Writings

Creative Chaos

Essays and build notes about creative tools, experiments, filmmaking, and learning in public.

• we made a movie in six weeks. — a few weeks ago, I had the chance to edit my first official short film featuring an entire production crew, and…
• to know what you want, learn what you don't — Suddenly, amidst all the chaos, confusion, and commotion, There was clarity .
• just rented seven electric scooters in one day — clarity .
• my co-worker was america's most viral man for a day — this story is honestly so ridiculous i thought i might as well write it up to look back at in 20 years and laugh.
• You can just do things. — This saying.
• the next hollywood is unscripted. — In a world where every skill can be mastered by anyone, and the value of all skills goes to zero, those who stand out…
• living in berkeley as a rejected student — I’ve spent the past three months living right next to the University of California, Berkeley.
• i'm officially done with waymo's — In the past 24 hours, I’ve been greeted with “Salaamun Alaykum” (peace be upon you in Arabic, a greeting Muslims use)…
• I spent a month studying the world's fastest growing podcast. Here's their secrets... — For the past month, I’ve been obsessed with Steven Bartlett and The Diary of a CEO, his podcast.
• We figured out how to hack Google Search — Credit: Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty Images Co-written by Isa—check out his blog here .
• So about that graduation thing... — The feeling didn’t kick in until now.
• Editing how I write my edit before editing my edit. — I’m tired of writing.
• Logan Paul's Editor Hating on my Filmmaking for 20 Minutes — I’m ngl, I’ve been procrastinating on this one.
• Why is AI Scary? Robots Already Control You. — A public LinkedIn article about how recommendation algorithms already shape attention, behavior, and creative culture.
• The power of three's in storytelling. — The Rule of Three According to Google, the rule of three is a storytelling principle that suggests people understand…
• Advice that sticks. — There is so much advice out there on the internet.
• Find your target audience. — When I launched my podcast, I was brainstorming ways I could officially "launch" it through a video on my personal…
• We're just iOS 1. Somewhere out there, there's an iOS 17. — Earlier this year, I was at a program where the speaker brought up a very interesting point.
• Life is about perspectives. — The sound designer says to start w/ music and have video flow it.
• Reflections on productive procrastination. — "Productive procrastination" - it's a term I learnt from screenwriter Rodney Rothman.