My space-time worm began in upstate New York, traveled to Oklahoma, and eventually trudged its way to San Francisco where its current slice resides.

I spend my time writing speculative fiction, advising and investing in startups, and exploring the intersection of technology and society. I am a proud member of SFWA, Codex, and Sudowriters.

Some past iterations of myself:

• I founded Parse, a platform that powered much of the app universe. It was acquired by Facebook and is now open source.

• I led the team that built the first Facebook branded VR app.

• I was one of the first engineers at Scribd, building much of its early code base.

• I studied psychoacoustic algorithms and wrote low level C reference code for DVD hardware at Dolby Laboratories.

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You can reach me at jamesjacobyu -at- gmail or follow me on Twitter. I’m always open to brainstorming on startups or story ideas. I especially like helping folks who are new to tech.