Hi, I’m Jack.
This site is my way of collecting my thoughts (along with all the interesting things I see/learn) and sharing them with you, dear reader!
Why ‘jack of all trades, master of none’?
I believe that you can break any field or interest down to the same basic human impulses and behaviors - the same issues, like simplicity vs. complexity, fun vs. boredom, left brain vs. right brain. Because all this stuff operates on the same fundamental level, you can definitely apply what’s learned from one field to what’s being done in another. And when knowledge starts criss-crossing; when you take one pattern and mash it up with another; when you start venturing outside the comfort zone of a single expertise… that’s when great things happen. That’s where the mind-blowingly awesome ideas come from. That’s how you shake things up.
I think the beauty is that you don’t have to be the definitive expert at any one thing to understand and appreciate its meaning. You just have to know and learn enough. And that’s me in a nutshell: jack of all trades, master of none. I’m actively craving new experiences, constantly attempting to grok something else, and always trying to figure out how to tie the underlying patterns and meanings together.
Thanks for reading this far. Now don’t be shy, get in touch. Maybe we can have coffee, work together, build something fun, change the world… or all of the above.