Usually, the middle of the week has been used to share concepts or lingering sketches for current or past projects. Felt like taking things a different direction, reflection of a wider sort.

What’s been pandered about so far this quarter? What are the themes to be found?

Augmented Intelligence

• Scribbling Notes Towards Refined Abilities
• Shortcuts and the Challenge of Flow
• Human Factors of Efficiency

”Deep Thought” As A Productivity Paradigm

• Simplicity Then Forward
• Tuning the CIO
• Simply Perspective
• Deep Thought Paradigm: Workspace

Shape of the Next Technologies

• Unshapen and Focused
• Auditing the Peculiar ID/UX Workspace

The aim for this 2nd year of Avanceé has been to be clearer about who/what this effort is for. It is a soapbox, but a different one than perhaps what’s been shared on social media and blog channels by others (or myself really). It’s deliberately targeting a specific intellectual sect — those who also might be throwing about decisions related to trends and possibilities, but not giving the answers to what to do with them. Those who might have unformed perceptions, and still gathering resources to figure out what those perceptions might mean.

Yet this is also a portfolio of sorts — the work done for clients mirrors the strategy written, the concepts designed, the links shared. There’s a depth and breadth here that’s unlike blogging or email newsletters on purpose. Intentional friction? Perhaps. But, rarely is a way forward cut on an existing road.

Comfortable with where things are? Somewhat. But, not quite at the place where the scratchpad and scribbles are clear enough. Reflections are not always clear, sometimes, you need a bit of time before the ripples dissipate and what’s on the bottom makes itself known.