My name is Isaac Holeman; I’m one of many cousins that make up the seventh generation of a great big outdoorsy Oregon family. My life revolves around Oregon’s wonders, frontier markets and finding meaning in suffering and the fringes of society. The mysteries of faith help me make sense of beauty in our wild and crazy world.
I’m the chief strategist at Medic Mobile, where I’m meant to develop a focused, cohesive strategy for our products and services. I teach people to use phones and computers, design services that leverage effective communication (technologies), and design products that feel more familiar than innovative to most of the people who touch them. Aside from Medic, I serve on the boards of two nonprofits1,2 The unending work of social justice brings together my pensive intellect and that itch to lay my hands on a problem and watch the world grow.
Curiosity is the cornerstone of my personality. I really want to traverse the organizational gap between creativity and innovation. I really want to know who you are. I really want to understand why rhythm matters. I really want to see where universities came from. I really want to feel the breeze at the top of that tree. I really want to know what souls are. My love affair with wikipedia will never die. And I enjoy surrounding myself with creative people. Occasionally I make websites1,2,3 music1, 2 and photographs. I’m interested in architecture and indie publishing and my fiddle. I’ve written for The Oregonian and the Harvard Global Health Review. My creative writing remains hidden, but for an occasional inkling.
Imagining that everyone can hear me is a thought experiment that helps me focus on being authentically, undeniably and always me. Writing for the web is my attempt to make the thought experiment real.
