Arguing for intuition over prediction or known indicators? Yes and no. In between a clearly identified problem and its “so obvious” solution is the chasm called opportunity. It is within this space so many projects live and die. Some of the better ones become well-known, not just for an ability to … read more

What should we better do now that we understand the uniqueness of the world in which we live? Not that everything is by chance, there are certain mathematical principles which have been found to discover some of the most obscure aspects of this world. But, when we are presented items we thought were … read more

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In between the actual projects taken up by this Avanceé banner, there’s some intentional thinking space given to creating or exploring items in a fuller fashion than perhaps where some of those projects might travel. Sometimes, this comes out fully expressed into a concept or process that’s mostly … read more

Coming to the halfway point of October with all indications that the holidays will have as much lights, noise, and perspectives as ever. There’s a wonder with some if this year’s holiday season will land more on the side of taking a deep breath, or just waiting for the next shoe to drop. In whatever … read more

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Came across a few terms when looking further into some of the problem spaces of digitally-augmented teams and organizations: experience strategy and complexity. Both of these terms speak to both the problem to be addressed, and the opportunities which lie at solving them. However, they might do so … read more

Thoughts about the next waves, and the impending dooms, which have been brought forth not just by our actions, but our inactions. Sometimes, these steps forward with communications, media, transportation, and other spaces seem so great. Then there is that macro view in which they are just a smaller … read more

Drawn using Paper by 53 on iPad Pro. read more

In a recent conversation, it was asked why there’s such “friction” to contacting me/Avancee. For a little more than a year, I’ve been using a domain redirect to point towards Earn’s Bitcoin-powered contact platform. Not so much as a replacement for email, but as a replacement for the kind of … read more

There are methods and plans for all kinds of endeavors, but the joy in the remix and release is usually more fulfilling to the core of the creator than the core of the consumer. It all works out to a kind of personal efficiency. What’s becomes efficient, optimized, maximized, and/or simplified is … read more

Talking w/client about offline options for a future project & remembered the innovative approach of ⁦‪@the__disconnect‬⁩ — given the environment of asking persons to own their attention, perhaps this is more of a necessary innovation 🤔 thedisconnect.co read more

Final installment of the notes which led to our Brigadoon Annapolis lecture on Digital Humanism. View Part 1 View Part 2 View Part 3 Humanism I’ve mentioned the term agency a few times in this talk, and that’s more or less the core of what digital humanism design means. How are we using these … read more

Continuing a sharing of the notes which led to our Brigadoon Annapolis lecture on Digital Humanism. View Part 1 View Part 2 Filters, Awareness, Noise, & Poise There’s that “design” word again. You see, this constellation of devices is simply the colors on a palette, tossed against the canvas … read more

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Continuing a sharing of the notes which led to our Brigadoon Annapolis lecture on Digital Humanism. View Part 1 of the notes if this is your first exposure to this series. Constellation of Devices I could be called a modern-day cyborg. Starting with the prescription glasses and going down to the … read more

Am going to spend a few posts sharing the thoughts and transcript/speaker notes which went into our Brigadoon Annapolis talk (Digital Humanism). Besides being a means to see how the lecture was created, it also enables some other eyes into what has been gestating within this Avanceé cocoon. Comment … read more

Erasing the whiteboard and readying for another week of challenges, insights, and new perspectives to open. Sometimes the photograph of what’s to come starts as an artist’s dream read more

Searching, scratching, and using beats on 808s to do something like matching. Each week the links here are a mix and remix of what has made for a piece of insight. From these, Avanceé aims to create a means for others to see forward. Sometimes that’s automating work processes, other times that’s … read more

One of the ways in which Avanceé finds its bearings within conversations happens around the constellation of devices on the person. For example, at The Brigadoon Annapolis it was Snap’s Spectacles which took the lion’s share of attention. Though, it was the explaination of the other devices which … read more