The old blog

Life & Times, 2016–2019. Written before the products, mostly from Detroit. Kept because the person who wrote them was right about more than he knew.

• The Case For DetroitSep 2019The Case For Detroit Detroit is in the position to take on the next generation of founders. Seriously. I’m someone who has seen the startup scene grow up close…
• How I Went From a Depressed College Dropout to a Software EngineerAug 2019Life is a struggle. To happiness, to expression, to love. I’ve had my struggles too. Depression is the struggle I went through. My alarm kept going over. BEEP…
• What Truly IntersectsAug 2019This is a continuation of an article I wrote here. As well as a response to comments from a post I made from a twitter reply I made to a post about this topic.…
• The School Is On FireFeb 2019“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy…
• Happiness is a Process Not a DestinationFeb 2018Have you ever read one of those articles on “The secrets to happiness” or “10 tips to finding happiness”? Most of them read as follows: What is happiness to…
• All Dragons Must Be SlainFeb 2018All dragons must be slain. This is no play on words. From religious symbolism to medieval lore dragons are used to describe the darkest parts of ourselves, the…
• Programming & Screenwriting: The Stories That Bind UsFeb 2018I wanted to write some questions about my experience in these two disciplines and see where and if they intersected. Here are my results so far. When I was 18…

Life & Times ran 2016–2019 on the old site. Preserved here, re-set by hand. © Jordan Coin Jackson.