On weekends, James and Jess have slow breakfasts and long conversations about everything from creativity to philosophy.
James Cabrera is a UX designer, graphic designer, and startup consultant by profession and a vlogger/photographer/math nerd by nature. Jess Song is a painter, writer, and psychology nerd doing content design and product marketing for therapists, nonprofits, and early stage startups.
It's the end of 2024. James and Jess take a look back at how the year went. They also look ahead and talk about their words of the year for 2025.
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14 Nov 2024
Is the Internet Dead?
It's been a while but we're back! In this episode we reflect on our early internet days, what shaped our creativity back then, and how it's different now. We talk about the Dead Internet Theory. Is the internet really dead? Has it been this way since 2016?
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6 Jun 2024
On Conferences and Travel
After travelling to Miami, James and Jess reflect on experiences attending conferences and how we approach travel in general.
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30 Apr 2024
What's in our Creative DNA?
It's been a heads-down couple months. Jess and James talk about personal passion projects and how James is beginning his journey in discovering what his Creative DNA is. We talk about where to find clues as to what is in your own Creative DNA.
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6 Mar 2024
How do we handle advice?
This week we discuss handling Advice. Sometimes getting Advice is frustrating, but does it have to be? Advice should be helpful. James shares his perspective on how he handles Advice and how it shapes the way he gives advice. Jess shares her own experiences with Advice, then forms James' logic into an Advice-processing framework.
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4 Feb 2024
On Productivity and Rest
This week’s episode is on productivity & rest. We talk about
Our relationships with productivity
When “resting” actually feels like rest
Identifying what “rest” means for us
Tips for knowing when to rest.
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9 Jan 2024
Our 2023 Year in Reviews
Recorded on New Years Eve, James and Jess reflect on their 2023. It was a year of challenges, but also the year we got married. We also talk about how we set intentions for the coming year.
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13 Dec 2023
On Environments
We are getting into the holiday spirit, or at least James is. We talk about how important it is to design and take care of our environments. We also share some of the things we think about when setting up our own environments, from home to work.
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11 Nov 2023
Our Journeys Into Food
We talk about our current relationship with cooking, and how it took us 10 years to get here.
In this episode:
The first time Jess cooked for James (and the drama that ensued)
What motivates us to cook
How we learned to wing recipes
Why it took us 10 years to enjoy cooking
Today we had a Japanese breakfast: Mackerel, a rolled omelet, broccoli with kewpie dressing, tofu, and a fermented soybean soup.
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1 Nov 2023
Plant Zaddy
We decided to record this week's episode on Halloween. We talk about our Halloween costumes and our Halloween experiences.
In this episode:
How James became a Plant Zaddy
City vs. Suburbs Trick or Treating
Our favorite candies
What we like about Halloween as we get older
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23 Oct 2023
On the Practice of Practice
This week’s episode is on the habit of Practice.
In this episode:
The importance of practice, time, and feedback
How we choose what areas to improve on
Our formula for a meaningful creative practice
Bonus: Tips on public presentation
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14 Oct 2023
On Loneliness and Togetherness
Good morning! Today’s breakfast is a juicy sandwich of scrambled egg, munster cheese, sliced turkey, and avocado with gochujang mayo. Hey Boar’s Head, sponsor us!
In this episode:
We debate (again! lol) on whether we are introverts or extroverts
Human connection as a remedy to grief, anxiety, depression
Culture vs. connection / community / loneliness
Being a burden vs. seeking community support
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7 Oct 2023
Writing for yourself vs. other people
James and Jess are back from traveling! We found ourselves resisting documenting the trip for vlogs/instagram, which led us to reflect on why we create and who we create for.
This week:
Being public vs. private
Creating to archive vs. creating to process
Writing for others vs. for ourselves
Being IN the experience vs. observing/capturing the experience
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9 Sept 2023
On Small Talk (and big talk)
This morning, we talk about small talk (and big talk).
Interviewing friends about yourself (job search)
Activities vs deep conversations
The joys and horrors of small talk
Tips for making small talk w strangers
Bonus
Our favorite youtube to wind down with
Fashion choices post-covid
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2 Sept 2023
On Our Differences in Creativity
Welcome to our first episode where James and Jess dive deep into something over Saturday breakfast.
This morning, we talk about creativity.
needing to be alone to make art
making bad art + “just starting”
why we struggle with our own creativity (even though we help others be creative for a living)
our opposite creative processes
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