A way back to NFTs UPDATE: Nike’s announcement of their partnership with Fortnite is expanding on all the stuff below. Blending in-game equity like character outfits, with real world merchandise, and a connection between Epic and Nike accounts enabling achievements within .Swoosh. …

Designing For Sound — I’m a super visual person. I always have been. I’ve always worked in visual places, and the things I’ve made have always (for the most part) been visual things. …

What should we be teaching the next generation once ChatGPT can do all the things? — Yesterday I saw that lots of smart people are signing a letter in the hope that we’ll stop the AI training. I had two thoughts. Thought One Capitalism will win. Nobody will actually stop because of the buckets of money awaiting the pioneers in the space. Imagine telling Google back in 2000…

Why do we try so hard to recreate reality in digital spaces? — “The Uncanny Valley” is a phenomenon that started in robotics, explaining the strong—and sometimes indescribable—negative reaction people have to a human-like creations. Wikipedia describes it concisely as a “hypothesized relation between an object’s degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object.” Basically, there is…

I’ve been feeling like a weirdo lately. I’ve realized how expressive hands can be. You can make them look relaxed, you can make them look tired. If you tense every muscle they seem energized. Clenched fists feel angry. …

Some of the most successful fandoms have been loved not just because of the stories that are told, but the universes in which they live. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel. People fall in love with the worlds, the lore, the history, the magic and physics of the space. And this…

I was recently having a chit-chat with my friend Matt about gen-AI and he was asking lots of great questions so here’s a 1-pager for you Matthew. There are three big areas that we’re currently questioning and designing around. One: Bias & Misinformation An engine is only as well informed…