Posted on April 16, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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The pines creaked and swayed. Cold settled like a chill blanket as the sun slowly sank. If I followed the advice I’ve found in some writers guides I’d have never arranged words in that particular order. Those sentences wouldn’t exist. Description is gauche you…
Posted on April 1, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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The internet is not a trendy cafe and you are not the Grand Barista. Technology is a cumulative collaborative process. Ideas form all round the world, needs arise, and information converges – pens are made with ball points! And internets! So at the end…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Culture, Ethics, Free Speech, Google, Internet, Jack Dorsey, Sargon of Akkad, Silicon Valley, Twitter
Posted on March 28, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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Thoughts on the global village, trendy minimalism, and the homogenization of culture. |David Hoffman’s Video | |Sargon on Article 13 | |The Atlantic on Uniqlo | https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/uniqlo-millennials-gap/583219/
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Article 13, Culture, Global Village, Society, Trends
Posted on December 14, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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It’s ok to be a man. It’s ok to have self respect. It’s ok to have dignity. It’s okay to not dress like you shop at GAP kids. Free Fiction Series, Essays, and more | https://www.fractaljournal.com Social Media | https://www.minds.com/Weirmellow Email | mellow.mission.productions@gmail.com Tipjar…
Posted on August 30, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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So I was doin a bit of studying and stumbled on a U2 song with a sweet and simple (somewhat trite) lyrics ‘you’ve been everywhere.’ Which got me to pondering the funny way music and glib phrasing allows us to overlay our own…
Posted on August 25, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Saturdays often find me gathering strength for the coming week. They are often as productive as any other day but their charm lies in that they don’t have to be. So I sit here giving my eyes a rest, nearly blind without my contacts,…
Category: Philosophy, UncategorizedTags: Bill Hicks, Classicism, Craft, Culture, Joy Press, Marketing, Novel Ambitions, Novels, Reviews, Social Commentary, Television, Trends, Vanity Fair, Writing
Posted on January 20, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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O dear, it’s happened again, someone asked me if I Facebook… There is a now ancient video of Michael Crichton sitting in with a panel of sci-fi writers discussing the state of that industry. During that discussion he brings up how the increasing presence…
Tag: Culture
Dudebro Six Figs – The New Approach to Writing
Posted on April 16, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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The pines creaked and swayed. Cold settled like a chill blanket as the sun slowly sank. If I followed the advice I’ve found in some writers guides I’d have never arranged words in that particular order. Those sentences wouldn’t exist. Description is gauche you…
Category: Current Events, Humor, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Culture, Minimalism, Trendy, Writing, Writing Guides
Their Product? | Who owns the Internet?
Posted on April 1, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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The internet is not a trendy cafe and you are not the Grand Barista. Technology is a cumulative collaborative process. Ideas form all round the world, needs arise, and information converges – pens are made with ball points! And internets! So at the end…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Culture, Ethics, Free Speech, Google, Internet, Jack Dorsey, Sargon of Akkad, Silicon Valley, Twitter
Ten Years Prior – Uniqlo and Article 13
Posted on March 28, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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Thoughts on the global village, trendy minimalism, and the homogenization of culture. |David Hoffman’s Video | |Sargon on Article 13 | |The Atlantic on Uniqlo | https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/uniqlo-millennials-gap/583219/
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Article 13, Culture, Global Village, Society, Trends
Fractal Briefs | It’s ok to wear a tie
Posted on December 14, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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It’s ok to be a man. It’s ok to have self respect. It’s ok to have dignity. It’s okay to not dress like you shop at GAP kids. Free Fiction Series, Essays, and more | https://www.fractaljournal.com Social Media | https://www.minds.com/Weirmellow Email | mellow.mission.productions@gmail.com Tipjar…
Category: Humor, Social Commentary, UncategorizedTags: Class, Culture, Fashion, Masculinity, Suburbia, WASPS
Fractal Radio | Episode 14 – Shortcut to your Nostalgia Circuits
Posted on August 30, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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So I was doin a bit of studying and stumbled on a U2 song with a sweet and simple (somewhat trite) lyrics ‘you’ve been everywhere.’ Which got me to pondering the funny way music and glib phrasing allows us to overlay our own…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Art, Craft, Culture, Food for Thought, Music
Saturday Morning Musings – Is ‘Pitch Culture’ gonna improve Novels?
Posted on August 25, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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Saturdays often find me gathering strength for the coming week. They are often as productive as any other day but their charm lies in that they don’t have to be. So I sit here giving my eyes a rest, nearly blind without my contacts,…
Category: Philosophy, UncategorizedTags: Bill Hicks, Classicism, Craft, Culture, Joy Press, Marketing, Novel Ambitions, Novels, Reviews, Social Commentary, Television, Trends, Vanity Fair, Writing
Why I Don’ t Facebook
Posted on January 20, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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O dear, it’s happened again, someone asked me if I Facebook… There is a now ancient video of Michael Crichton sitting in with a panel of sci-fi writers discussing the state of that industry. During that discussion he brings up how the increasing presence…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Confirmation Bias, Culture, Facebook, Paradigms, Social Media, Society, Trends
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