{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "davidnunez.com", "home_page_url": "https://davidnunez.com/", "feed_url": "https://davidnunez.com/feed.json", "description": "Exploring what's next. One thread at a time.", "language": "en", "authors": [ { "name": "David Nuñez" } ], "items": [{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/it-begins/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/it-begins/", "title": "It begins", "content_html": "

\"\"\nI was in Framingham, MA over the weekend for a little reunion with some of the boys from Rice (second year in a row). Somehow, over a game of Skip-bo, the topic of web logs came up.

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We talked a little bit about what they were and what they represented (ex. democratizing the medium, etc.).

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The big question in my mind was, “Just how honest and forthcoming can I be in a public forum?” I’ve already noticed that the web logs that I read are somewhat unrevealing. These are not journals that are kept locked away in a desk drawer.

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With a few exceptions, the “journals” end up being a listing of interesting nuggets found while surfing the internet, reading books, or watching television.

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Sometimes, you’ll read about a major change in someones life (getting married, a layoff, etc.), but most of the time people write about ordinary things: something their friends said the night before, vacation notes, or what they had for breakfast.

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Nevertheless, this is still extremely compelling and is enough to get me to check back constantly.

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I would argue that it is actually very difficult to conciously and continually write compelling and creative pieces every single hour of every single day. You get a gem here and there, but all-in-all, most of it will turn out to be junk.

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Regardless, this throw-away writing reveals much about a person’s personality and ideas.

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So I resolved to my friends that I would try an experiment- I’ll put up a web log and see what I learn from first-hand experience.

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This is a pretty good time to do it, I think. Having recently had a dramatic switch in careers, I’m an explorer in unchartered territory. I recently entered the non-profit sector after working as a software engineer. I’d love to share my experiences during this change.

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I am also finally working on realizing some major art and technology projects which has led me to meet some interesting people and make some curious discoveries.

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My parents have recently decided to build a new house in Austin. At the end of July, I’ll be moving into the new house with two of my brothers.

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Hopefully these sorts of transitions will provide some fodder for the experiment.

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Well, let’s see how long this lasts.

\n", "date_published": "2002-07-08T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/first-entries-brainstorm/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/first-entries-brainstorm/", "title": "First Entries Brainstorm", "content_html": "

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Website Brainstorm

\n", "date_published": "2002-07-08T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/me-myself-and-i/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/me-myself-and-i/", "title": "Me, Myself, and I.", "content_html": "

me, me, me, I, me, me me, me, I, I.

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Nyah.

\n", "date_published": "2004-01-02T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/blog-updating-like-mad/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/blog-updating-like-mad/", "title": "Blog updating like mad", "content_html": "

I spent the whole day doing blog updating.

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I’m kind of getting excited w/ the way it’s turning out.

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In particular, I like the /archives page. The homepage is pretty slick, too.

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You can follow along with the progress here

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The big thing I’m working on right now is fixing up all the old content to get weird of odd formatting and severely broken links. Also trying to categorize old nodes.

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When I get to the bottom of that list (I’m working backwards from 54 pages… I’m on 49 right now), all my nodes will have been tagged (or at least all of the interesting-ish ones will have been tagged.) Furthermore, a set will have been marked as “best of” so that all my favorite posts can be pulled together in one place.

\n", "date_published": "2005-03-05T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/full-rss-feeds/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/full-rss-feeds/", "title": "Full RSS Feeds", "content_html": "

Back to full text RSS feeds. Sorry for the bumps along the way.

\n", "date_published": "2005-03-08T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/sxsw-what-to-put-in-my-bag/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/sxsw-what-to-put-in-my-bag/", "title": "SxSW: What to put in my bag?", "content_html": "

Here are some things I’m putting in my “Carry around” bag:

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They usually give out the conference schedule on little cards you can fold up and stick into your badge pouch.

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Please add more items below in the comments.

\n", "date_published": "2005-03-10T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/a-traves-de-mi/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/a-traves-de-mi/", "title": "a traves de mi.", "content_html": "

I used to write a lot of stuff in Spanish… poetry mostly; there was a time that was the only way I felt safe connecting with that part of me; in private – in notebooks.

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I found something late last year that while unpacking a box from my childhood home. It was a draft of something I never really finished, but it somehow survived my creativity destructive phase in college. It tore me to pieces to reread it.

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So confused. So lost.

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The thing is, it’s ringing very true to me at this moment. It was about 20 lines of “being who you are” teenage angst. This line in particular gets to me right now, however trite:

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“El arte no viene de mi. Viene a traves de mi.”

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I sketched out an idea for a project based on this line and have been tooling around with it since. I have until the end of the month to get it done enough to submit it for consideration to participate in a show.

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This one feels important, somehow. So I’m heads down for a bit.

\n", "date_published": "2005-03-22T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/i-rode-the-rosedale-ride/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/i-rode-the-rosedale-ride/", "title": "I rode the Rosedale Ride", "content_html": "

I had the best ride of my life, yesterday. About 62 miles of biking, friendly conversations along the way, lots of orange slices, and a couple of sunburned shoulders.

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\n", "date_published": "2005-04-02T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/memento/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/memento/", "title": "memento", "content_html": "

memento mori is an art term used to describe an image included in a work that reminds the viewer of their own mortality.

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These images might appear to be horrific, (ex. grim reaper or dead and decaying bodies), but their intent is to encourage constant readiness; you never know when it’s your turn to go.

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I think choosing to own up to “you will die” means that you will not squander your precious heartbeats. You let it go – you let it all go.

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You get one at bat, and you either hit it out of the park or you strike out, but the scorecard shows you swung, dammit.

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You swung for the fences.

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And sometimes memento mori is a short email received on a lazy, Tuesday afternoon.

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…and you suddenly realize the pitch is coming over the plate.

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R.I.P, friend.

\n", "date_published": "2005-04-05T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/lets-start-here/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/lets-start-here/", "title": "Let's start here.", "content_html": "

Step 1: Don’t obsess.\nStep 2: Constantly ponder Step 1.

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So NOW can you see why this has become my self-torture?

\n", "date_published": "2005-04-19T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/wired-nextfest/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/wired-nextfest/", "title": "Wired NextFest", "content_html": "

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I hung out in Chicago last week.

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Visited Wired magazine’s NextFest.

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More Photos:

\n", "date_published": "2005-07-02T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/backlog-of-books/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/backlog-of-books/", "title": "Backlog of books.", "content_html": "

I realized today I have about 9 books in slow rotation that are each about 50 pages or less from being completely read.

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There’s probably a mental block that’s preventing me from finishing them: something about closure and moving on or fear of failure / success.

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Come to think of it, that’s probably a systemic problem.

\n", "date_published": "2005-07-13T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/dinner-with-my-geek-friends/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/dinner-with-my-geek-friends/", "title": "Dinner with my geek friends", "content_html": "

I had a nice dinner with a couple friends (both very smart and both very geeky… my kind of people) and I got all inspired by some conversation we had about our various media consumption habits.

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I was interested not only in what their particular sources of information were (newspapers, magazines, etc), but also what their particular reading and notetaking habits were.

\n", "date_published": "2005-07-25T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/shaking-loose/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/shaking-loose/", "title": "Shaking loose.", "content_html": "

Something gave me a mental shake today.

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A systemic context reboot.

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I’m afraid.

\n", "date_published": "2005-08-01T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/project-list/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/project-list/", "title": "Project List", "content_html": "

I would also want to add a taxonomy of tags related solely to individual projects and project categories so I could find all posts applicable to a project.

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How is this different than blogs and journals?

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Is my blog an online sketchbook / idea journal?

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Will readers be bored with the massive flow of half-baked ideas?

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Maybe the blog shows built items only w/ “see creative process” links to the supporting items.

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But then, I lose the “share” component of creative framework?

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Perhaps that can just be a different data stream.

\n", "date_published": "2005-08-04T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/a-creative-framework/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/a-creative-framework/", "title": "A Creative Framework", "content_html": "

I was flipping through some old idea journals and I found this little diagram I drew, arrogantly titled, “David’s Guide To Cultivating Ideas”

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I’ll scan it in, but it was 5 circles: Live/Observe, Wonder, Tinker, Learn, and Build with various arrows connecting them and the arrows were labeled “Share.”

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You can draw it yourself:

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As I stared at the diagram, I had this odd thought, “What an incredibly interesting way to tag blog entries.”

\n", "date_published": "2005-08-04T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/melon-patch-tour-2005/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/melon-patch-tour-2005/", "title": "Melon Patch Tour 2005", "content_html": "

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More Photos here:

\n", "date_published": "2005-08-06T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/wiki-sketchbook/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/wiki-sketchbook/", "title": "Wiki Sketchbook", "content_html": "

8/19/2005 – took down wiki for now

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So I’m trying a little experiment.

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I’ve launched a wiki here as my online sketchbook of half-baked ideas.

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It’s not meant to be for communities to collaborate, but for me to roast ideas before they make it to the blog.

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Wiki

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In particular, here are more thoughts related to Wiki as a sketchbook.

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Rapid iterative development. I’m trying to get better at that; it feels better, at least.

\n", "date_published": "2005-08-17T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/objects-of-my-life-marathon-shoes/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/objects-of-my-life-marathon-shoes/", "title": "Objects of My Life: Marathon Shoes", "content_html": "

I ran and completed the Houston marathon a few years back in a little over 5.5 hours. It was barely too slow to count as an “official” finish, but the blisters and delerium I felt were my proof.

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I spent many an early Sunday morning training, while all my friends were sleeping, jogging around the Montrose neighborhood, down to Memorial park and back… building up my mileage, one unqualified step at a time. Those were wonderful “me” times.

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Wendy, Alex, and Mike all woke up with me that early Sunday morning to cheer me on. They were at the corner of Brown, my residential college as I passed by, cocky.

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They were guiltily standing by with McDonald’s that I didn’t even notice as I lagged behind the main pack down Memorial Drive, my bravado having been beaten out of me by that unrelenting course.

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That’s when Alex Bain joined me to run through the final six, horrific miles. He told me I was talking to myself, spitting, and crying.

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I barely remember any of that… I had no business out there. I realized this as the woman pulling along a respirator passed by.

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However, I do remember the euphoria of rounding the corner and the sudden burst of sprinting energy. Then I knew… somehow… somehow I did it. And I did belong out there with my arms raised high.

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It’s like being completely dead and alive at the exact same time.

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I bought these shoes the summer before and used them through all my training and during the marathon itself.

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\n", "date_published": "2005-10-03T00:00:00Z" },{ "id": "https://davidnunez.com/words/what-should-i-do-with-my-life/", "url": "https://davidnunez.com/words/what-should-i-do-with-my-life/", "title": "What Should I Do With My Life.", "content_html": "

Now seems like a very appropriate time to post my notes on Po Bronson’s book, What Should I Do with My Life.

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Here is a link to my flickr collection. I have some reflection to do on this topic, as well.

\n![What Should I Do With My Life - Po Bronson](po-bronson-event.jpg)\n", "date_published": "2005-10-04T00:00:00Z" } ] }