It was here my dreams were the strongest. The latest Apple computers, Adobe flash, the movie posters on the wall. The smell of cigarettes, old coffee and steel. Damp and dark hallways. Creativity and hard wood floors. When you're that young - you're so hopeful. You believe you can do anything. If tiny Elle knew what...

Welcome, to the Soft Metal Lounge, a portal for time travel between the past and future. My name is Elle and I'll be your timesplitter. The Soft Metal Lounge is my life or at least reclaiming the life I thought I lost. I woke up one day wanting to escape inside a dream of a Y2k future that never came. Its not too...

I spent years building for other people. Then I realized I wanted no part of it. When you publish on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Medium, you're stuck in their world. Their platforms. More problematically, platforms optimize for engagement—which almost always means maximizing emotional reaction (outrage,...