silence + salience

Currently happy about: IKEA

🎵 Peace to the world, happiness to you, love to the world, wisdom to you 🎶 ^Repeated song during the New Year's Eve ceremony at the Zen Buddhist Temple Ann Arbor: my prior home. #newyear

Jim rhymes with Tim, yet I have yet to meet a Jimothy nor a Tames

Now home after 21 consecutive days of traveling, being sick, or both. Recharging 7 different electronic devices.

A happy slice of life during SfN: handing my new Sanmai business card to my dissertation advisor. Receiving yet more new business cards from Kaleida Capital today and looking forward to the shuffle synthesis! Joyful for being in various dimensions of neurotech.

I think I am going to move to SF proper in the new year. There's simply too much neural activity to be based an hour south of the city.

Ate at the Old Spaghetti Factory three times this week. They say third time's the charm, yet the second and third times were just as charming as the first time.

The person in charge of the press room at @sfn.org walked around with a box of dark chocolate peanut butter cups and offered them to the remaining people in here! It was a very wholesome moment.

After talking with people during @sfn.org about their innovations, I am convinced that neurotech is not a bubble, but is really just getting started as a growing area. We will see inspiring things come into the world empowering discovery, humanity, and healthcare systems. #neuroscience #neurotech

LinkedIn has temporarily restricted my account until tomorrow because they think they have detected automation tools. This happened last time I went to SfN too: making too many connections? Ironically, I can't contact their support because I need to be logged into LinkedIn to contact their support!

Hello San Diego! And the many humans here for neuro conferences! #neuroscience

Excited to host this Neurotech Glow Walk on Friday! #neuroscience #neurotech

Still recovering from laryngitis. Currently happy about: having the foresight to have stockpiled three large boxes of tissues.

A new adventure is taking flight! I am delighted to share that I’m starting a new position as Venture Fellow with Kaleida Capital! I’ll be working on deal sourcing, diligence, and ecosystem research across our NeuroAI thesis, while continuing involvements with the broader neurotech community.

Currently happy about: just happening to have the correct rare cable needed for something

It's cutting-edge! It's noninvasive! It's... a haircut!

Ship shape: in good shape to ship

Currently amused by: the algorithms pushing medical device hardware and software advertisements into my consciousness via various websites I visit

Today, I: -Met up with a friend for breakfast -Finished reading a book -Made a new friend over tea -Wrapped up a mindfulness course I was teaching It is a wonderful life!

🥰 One of the people who attended the first Neurotech Glow Walk this past week sent me a message saying she really enjoyed meeting people at the event AND has already met up with some of them for coffee! I also made plans to reconnect over coffee with some people who came to the Glow Walk!

Hosting Neurotech Glow Walk in San Diego the night before SfN! It's free! At 8 PM on Friday, November 14th, 2025, we'll meet up at Bayfront Park in San Diego, which is next to the San Diego Convention Center. Registration link in comments #neuroskyence #neuroscience #neurotech

Currently happy about: digital circuit schematics

Currently happy because: many of TIME's best inventions of 2025 are in neuro!

Shaping the future. In my imagination, it looks like a pretzel right now!

It is Tech Week SF, and I am excited for the neurotech!

Thinking about space occasionally leads to comet relief.

Maybe... spit hit the fan 😅

Currently enjoying: forbidden rice sourdough loaf. This bread is made from purple rice! It's amusing and delicious! #bread

🧪 Sonogenetics = gene therapy + ultrasound. I interviewed @logantcollins.bsky.social on the nuances of this technique. Merge Labs may be first to try. Will it work? Let’s see what emerges from Merge. 🧠 Neurotech Reports article link in comments. #neurotech #neuroscience

Two fandoms, one phrase: May the Force be ever in your favor.

Currently happy about: HOVering in a carpool lane

When computer science teaching assistants nap, is that a CS-ta? #cs #computerscience

Do not put an L at the end of NASA. Otherwise, you will get NASAL!

Coffee made the raster go faster? It's just a little over my head.

Sometimes, people are so fed up that they only eat a little!

A former boss said I am the only person they know who can put an exclamation point after every sentence and have it sound just like me!

Very happy about: having a 10/10 discipline level with everything I set out to do today!

Coworker: Where do watermelons grow? Me: 🎵 Down by the Bay! 🎶

If you are a physicist, let's collect each other! Along with neuro people, I have a tendency to collect physics people! #physics

We picked up something ASAP: it was maple syrup!

Currently happy about: my robotic vacuum mop’s 163 hours of cleaning over the past year! It is wonderful to have the floor automatically cleaned every day!

Currently happy about: Apple device software update

Currently happy about: chia pudding with strawberries

I know the Clubhouse app was something of a flash in the pan in its remarkable heyday, yet four years later, I somehow find myself in a dedicated conversation with people I originally met via Clubhouse on the phone or in real life at least once per week! #clubhouse

Currently happy about: HTML CSS #webdesign

Currently happy about: learning the key differences between command + click and shift + click in MacOS

Currently happy about: free access to @oreilly.bsky.social via my local library

Currently happy about: designing with @figma.com

Currently happy about: watermelon coming to my office! 🍉