Jamey Lyon

17 posts

Optimization Traps: Why more efficiency isn't always better

We’re all looking for ways to work smarter, but optimizing comes with its own set of risks. Here are 2 traps to avoid as you improve your efficiency.

Sep 23

Life Lessons from The Three-Body Problem: Don’t Wait to Start Living

Reading Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body has helped me to reflect on making time for joy today and live in the now. Here's how.

Sep 12

How I created an immersive cinematic audio story

A study into how I collaborated on the season 1 pilot of "Tumbleweed" with an Academy Award-winning producer and writer.

Jul 20

How I built a podcast that features small artists only

A case study into the ideation and launch of "Whose Got Next", a showcase for emerging artists in a superstar-dominated music industry.

Jul 20

How I created a series to connect creatives across mediums

An exploration into the genesis of Create Connected, a multi-modal content series to build community among artists.

Jul 19

How I built a course to help people grow conversation skills that work

The how and why of the Chat Anywhere project, including how I bootstrapped the LMS and authored the course content.

Apr 1

What is a Makestack?

Makestack is a system that helps multi-passionate people worry less about how to get organized so you can enjoy more of your process. Here are the basics.

Feb 6

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Dear reader, lately I've been thinking about all the things I keep track of...

Jul 4

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Projects

Improv Finder

Jun 26

A platform to help people find improv groups and activities near them within San Diego county.

Makestack

Jun 18

A system that helps multi-passionate people worry less about how to get organized so you can enjoy more of your process.

Chat Anywhere

Mar 20

A knowledge base with learning pathways to help people grow simple conversational skills that work.

Create Connected

Feb 21

A podcast and newsletter to help creatives build community discourse across art forms.

Whose Got Next

Oct 8

A weekly show of handpicked, refreshing music from artists that you probably haven't heard of yet.

Max64

May 30

A generative, performative music system built with Max 8 and an 8 knob MIDI controller.

Building a Chorus [Thesis]

May 10

Title card presenting "Building a Chorus" by the author as the thesis findings and discussion for U.C Berkeley Undergraduate.

For my undergrad thesis at U.C. Berkeley, I built a system to interpret and uncover latent value in Spotify artists' collaborative networks.

Kerosene 1

Mar 11

A collection of instrumentals made to seed a collaborative album. The catch? They were released mere days before the 2020 lockdowns began.