Before you read this week's essay - the Koan Hip Hop Project is live.Koan Hip Hop is where the ITL framework meets the culture. Every release is a transmission — Hip Hop as a state of being, not a genre. Support the work → koanhiphop.com Current EventsNancy was the first person to start talking about AI and Filmmaking and after that post, everybody joined in, they started an AI Filmmaking Society and she’s been hired to be judge at several film festivals, she’s flown around the world, and was invited to the Oscars, and all kinds of wonderful things. I simply say, every time it comes up that Nancy is the one who started the conversation, it’s amazing what can happen with one post and one conversation. Every time it comes up, I give her props for starting the conversation. This is her response to my support. Koan of the WeekTag of the Week - DJ Jelly (Atlanta Georgia)Exhibit of the WeekSacred Ledger UpdatesI created the Sacred Ledger and it has been updated a few times, but because of my prolific output, it is still far behind what is current. However, I am working to update this file more frequently in the near future. Give a Tag. Support the Work.A hand-drawn graffiti tag is the perfect gift — and every order is a tax-free donation to an independent Hip Hop and Technical Writing brand building something that has never existed before. Order yours → domyname.com The world wasn't ready to fund this. You can change that.Every purchase is a donation to an independent, non-profit brand doing the work nobody funded. 📖 Angels in the Desert → [ORDER NOW] Today I did the greatest thing in this company's history and no one will ever know.
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Before you read this week's essay - the Koan Hip Hop Project is live. Koan Hip Hop is where the ITL framework meets the culture. Every release is a transmission — Hip Hop as a state of being, not a genre. Support the work → koanhiphop.com Introduction The lawsuit is three years old by the time anyone asks me for the document. Nobody remembers me. That's fine. I don't remember most of them either. But the general counsel needs to know what the specification actually said on the day it shipped....
Before you read this week's essay - the Koan Hip Hop Project is live. Koan Hip Hop is where the ITL framework meets the culture. Every release is a transmission — Hip Hop as a state of being, not a genre. Support the work → koanhiphop.com Three-Line Hook It takes two hours to hear four melodies inside one song. Most people will never notice even one of them. That gap is where the real work lives. Introduction This July 4th, while everyone looks up at fireworks, I'm looking down — into a song....
Before you read this week's essay - the Koan Hip Hop Project is live. Koan Hip Hop is where the ITL framework meets the culture. Every release is a transmission — Hip Hop as a state of being, not a genre. Support the work → koanhiphop.com Introduction I need you to understand something before we go further. What you call Hip Hop right now — what's on the radio, what's streaming, what's winning Grammys — is not Hip Hop. It is a well-funded corpse. And the people who built it knew exactly what...