Digital Mystic

Today’s going to be just a brain dump of ideas so let’s go:

It's 2035... paper money aka 'fiat' is used to insulate homes. This is a world in which we value the right shade of green, because we are each others' harvest. Thank you Gwendolyn Brooks.

Song cred: beloved Delicate Steve.

We survived the first attempted coup, we’ll see what happens from here on out.. but life is too short, and I'm tired of playing by the rules of the old guard. 

I’m coming out as a Very Spiritual Professional. A crystal-wearing, astrologically attuned, energy healing practice having, money magic believing, twice a day meditation and altar work manifesting, woo to the core spiritualist. My great loves in chronological order of discovery are: psychic work, numerology, astrology, buddhism, martial arts (both the defensive and offensive arts as well as slow and fast) Jewish mysticism, Catholic and Hindu diety structures, the concept of the Holy pillars from Islamic traditions, humanism, western philosophy, the tao and the I Ching, Akashic Records, body work, psychoanalysis, and honestly this list could just take forever...

I’m also head of growth for a Venture Studio in the Bay Area. I care about the creative impulse so much, that I’ve made it my business - literally. 

Growth is a central tenant of all of the above, and it's in my professional title as well. How lovely.

Intro song credit: "Friends" by Delicate Steve <3

30% of Americans believe in Astrology, that number increases as you widen the global aperture. And yet, there are seemingly no services out there - save a few apps (shout out to CoStar and Sanctuary) which provide digital, imperfect and sometimes downright misleading horoscope-based astrological insight - that help practitioners do their job in a meaningful and mundane (pun intended) way!

I’m envisioning a world wherein Astrologers and Astrology is not relegated to some woo woo whatsits. But instead reclaims its place in the center of peoples’ daily lives in a meaningful way.

One of my favorites, Jessica Lanyadoo, has a lovely word of caution to all would-be practitioners and fans out there that I would love to bring in here, which is that - Astrology is a powerful tool. If it causes more harm or agita than helpful grounding - don’t use it!

Okay, into the idea...

This massive exodus of coastal babies in tech, and other white collar gigs headed inland towards the ‘burbs - has me feeling like now is the time to make my pipe dream of opening a sustainbly-powered/run wave pool (pun very much intended) a reality. Surfing is the #1 aspirational sport in the world, bound to grow in popularity and total available market given its Olympic-sport status (looking at you Paris 2024).

Rick Kane, where you at?

This was recorded in the middle of the night (9pm pacific) after realizing that in order to get out of the pickle that is Catalina, I need to cough up 12 more gigs of precious MacBook Air memory?!

I'm just gonna say it: Apple, I love you but you're bringing me down. We deserve better! Planned obsolesce; no meaningful innovation since the passing of Steve Jobs (RIP, complicated genius); WAY too many wires all the time that fray quarter-annually; GIANT back2back upgrades; continuous and aggressive overproduction of clunky widgets/apps; confusing and non-meaningful bells and whistles.

Had I my own Wozniak - this would be my yellow brick road. Taking on the (2nd) most solvent company in the world. NBD.

Related to my please reimagine the TV episode...  this was recorded in the middle of the night (9pm pacific) after realizing that in order to get out of the pickle that is Catalina, I need to cough up 12 more gigs of precious MacBook Air memory?! 

I'm just gonna say it: Apple, I love you but you're bringing me down. We deserve better! Planned obsolesce; no meaningful innovation since the passing of Steve Jobs (RIP, complicated genius); WAY too many wires all the time that fray quarter-annually; GIANT back2back upgrades; continuous and aggressive overproduction of clunky widgets/apps; confusing and non-meaningful bells and whistles. 

Had I my own Wozniak - this would be my yellow brick road. Taking on the (2nd) most solvent company in the world. NBD. 

Honestly, this is me really just talking smack @Apple for their joke of an OS Catalina. Guys... GUYS!

Before we get into the idea I would like to say/remind/encourage folks to remember - that the creative process is like a faucet, and not a stream. Sometimes that handle is full flush for your fun bubble bath, sometimes it’s a trickle where you need to grab you a wrench to fix some structural thesis, sometimes it’s just straight up off. Hanging out, cooling down, waiting to fill up another cup. I want to encourage you to give yourself room for your process! That’s hard for me to remember sometimes as well so, note to self: creativity is a gift not a demand.

So - here’s the cup I want to fill up today: a stationary skateboard rig!

Shout out to Hamboards, to the creators of the HBO show Betty for inspiring a whole new generation of skaters and wannabes like me.

I want a non-profit aggregator! That’s both beautiful and functional, and helps me be the most conscious giver/philanthropist that I possibly can be at any level of financial health and wellness.

I would love for this product to help people live their best philanthropic lives... To help folks determine how to best invest in the present and future of the world in ways that light them up. What do your dollars actually do? This app can show you. Do you go deep or go wide? This app helps you determine your pledge cadence and amount. You care about everything!! This app would help reduce paradox of choice/analysis paralysis (which I think I actually reversed in the episode heh...).

This app would help ensure that you give your money effectively, so that there is a healthy world for us all to live on. And where everybody on that world knows - that Black Lives Matter.