I work at a start-up called Paradigm LABS where I am the current COO. Our goal at Paradigm LABS is to develop a platform that helps all entrepreneurs everywhere start and scale their start-ups. The biggest problem we are currently facing is that our three co-founders’ experience is in design…

Branch Design, Information Checkpoints, and Community Centered Wellness — There have been 56 school shootings in the U.S. this year and it is only May. We need urgent gun reform that limits ammunition to ranges and background checks at all places where guns are sold such as conventions, not simply licensed dealerships. …

This article is a part of the book “Information Architecture and Entrepreneurship: Building Patterns for Successful Startup Ecosystems.” While most of the formal interviews I conducted were from student entrepreneurs at the University of Michigan, I also had the opportunity to speak with a dozen students at two other universities…

The pock-marked cheeks from healed over chicken pox, cupped now in a cool caress, Sore feet from trails too long walked, raised on an ottoman before the fire. Lungs filled with soot, now filled with herbal steam, Skin burnt to breaking, now shaded from the sun. Arms that have worked untold fields, With stomach never full, then over-filled to lethargy Now sated and sleeping Below the roof they built.

Recently I cut myself dicing mushrooms for a stir fry. My first thought as I saw the blood welling out of my hand was Wow that is really red. The second thought was I wonder how much this is going to cost. When I went to the local urgent care…

The Faeran came, tearing into our world. And humanity was left to deal with it. Chapter 1: Long Shadows Chapter 2: The Witch and the Siphoning Flower Chapter 3: The Mushroom Ring

“Julie Mirata. It’s a sexy name, right?” Chess said to Brian. Of course it was a sexy name. After all, Julie was the top ranked performer on the MatchMe platform. “What is she? Like, is she Spanish?” Brian looked eagerly over his shoulder at his monitor. Chess looked at her…

The previous chapter, “Long Shadows” can be found here. Sadie slipped down the stairs the next morning to find it was Wednesday, not Tuesday. Her parents had let her sleep an entire day. …

What does Dan Harman’s “Story Circle” Have to do with davidrandallmiller’s Youtube video “I programmed some creatures. They Evolved.”? Stories are fundamentally a way to culturally pass down information on how ancestors succeeded in their last generation to reproduce. Movie idea “The Killing Gene”: Somewhere around Generation 800, one child…