I'm Jon Mitchell. I make words and music.

I'm the keeper of The Daily Portal, and I work for myself at Ablaze Interactions.

I also write for Burning Man and am the editor of Tales From The Playa.

I used to be a staff writer at ReadWrite. I live in Oakland, California.

Ablaze!

My personal weblog about creativity, writing, music, spirituality, politics, and whatever else I fancy.

Afterthoughts.

My candid but professional weblog about working in web publishing and journalism.

Portfolio

Published articles and interviews, including stories about tech & media, Burning Man, and personal topics.

Projects

My standalone projects, podcasts, music, and other works bigger than articles.

The title of Everything is ablaze! comes from the Adittapariyaya Sutta, the Fire Sermon. This sutta embodies what I'm all about: communication through common understanding, cutting through the illusory codes of language and ego to reveal that Common Something, that Point which we all miss most of the time.

I took the photograph along the top at Burning Man 2008.

About me

Where I'm coming from and where I'm going.

Contact me

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