“I don’t feel like writing what I have just written, nor do I feel like erasing it.”
—Kierkegaard
“I never go as a passenger”
—Melville, “Moby-Dick”
i believe in the peoples, not the individuals.
half my day goes into fighting the massive cynicism that part of my mind thinks is the only response to this unraveling world.
sadly, internet makes it worse more than it makes it better.
looking at the world right now, the only thing i keep thinking over and over is:
we need much better education for our kids.
we can’t be on the brink of mutual annihilation and still care for the stupidest things, like “some of us are better than others”, and “where you’re born defines your value”, and still do not care for the very important things, those proven fundamental to our prosperity and survival, like the fact that we’re all the same and we need each other, “like cells in the body”.
“Authenticity” for Helen of Troy, but not for Shylock?
We sometimes tend to dress our idiosyncratic judgments in a cloak of bogus objectivity, perhaps wishfully thinking that people won’t see right through it.
We have another (wishful) think coming!
apparently today is #PortfolioDay so here are mine:
my product design portfolio:
https://victorzambrano.com
my photography portfolio:
https://tanrenzu.com
my iPhone apps portfolio:
https://frwrd.net
hope you like them. I’m starting to think about going back to feeelancing and consulting, in particular with startups, non-profits, minority-owned, or neurodivergent-driven, but not only, so if you’re interested just reach out—i can accommodate *any* budget if the work would be impactful.
I have extensive experience in developing digital products that users find both accessible and enjoyable. My expertise covers the entire spectrum of product design, including user research, strategy formulation, ideation, design sketches, prototypes, testing, quality assurance, development support, and deployment. I've assisted small companies and startups in establishing effective design processes and building their own design teams, resulting in the creation of successful products. I've had the privilege of collaborating with renowned companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, PayPal, and Cisco, as well as smaller startups with teams ranging from 4 to 23 members, across seven countries on three continents. Ultimately, my focus is on delivering exceptional products that resonate with users.
freedom means you get to make all the decisions.
freedom also means you—as so many—will probably end up making a lot of bad decisions.
i bet you in the u.s. so many are not able to protest or to dissent out of the sheer need of survival, of keeping a 10-hour job or even two of them, of not having health by not having healthcare, of not having the time or the means to leave kids home to go protest, out of simple exhaustion.
this country is burning its people down to the ground.
Koenfucius
McSweeney's
