Digital Waters
What We Lost When Everything Got Easy
The friction was the point.
Nick Simard
Digital Waters
The Water Is Getting Deeper
Beginning again, with the simple question: when did the water get this deep?
Digital Waters
What Happens When “User-Generated” No Longer Means Human?
Recent advances in AI technology are making it such that people aren’t even needed anymore.
Podcast
Why I’m Not Quitting the "Fluffy" Stuff
The playful work that makes the serious work possible.
Newsletter
From Sparks to Story: How I Got Here
It's been a long road but I think I've finally arrived at my final destination :)
Podcast
Interrupting the Drift
When the world feels automatic, choose awareness.
Podcast
Learning to See Again in Midlife
The art of noticing, one ordinary moment at a time.
Podcast
What These First Sparks Taught Me
The surprising joy of making without pressure.
Podcast
Why Midlife Voices Matter More Than Ever
The power of lived experience in a culture obsessed with the new.
Podcast
The Three Creative Traps I Lived In (And How I Escaped)
The hidden costs of staying stuck and the momentum of moving small.
Podcast
Done Enough: The Two Words That Save Creative Lives
Why finishing imperfect work matters more than polishing forever.
Podcast
Why I Made a Playlist Instead of a Plan
How a tiny act of making beats the grandest plan.
Newsletter
The Day I Decided to Stop Sounding Like Me
What changing my voice at 43 taught me about identity and fear.
Digital Waters
Go out. Be dumb. Talk to strangers.
Are young people “better” — or just more afraid to live?
XL Note
Performing Brilliance for Applause
The trap of audience without intimacy.
Newsletter
How to Start Using AI Without Getting Overwhelmed
(Especially if you feel like you're already behind).
Newsletter
My Experience Using ChatGPT Advanced Voice to Brainstorm While Driving
My first real voice chat with AI. And yes, it happened behind the wheel.
Newsletter
You're Not Broken — You Weren't Meant to Process This Much!
Your human operating system isn't built for modern information overload.
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