A snapshot of what I’m building, reading, writing, and trying to understand.

Ask Jose

An interactive way to explore how I think about products, AI systems, and the work behind this site.

Active

I’m building an interactive version of my professional site that allows people to explore how I think, what I’ve built, and whether we might work well together.

Compass

A personal operating system and second brain for reflection, accountability, and turning intentions into action.

Compass explores structured reflection—helping people think more deliberately about goals, decisions, and personal growth.

Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

A reminder that meaning and agency matter even when circumstances constrain what is possible—relevant to how people adopt systems under pressure.

Human Behavioral Biology

Robert Sapolsky

Lectures on how biology, environment, and experience shape behavior. Useful lens for products that change how people decide under uncertainty.

The Model Is Not the Product

Draft

A draft exploring why model metrics alone rarely create adoption—and what has to be designed around the model for people to trust and use it.

How much of attention is neurological, and how much of the way we interpret it is cultural?

An open question about attention, behavior, culture, and environment—not a diagnosis. How systems and norms shape what people notice and how they explain it.

Surfing

Exploring whether skateboarding can help develop better balance and movement outside the water.

Practice outside the primary environment—testing whether related skills transfer.

Simple, repeatable meals

Lately: chicken, sweet potatoes, onions, and an unreasonable amount of high-polyphenol olive oil.

Keeping food simple so decision energy goes elsewhere.