Now
Updated: September 2026
If we ran into each other after a year apart, here's what I'd tell you.
Work
Linslow is my consulting practice: I help creative businesses. More at linslow.com →
School
I went back to school this spring: symbolic logic and calculus at Santa Monica College. I haven't been a regular student in a long time. Showing up to a place, doing the homework, sitting for exams: that has changed something. This fall it's Calculus 2 at SMC, two mornings a week. The longer aim is testing whether the ground exists for more advanced mathematics or economics work.
Groups
I enjoy some ongoing groups. I often get to hear myself say things I didn't know I was thinking.
- Tuesday Men's Club. Over a year in, biweekly at the Wende Museum, Culver City.
- Short Story Discussion Group. Four friends, 40+ sessions since 2022. Archive at ssdg.me.
- PDFN (Product Demo for Normals). A small, recurring show-and-tell of things people have shipped with LLMs. Started in June, now settling into a twice-a-month rhythm.
Family
Amy runs a creative business teaching crafting, scrapbooking, and lettering. Jack is 12 and into track and gaming. June is 5 and into everything. Two ducklings arrived at the end of August and live in a brooder in the garage. Jack takes care of the ducks.
Writing
Morning pages, almost every day for years. These days they take the form of mymorningquestions.com: one question, one quote, one reading, and a place to write. Each January, an annual review; the 2025 Annual Review is up. Essays and experiment reports are on the writing page.
Write Me If
- You're building one of these too. A room, a store, a practice, a system that reads your own records. If some part of this page is your life right now, write me. Comparing notes with people mid-struggle is half of why I write any of this down.
- You own or run a media or creative thing that's stuck. That's Linslow. Tell me what it is and where it's stuck.
The best way to reach me is email: jc@jccangilla.com. I read everything. I respond to most things. Sometimes it takes a few days.