Many States - On experience & frame

As someone with atypical neurology, I’ve always been fascinated by the human brain and how it behaves in different environments. As a millennial born in the mid 90’s, I’ve watched as technology has improved drastically, everything from IOS to the design / martech software I use in day-to-day operations, particularly Gen AI tools, has made the process of building, learning, and growing easier for anyone (especially true if they share my particular brain structure).

Shifting between different data points, tasks, and priorities is essentially seamless. With less technical / human bottlenecks present, the process of creation is empowered in a way that it wasn’t 10–15 years ago.

Things that used to take hours can now be tackled in minutes, on a fasted stomach, before even having a cup of coffee.

Processes that used to require complex API calls can now be coordinated in a few clicks. Processes with complex multivariate connection points just seem to click. It all just just seems to click much faster.

Websites, and entire platforms can now be constructed without hassle, without bottleneck, without permission, without having to manually code every single line…. placing more emphasis on taste and creation, experience and frame, insight and expedition.

As someone who used to hate wrestling with manual mathematical processes (and saw anything less than automation and technical velocity as a massive waste of time) this is exhilarating and clarity provoking.

And as a former psychology patient who has taken the full pharmaceutical cocktail, being able to relieve different aspects of my neurology through sound therapy, executive (AI) coaching, smooth operating procedures, and less human bottlenecks has allowed me to tap into a deeper sense of purpose, with much more confidence in my ability to both execute and find peace even in the midst of chaos.

I’m not sure I would fully understand the scope of this opportunity (on a practical, executional level) if it wasn’t for the fact that I’ve had malware repeatedly injected into my browser over the last 4 years. For the first few years, I didn’t realize this was going on. I just thought my ADHD was acting up again. My learning curve was slower. Maybe the same as it was within certain academic subjects that I wasn’t interested in when going through the traditional school system.

But after noticing that many of my accounts had been hacked (which included my personal email address, my X account, and even an attempt at my Linkedin profile) I started factory resetting my Macbook whenever I noticed that it was acting groggy. This solved the problem, at least temporarily.

As much as I’m kicking myself for any time I spent tolerating groggy browser behavior, I am grateful for the sense of contrast in which this has highlighted. 35 years ago when we were dialing up our internet, using early software versions, slower speed of execution was probably something akin to the norm.

I can’t imagine being bedridden in Indonesia with a life threatening illness (like back in 2020) and using the devices of last century to connect with family, friends, medical perspective, etc. That would be have made the process a lot harder to deal with.

Or trying to self-medicate my massive gut dysregulation (which included bone and skin pain akin to torture) without the supplementation, and information, available around alternative forms of treatment.

Or traveling from city to city working remotely over the last 7 years, and experiencing the most important form of immersion (that is cultural), and channeling that insight into my design philosophy and approach to projects.

Or going through some of the hellscapes that I’ve ventured through, without being able to read and engage in the journey of others, making me feel less alone in my unique challenges.

I can’t imagine trying to build an entire portfolio (studio, consultancy, SAAS) without half of the tools, and opportunities to engage in community, in projects, in pursuits, that we have today. It’s hard to imagine. Or maybe it isn’t, and we’ve just been spoiled by the current iteration.

Either way, I feel a deep sense of gratitude and appreciation to live in the most exciting time ever to be alive.

I feel a sense of excitement. The tables have turned, while the neurodiverse become enlightened and the world is able to feel the full scope of their unique footprint on the landscape.

And being able to weigh this opportunity alongside the things we want in our hearts, and in our minds…. too me, that’s what software is really all about.

Removing the friction around processes, around connection, around collaboration…So that we can pursue our unique path in a way that not only empowers ourselves and our diverse makeup.

But allows us to lift each other up, help each other grow, encourage each other to learn.

And stay consistent despite having travelled through many varied states.

‍“It’s always a blessing to do work you love.”

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