✌️I'm Spencer

Dreaming, wandering, and laughing
  • Seeking truth in paradoxes, beauty in the everyday, and connection in the unknown.
  • How do we create a society that empowers creation and facilitates understanding?
  • How might we embed intimacy, playfulness, and creative expression in our browsing experience?
Engineer by study, creator at heart in San Francisco 🌉
Currently working to empower people to collaborate and create @ Coda (never heard of it? check out my live monitor for a taste). Previously @ Airbnb, Square, Rice🦉
Sometimes reading, sometimes writing, other times taking photos, and often eating.
Always looking to learn about different perspectives and jamming with curious people. Say hi via Twitter or email!
Recent writing

🆕 As of April 11, I'm undertaking an experiment of publishing raw, lightly edited pieces every day towards achieving 100 public pieces. Check out the rationale and the full list here.

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05.23.21 // 1639 words

commitment and obligation

I was taught that hard work would bring you riches. That effort was the key to success in whatever you did...
04.30.21 // 1839 words //

how I found my snow

That was always the point I knew we were in winter, the season of snow and tranquility and of moonless nights and quiet...
12.06.20 // 1636 words //

Dilution

When the real and imaginary planes meet.
06.07.20 // 462 words

George Floyd

Sharing the photos from the protest I attended last week.
05.20.20 // 1612 words

Broken Lines

When the progress of things is broken by catastrophe
05.03.20 // 556 words //

a twinkle

Recounting a visceral experience. On light, humans, and meaning.
04.19.20 // 5660 words

The War of Intentions and Beliefs

What happens when good intentions are lost, everyone wants to be a hero, and the fight against evil spills over into innocents.
02.24.20

Decoding your Mind

Sharing my method to data-empowered journaling and self-reflection
02.23.20 // 1735 words

Discovering a New Year

Learning from nature, past leaders, and the consequences of human toils
12.18.19 // 679 words //

The Rider

A match in the dark.
11.19.19 // 389 words //

Sublime Arts

A discovery in the night.