Welcome to David Wilson's Fab Academy site!

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
- Terry Pratchett

This site documents my participation in the 2025 Fab Academy program. See the navigation sections for details about me, weekly assignments, and project updates.

On Beginnings

Skydive I jumped out of an airplane once... sort of. The skydive instructor actually pushed me out of the plane on a count of 2 instead of 3. There was a great adrenaline rushing sensation of "oh my, what have i done?" in freefall through the whirlwind, until the chute popped. The journey down was a constant alternation between "ow, crumbs!" (the harness was not a tailored fit and chafed quite a bit) and "wow, what a view!" Though one could not characterize it as at all smooth, I did eventually land to complete the adventure. From the stories I have heard, in essence the Fab Academy experience is not entirely unlike this. Well, the fab plane is aloft, the door stands open, and we have... jumped....