Plus a thought experiment: Could you increase the value of NFTs by burning the physical art? — Hello, friends. I have a thought experiment for you today. About 97 of you received a postcard in the mail from me. I am going to try to increase the value of that art from hundreds of miles away through the power of ideas… (The art I am talking about…

and reclaim that overused buzzword, “pivot.” — Dear friend, The paths I run cut right through grasslands, interrupting the habitat of bugs that weren’t built for sidewalks. The pavement is caked with the carcasses of grasshoppers who failed to escape the treads of running shoes and tires. From ground level it must feel like a post-apocalyptic wasteland…

Embarrassing designs, 100+ inspiring images, and the complete story of how I fired myself over and over until my book cover was finished — Today I am going to take you on a trip inside the design process for the cover of User Zero. I will show you hundreds of images that inspired me, all the rejected designs, and my thought process as I waded through the creative swamp until I completed a…

A How-To Guide for Editing the Simulation — Note: The following letter is a sample of my weekly email to friends. It’s free to sign up and new subscribers get Art of the Living Dead for free just for subscribing. Dear friend, Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer…

This is the story of how I created one of the strangest cameras you may ever hear about. I’ve been working on the design for over a year and I’m finally ready to share it with the world. It’s a long story, but first I want to jump to the…

I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was questions about the viability of, well, everything. Yes, the blockchain promises to revolutionize our world, but it’s more than that. The thing that stood out after a weekend at ETHDenver wasn’t the…