I created an online Advent Calendar that I shared with a few folks. I'm opening it up to the wider world today. It continues through all 12 days of Christmas to January 6. Explore at bit.ly/AdventFairyland You are invited to enter the portals as you wish as long as you do

My Advent Calendar from a few days ago, since Mr. Musk would like to see "more positive, beautiful or informative content." For your daily door through Twelfth Night, journey to bit.ly/AdventFairyland "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure

There is an ancient story of a brilliant star that millennia ago some regal folk felt compelled to follow from Babylon to Bethlehem. It was arduous journey without much feedback on whether they were on the right track or simply on a wild goose chase. No guarantee as to the

Happy Twelfth Night, Epiphany and Feast of the Magis 🪄⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✨ “I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.” ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch To flutter as a fairy is to also have a bird's eye view--an

My yearly Advent calendar is now online. Imagine each day you open a portal into a whimsical fairyland in a cozy winter setting. It’s Day One. #magical #AdventCalendar #Christmas #fairyrealm #imagination bit.ly/adventwhimsy

Today consider Imaginative Visioning 🔥 (permission to create alternatives): This includes- ⭐️ daydreaming 🌈 ⭐️ envisioning futures 🤖 ⭐️ writing stories ✍️ ⭐️ speculative thinking 🤔 ⭐️ fantasizing playfully 🛝 ⭐️ imagining “What if…?” 🐉 This is the exact muscle 💪 that

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe". - Carl Sagan I’m writing a 30-day series on Instagram on the people, places and experiences that fed into the founding of Apple on April Fool‘s Day, 1976. I‘m digging into the cultural

Delving into the generative systems and ecology that fed into the founding of Apple in Silicon Valley nearly 50 years ago. I’m doing it through sharing stories about people and places. Looking over my 30 day outline, I realized I had not reserved a full post for Steve Jobs. I’ve

“My mom considers him her fifth son.” — Bill Fernandez on Steve Jobs The more I delved into Bill, the more I saw he exemplified a Connector archetype. So good at noting affinities and introducing them to each other. Today is day 7 of 30 in my Instagram series on the crazy web

Today, February 24, is Steve Jobs’ birthday. Hence, the 71-point font. I’m continuing day 8 of 30 of the #Apple50 series focusing on #SteveJobs going to college and the friends, Daniel and Elizabeth, who influenced him. instagram.com/p/DVJTdj2lHt3/…

”If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.“ — Henry David Thoreau Bob Dylan epitomizes the artist who refuses to stay fixed, who burns down his

Today I’m talking about how the sixties and seventies counterculture helped support the personal computer revolution. I delved more into how it supported individuals to emerge without pressure to define an identity prematurely. It‘s a big topic. I highly recommend the book,

“I determined to do no less than to transform the world with beauty". — Willliam Morris, instigated Arts and Crafts movement “[William] Morris propounded the “craftsman ideal,” that natural beauty, simplicity, and utility should infuse EVERYDAY LIFE and EVERYDAY OBJECTS, and