why this latest incident with Edward Snowden, his NSA reveal, and the effects of his actions stung me a little harder than similar news in the past. I know that American...
View ArticleWhy the phrase “Happy Holidays” is lame.
Happy-Winter-Solstice-Christmas-Hannukah-Consumerism-Freakshow-Day. I understand that initially, the ideal and intention of being politically correct was to help us all be more sensitive to the fact...
View ArticleBoys.
Boys (on the right in the video) have unique talents that most of the time, only boys will ever really appreciate.
View ArticleLuchamorè
Promo for a quirky web series I’m working on with Flying Furioso Productions. First full episode is scheduled to come out spring 2014.
View ArticleVIDEO: Western Digital ad.
This is a great example of a how a company that produces something that is somewhat of a commodity technology (hard drives) made a decent attempt at humanizing their brand/products. I think this...
View ArticleVIDEO: Google Chrome ad.
Few videos make me tear up. Ok that’s a lie. I’m a pretty heartfelt dude. Honestly though this video ad is one of my favorite examples of a heavy yet inspirational story. The beauty of this one is...
View ArticleVIDEO: Tosando Music School Ad
This whole video is in Japanese but no matter. That won’t stop it from yanking a couple tears out of your face. The story told here is a fantastic way to attach the important role music plays within...
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