Jackson AllenHome is Where Your People Are — Reddit, Kbin, and MastodonVacation gave me time to think — “Home is where your people are” — here are some notes on Reddit, Kbin, and Mastodon. The last couple of…·5 min read·Jul 21, 2023----
Jackson AllenEpitaph for a Hacker — RIP Kevin MitnickJust learned last night that Kevin Mitnick passed away on Sunday — I think it’s fitting to say RIP and write an epitaph for a hacker. I…·4 min read·Jul 20, 2023----
Jackson AllenSage Scifi 101B — Canceling Cancel CultureDoing some thinking today about ‘cancel culture’ and cancelling this toxic behavior within our modern civilization by using ‘sage scifi.’…·4 min read·Feb 15, 2022----
Jackson AllenThree Reasons You’ll Love “Never Say You Can’t Survive”One of the things that marks my writing experience are periods of existential loneliness, times when I think I’m fooling myself about this…·3 min read·Jun 29, 2021----
Jackson AllenElon Musk Is Not Tony Stark — He’s Obadiah Stane | InkicanI feel bad for saying this, because like many of you, I wanted to believe that Elon Musk really was transforming himself into the real-life…·4 min read·Jun 22, 2021----
Jackson AllenGlass House Life: Survival Guide for Creative People — Part IILast week, we started some discussions around how being an author works when you’re an authentic human being. Creative people exist on a…·4 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
Jackson AllenGlass House Life: Survival Guide for Creative PeopleOof, where do I begin … Okay, here goes: I had a bad day yesterday. Life got on top of me, and I stumbled under the weight. How did I get…5 min read·Mar 31, 2021----
Jackson AllenGlass House Life: Survival Guide for Creative People — Part IV | InkicanClick here to Read Part One, Part Two, and Part Three of this series. Some recent events in my life bring me back to Glass House Life…·5 min read·Mar 18, 2021----
Jackson AllenFive Skills You Can Learn From Science Fiction | InkicanI’ve discussed it in other blog posts but I’ll say it again so the people in the back can hear: scifi isn’t just a genre, it’s a way of…·3 min read·Dec 8, 2020----
Jackson AllenSci-Fi SingularityLet me tell you about what I learned a couple of years ago. Reddit didn’t enjoy my review of Passengers. I wasn’t surprised — I even…·5 min read·Dec 3, 2020----
