Getting Started “I’m not sure where to start” We were sitting at the dinner table and my little brother, Sam, starts speaking. He says he’s not sure where to start. Then he keeps going. “I’m not
Creating Your first 100 If you’ve never created anything, you might be trapped in a mental prison. In year 8, my art teacher told me my drawing was bad. So I stopped drawing.
Creating What if you couldn’t see the metrics? When the like button arrived, things changed. When view counts were made visible to everyone, things changed. Changed? Now everyone had something to compare their work to. If you created
Art You can use your day to day as fuel for your art Stuck? Write a story about what happened today. Working a job which doesn’t set you on fire? Remind yourself, it helps to pay for food, it gives you funds
Art No Eggs On Toast If you’re ever in Melbourne (or Paris), you should visit Hardware Societe. I found them because of a book I picked up in a cafe at the markets. The
Life and Living When will you be ready? When you think of starting something new, sharing your work, putting your art out there, it can be tempting to wait. Wait until you know more. Wait until you're not
Life and Living Hunter S. Thompson vs. Mark Wahlberg Schedule One is a very popular actor, known for his physique and attitude. The other is one of the greatest writers of all time, known for savagery. Mark Wahlberg wakes up
Work The reward always tastes better when you've worked for it The hot shower at the end of a cold run. The big meal at the end of a hard training session. The paycheque after writing an article people enjoy. The
Art How many times do I have to be reminded? I finish this afternoon and not everything has been done. The work started to decline by the end. The dogs were barking, the wind was blowing far too much. I
Art Attention to detail Dad and I went to the barber today. The local one down the road. I always get Alex. He's from Colombia. Loves baseball, loves his little girl. She's 7-months old
Life and Living How to deal with imposter syndrome The first time I walked into an artificial intelligence meetup, I felt like I shouldn’t have been there. The second time I walked into a machine learning event, I
Creating Is it beautiful? That’s question one. The next: Is it functional? Whenever you make something, keep these in mind. Why beauty first? Because beauty is a function. If something is beautiful, it
Creating Create like a toddler My friend was over with his son the other day. My friend has been to my place plenty of times, his son too, but it’s only now he’s
Creating The creative habit Treat creativity as a habit. If you want to be more creative, practice being more creative. I wanted to get better at writing, so I started writing every day. I
Creating Approach Your Art Like a Professional Golfer How often do you see someone get a hole in one? Professional golfers only land 1 in 2500 holes on the first shot. For an amateur, it’s more like
