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Hi, my name is Adam Ramirez. I am a UX Designer who focuses on Design Facilitation and Product Analytics with 10 years of experience under my belt. In the past 5 years, I have been working to deliver the best possible user experience to my clients and their users.
The homepage of the work for which I'm best known — a model Boeing 777, made entirely from manila folders!
Computer Science, Machine Learning, Programming, Art, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Short Fiction
There are a thousand beautiful ways to start the day that don’t begin with looking at your phone. And yet so few of us choose to do so. Technology is commanding our attention in infinite, insurmountable loops. A country trip off-grid helped me escape.
Designing humility and forgiveness into social media products
On April 16—gosh, it feels like an entire year ago—I made some predictions about where we were going. How do they hold up?
Creative writing by OpenAI’s GPT-3 model, demonstrating poetry, dialogue, puns, literary parodies, and storytelling. Plus advice on effective GPT-3 prompt programming & avoiding common errors.
People are amazing creatures. When discussing a complex issue, they are able to keep multiple independentarguments in their heads, the pieces of supporting a...
“David, this one, tell me about it …” He’d let me look at his domain name portfolio. Not names he owned and parked, but domains he owned & developed. This was another early project of his – a job board solely focused on the ranching industry. All aspects – cattle, outfitters, dude/guest, hunting, and even ... Read more
Why Klutz Press books like Juggling for the Complete Klutz are the best books for learning stuff
Neurons that fire together, wire together... Ok, but how? One of my little pet projects is a neurology book for psychologists, coaches and the like. What most people in these fields imagine about the brain is somewhere between perplexing, preposterous and potentially poisonous. (Seriously, I could tell you stories...)…
I've struggled with some side projects and had success with others. In this post, I'll focus on the actions and adjustments that have worked for me.
Whatever else happens, you made a movie... Nobody can take that away. A hundred years from now, when we're all dead and gone, people will be watching this fucking thing.
A digital feed is an online stream of content which gets updated as new content is pushed by the feed’s sources. Generally, content is created by users on the social media platform, to be consumed by their followers.
I wrote for The Onion News Network for exactly four weeks. Here's what I learned.
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
The problems with social media platforms in 'human' and 'data' terms. Deleting Facebook (Meta), WhatsApp, and Instagram will have a net positive effect.
Alas, our minds automatically fill in gaps and cover over mistakes when we read.
A couple of weeks ago, I tried to fly from New York (JFK) to Los Angeles on JetBlue. I was racially profiled, detained, and interrogated for hours.
Update (6/24): For further thoughts and context about this unfolding saga, see this excellent piece by Tom Chivers (author of The AI Does Not Hate You, so far the only book about the rationalist co…
The best educational experiences I had as a teenager were all video games.
A reflection on loneliness, solitude, and the relationship we form with ourselves.
I estimated that I had used my mac for approximately 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year, for 7 years straight, for a total for whopping 16800 hours. I have written the first versions of most of the software components of my startup using this computer. And all this time, this machine worked without a…
Success in most things boils down to a simple, but easily ignored distinction: do the real thing and stop doing fake alternatives instead.
