jameal

Check out Rogue Amoeba’s audio software products. Also Symless Synergy.

Peter Askew of Deep South Ventures started a handful of businesses just based on available domain names. Known for his Vidalia Onions business.

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Looks interesting! Unfortunately doesn't seem to let me add more than one point on my route. In the console I see

`Error fetching route from Graphhopper Error: Network response was not ok`

I tried a couple times and got this in the U.S. In Europe I picked a couple random points and it worked fine.

Nice landing page. The interactive illustrated calendar is great at showcasing the appeal. Love the idea of being able to look back months at a time and see what was going on in my life. Personally I prefer hosting my own locally but I might steal the emoji idea for my Obsidian journal.

Very neat. I'd love a write up on how you built it, what you're learning about fluid mechanics and flow fields.

I didn't expect much but I was pleasantly surprised with the output and its ability to refine based on my simple and limited instructions. Nice job!

I took a sabbatical that led me to pursue a coaching certification from a university across the country in Washington D.C. It was a wonderful experience and I connected with some great people, many of whom I still keep in close touch with today. I've met great people in tech too, but it was a breath of fresh air to work with people who are energized around helping individuals improve their lives.

I'm back in tech now, working for an AI services startup, but I leveraged my experience to create a role where I can bring coaching within the organization and to our clients through change management coaching.

I was inspired by my mindfulness practice and by Chade-Meng Tan's work at Google, where he used his 20% time to create mindfulness courses within the company. Especially as technological advancement continues to accelerate, there will be a huge need for personal growth initiatives to help people lean into the kinds of skills that AI can't replace: social/emotional intelligence, empathy, creativity, for example.

Same here.

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” - Bruce Lee

How did you get into chanting? It sounds like fun. Any resources you can recommend?

What is top of mind for me currently, based on observations from my experience: Doubt can be strongly embodied. Meaning, it's not as simple as thinking your way out of it.

As much as I've achieved personally and professionally, when I put myself outside of my comfort zone and into the public arena of judging eyes, I still face doubt.

As much as I can steel myself mentally, remind myself of my accomplishments, analyze my situation, etc. there is a part of me, perhaps as a self-protection mechanism, that creates doubt. That doubt colors my entire experience, influencing my thoughts and actions. Overall it acts as a limiter. I can feel the difference in my body.

I can be aware of all of this, and counteract it to some extent, but it has its own gravity. It's all very impressive in the most literal sense of the word.

So I am learning more about how doubt shows up, and how to work with it beyond simple motivational tricks. For example: Letting go of the need to control it, getting very familiar with the nature of it, and reorienting myself even as I fail to accomplish my goals again and again.

Happy New Year HN. May you find the resilience to overcome whatever doubts are holding you back from living the life you want.

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I'm a front-end engineer proficient in JS, React, Node and of course HTML/CSS. I'm well-rounded with a keen eye for design. My experience spans across the stack, excelling at both the front of the front end and back of the front end (e.g. Node, Next.js). I'm also comfortable on the far side of the back end, especially in a LAMP stack.

Currently I'm helping a startup client salvage a botched job. I worked with their previous vendor to make a graceful transition, put together detailed documentation of what had been delivered, and furnished recommendations for how to move forward. Now I'm working with them to shore up technical debt, evaluate which features deliver on their value proposition, and get to market.

When it comes to collaboration I have a coaching mindset which means I am open-minded, curious, flexible and client-centered. I'm adept at evaluating technical and business trade-offs and moving quickly to deliver value.

I've worked with startup teams and enterprise clients. My work was pivotal for one of my startup clients being acquired. I continued to work with them post-acquisition, scaling what was initially a small MVP into a product that serves tens of thousands of users to this day.

Learn more about me at jameals.com

Email: jameal at my website above

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jamealg

I'm not sure why people assume that either. These are interesting points. I know very little about formal poetry, but I consider art to be expression. So what I meant is that there is an art to the way we live our lives. Many people of the modern era are very rational and technical and lean hard into a "command and control" style way of living that's very focused on future results. I think its in a way limiting, and to our detriment. So like the great masters, I try to find a balance between pure spontaneity and pure formality.

You might also distinguish Technical v. External as SEO v. SEM (search engine marketing). That's my understanding anyway.