2X Emmy® Award-winning composer, recording artist, author, former professor, former label exec, artist development expert, New Yorker, husband and dog owner

Eng @ Medium

Community Manager. Official staff account.

Principal UX Designer / Design Strategist in Austin, Texas. Forever weird, always curious.

Recovering journalist, former gigging guitarist, current corporate content guy. Writing for free about music, fatherhood, and whatever we’re living through.

www.smith-diction.com

Microsoft Principal Designer | Strategic design leader crafting AI-first, inclusive, and intuitive experiences across systems, tools, and services.

A Mexican American author & translator from South Texas. Teaches literature & Nahuatl at UTRGV. Former president of the Texas Institute of Letters.