Witty Harbor

In the late 1990s, a game named StarCraft took the world by storm. I fondly remember those hours spent strategizing with friends, navigating interstellar battles between three distinct races: the humans, the organic alien Zergs, and the technologically advanced Protoss. One particular element of the game always piqued my curiosity: the Protoss Pylon . Resembling a crystal, this central structure powered all other Protoss constructions. Drawing a parallel to reality, piezoelectric crystals, like the quartz crystals popularized in the 1970s for timekeeping, have long been a topic of fascination. With humanity's relentless pursuit of sustainable and renewable energy sources, might the Pylons of StarCraft offer a hint of what's to come? Crystals, with their meticulously ordered three-dimensional structures, possess unique electrical and mechanical properties. Recent advancements have delved into the capabilities of ionized crystals to both store and convert energy. Imagine a world...

A few years ago, after being inspired by a video from the USA Memory Championship, I delved into understanding whether exceptional memorization skills were innate or could be developed. It was then that I came across the book "Moonwalking with Einstein" (2006) by Joshua Foer, which introduced me to the ancient technique of Memory Palaces. Later on, I discovered a book titled "How to Take Smart Notes" by Sönke Ahrens. In it, Ahrens presents a systematic note-taking process to optimize the assimilation of learned concepts and brainstorm various ideas transformed into notes. The author's blog  features a section called "The Tools" where he lists software to automate this note-taking process, known as "Zettelkasten" in German. Among them is Obsidian . This tool allows notes taken from any dialogue, book, dream, etc., to be categorized and indexed for future use, even if you can't recall the specifics. I stumbled upon an Obsidian plugin integ...

 Dear readers, I warmly welcome you to the inception of WittyHarbor, an arena birthed from a blend of earnest enthusiasm and years of reflective contemplation. As a haven of insightful technological discourse, WittyHarbor aims to be a bustling marketplace of ideas, where the seeds of innovation find a fertile ground to sprout, flourish, and eventually blossom into ventures of tangible impact. Over the years, as my professional engagement in engineering blended with my passion for understanding the societal metamorphoses induced by technology, a repository of ideas gradually coalesced. The kernel of inspiration to share these musings and engage in insightful dialogues with like-minded individuals and communities blossomed, thus sowing the seeds for WittyHarbor. The kernel of this endeavor is to nurture a robust discourse around the nascent ideas that have long been simmering in my thoughts. Some of these ideations bear the promise of not merely reshaping our digital landscape but al...