https://jacksellwood.com/blog/joy Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/meet-grapple Grapple is a no-code data platform for exploring, reporting, and sharing data. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/tom-pt-2 As we’re getting to know someone, and this process can take years, we start to see into their brain. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/loves-best-friend Love is the only antidote to death. It’s the only thing that comforts us when death visits. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/ipad-mini Over the years, I’ve had a few iPads: iPad Air, iPad Pro 11”, and now an iPad mini. I must confess: iPad mini is my favorite. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/unmoored I think this is what it feels like to be unmoored from the structural stability of other people’s validation and attention. Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/drifting This is a story about friends who fall out of being friends. Their friendship began out of circumstance mixed with pleasantness. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/twenty-twenty-three The new year opened with the passing of grandpa tom. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/omaha This vibrating in my cheeks Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/plastic Humanity seems all too good these days at racing to the bottom, hollowing out, forgetting. We lose luster, love, beauty. Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/softening Things have changed this year. Last spring, a few profound spiritual experiences shifted my view inwards towards my heart. Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/hardly-noticing It starts as a phone call and maybe another A text or two to different people Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/beauty I’ve acted out of turn: conditioning those around me to work towards my belief of what success and safety look like. But this approach is narrow and conceited—it ignores the humanity of people and our world. Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/la-deux I think I’m moving back to LA. I miss feeling important at Century City and everything having a luster in Malibu. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/heart I don’t know what life is becoming. I can’t tell if I ought be sad or happy. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/mother Oh infinite mother Goddes of creation Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/the-warmth-of-grief Grief often feels hollow, bored, listless—all cold sentiments. Conversely, grief can summon hotness like anger and agitation. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/turn-your-blog-into-a-podcast AudioFeed.ai is a platform that turns your blog into a podcast. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/convincing-companies Strong internal communications is critical for teams of people working together (companies). Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/free-will We think that free will comes when we’re free from external powers and pressures. We ignore the zeitgeist and charge forward with our own agency... Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/whole-earth-backlog In the spirit of Steward Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog, this project intends to inspire readers and hackers to make stuff. Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/our-lady-of-perpetual-resistance I stood with resistance today. Well—I walked with resistance this morning. She told me my heart didn’t want to go forward. Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/in-defense-of-context-workers Businesses aggregate their most important data (eg: customers, invoices, projects, etc) so that they can 1) build data visualizations 2) get a full picture of the business regardless of team or department 3) backup critical data. Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/ryhe Growing up, I’d take two trips per year with family to Lake Superior’s North Shore. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/twenty-twenty-two I started 2022 reading Joan Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking. It was in that book that I discovered grief. Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/good-team-dynamics I’ve worked with dozens of teams now, and I wanted to share some patterns I’ve noticed. These are things worth emulating. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/grandpa-tom When we grow up as kids, we come into this world not knowing much, and the routines our parents put in front of us become our own laws of physics. Wed, 11 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/twenty-twenty-one After contracting it in late 2020, I started 2021 suffering from long-covid and didn’t know when I was going to get better. Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/pining My heart pines. For the future, the past, or this moment because it feels so good. Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/prosocial-flow A common refrain in spiritual or creative practices is something like, “I’ve invested all this time and dedication. Why does the rest of the world still suck?” Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/ritual Every four weeks during 2020, Thaddeus and I drove home to visit family in Minnesota. Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/a-year-of-hellodeco Twelve months ago, I approached two friends, Matt and Tyler, about an idea. Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/share-the-middle Nearly every squad I've worked with though, the line between product management (PM) and engineering management (EM) is dubiously unclear. Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/climax-of-certainty When building something new, our intuition, creativity, and passion act as the raw materials to bootstrap our new thing. Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/hellodeco Once upon a time, we used email to send and receive messages with other humans. Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/short-term-or-long-term From short-term decisions like takeout for dinner to long-term decisions like funding an investment portfolio, we decide to spend value on the immediate or on the long-haul. Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/when-it-rains When the dam breaks and the fat lady sings. Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/tempt-fate Mindfulness asks us to focus on the present and detach from the past and future. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/meniscus I sit here on the cusp of something. The yearning for this eventuality grows so strong I can’t contain it. Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/powering-the-engine At WEDGE, we co-created countless visions, goals, and mission statements for clients based on research, workshops, and brand strategy. Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/eat-more-vegz I started obsessing about vegetables a few years ago and that love eventually led me into vegetarianism. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/sturgeon Khao Niao serves the best Pad Thai I’ve ever had in my life. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/alignment-with-way-less-push This morning routine feels so good. And that’s great. It’s good to feel this good, sustainable, and grateful. Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/on-will Will is a finite resource. Once you use it up it’s gone. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/something-architected A system is something architected. Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/finding-identity-in-arugula Leafy greens are important to me. Vegetables form a significant portion of my diet, and leafy greens are a great base for any dish. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/outline-the-abstract I’ve struggled nearly all my life with procrastination: most of us do. Sat, 15 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://jacksellwood.com/blog/hello-world Sat nam. Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT