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A fan of yourself
Olivia Levin wrote a book, The Story of Us, to cover Taylor Swift’s fan community. It’s a really interesting angle, and it made me wonder how a story covering Ye’s fan community would look. Right away, the phrase, “A fan of yourself,” immediately came to mind. In addition to the music, and the products, Ye…
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Experience happens in the passthrough
In technology, a passthrough is a device that allows a signal to transfer from a source to a receiver. A VCR could act as a passthrough for S-video signals to reach the TV. This concept applies to our work. In some ways, you act as a passthrough for ideas, directives, and requests. When these ideas…
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Pokopia
For decades, Pokémon games have largely held the same premise and core mechanics. (e.g., You play as a person who chooses one of three starter Pokémon, catch more along the way, level them up by battling other people, adventure through eight cities or towns and beat each one’s respective gym leader, beat the Elite Four,…
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Landing it
I’ve written a couple of drafts only to find out I had no idea how to land the post. That happens sometimes. I used to hope that I could figure this out before I wrote it. This happens sometimes, too. But more often than not, if I practice that way, I get stuck in a…
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Remembering a restaurant
A few years ago, my wife and I visited Tokyo together for the first time in December. We’d arrived inbound from Chiang Mai, with a layover in Busan. It felt like travelling from summer to winter. By the time we had settled into the hotel, it was the early evening, so we searched for a…