The Tailor Who Taught Me What Algorithms Can't Measure
A meditation on craftsmanship, human connection, and the ineffable qualities that make us irreplaceable.
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Apollos
I'd like to introduce you to my mentor Apollos. He must have died eons ago and little is known about the man. Greek history describes Apollos as erudite, having great eloquence. He's an artist, trained in thinking and words. I admire many great thinkers - da Vinci, Tolstoy, Montaigne, but Apollos... he's special. Special enough to name my blog after him.
The Tailor Who Taught Me What Algorithms Can't Measure
On finding the edges where human judgment still matters, and why the future belongs to those who can dance between craft and code.
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Building Worlds in the Age of Generated Everything
Why original creation matters more than ever when machines can produce infinite content.
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The Museum of Unfinished Things
An exploration of the beauty in incompleteness and why some projects should never end.
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Letters to No One
Why I still write letters that will never be sent, and what they teach me about intention.
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The Slow Design Studio: Year One
Reflections on a year of intentional creation without optimization algorithms.
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What My Grandmother's Kitchen Taught Me About Technology
Lessons in warmth, improvisation, and the limits of recipes.
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The Bounty Board: A New Way to Work
How I structure my projects as hunts rather than tasks.
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Film Photography in a Digital Age
Why constraints make us more creative, not less.
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Why I Quit Optimizing My Morning Routine
A case for intentional inefficiency.
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About Apollos
Expect deeper dives here. More educational stuff, less stories. Deeper dives and extras Uninterchangeable might skate over.