Thoughts on unbridled intellectual exploration, the joy of e-readers, and why smartphones aren’t the perfect do-everything machine.
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Welcome to Andy[x], the public-facing side of Andy Volk’s creative incubator. This includes sharing current areas of research, technical and life thoughts, works in progress, and more.
Why do this? To spark curiosity, seek serendipity, and share something valuable (or at least thought-provoking) with the world. See the Andy[x] Prospectus for details.
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Introducing Andy[x]
For the past several days I’ve been sitting in a geodesic dome on a remote spot of the Baja California coastline, and thinking. It’s been two months since I left Google to embark on a new journey, with an undefined destination I had no plans other than traveling, contemplating life, and unwinding, but builders gotta build…