Making better decisions in a mediated world

How the architecture of living spaces creates a stage for the exhibitionist and a theater for the voyeur.

More than 70 countries are reported to be infected.

Governments need to ensure that long-term investments aren’t undercut by emerging technologies

Your brain makes most of its decisions without bothering to consult with you. Some are trivial: If you had to decide which foot to put down…

Chairman Lamar Smith has turned the House Science Committee into the staging grounds for his anti-science inquisition.

Why “apolitical” or “symmetric” laws aren’t.

“Night Thoughts,” an essay by Matthew Vollmer

The world will view you as an object — but you cannot be broken.

I stumbled across a poem called Quoof the other day that I hadn’t seen since we read it in a university seminar in 1985.

The advent of computers and the internet—and the declining costs of using both—spurred law enforcement to construct massive databases of…

Fashion visionaries are using 3D printing to create mind-bending textiles that are nearly impossible to wear.

The altcoin bubble is in full force and is creating a lot of buzz and euphoria in the crypto space. Some may argue it’s not a bubble and…

So you think Amazon is a tech company? No, you’re wrong

I’m to be married soon.

Like so many, I lived in a house full of roommates in college, where we thought we knew everything and had all the answers. That core group…

On a daily basis we meet new people, we buy or have new stuffs, we make memories, experience new feelings, time, knowledge. All of these…

An action plan to help you stop talking things personally.

Netflix’s new series, 13 Reasons Why, has the older generations freaking out about teenage mental health issues.

How to make a cartoon about a family that runs for 25 seasons? You only have so many main characters, unless .. they take on new identities…

Born in 2005, Pepe Le Frog is dead. His creator, cartoonist Matt Furie recently laid him to rest in a comic created for Free Comic Book Day…

Avid readers, take note.

An anxious look at how the rise of feminism and the onset of WWII eroded the traditional model of masculinity in American films.

How an app designed to help you sell clothes slowly convinces you to buy them.

Today I’m leaving my job as design partner at Google Ventures. Instead of another full-time job, I’m focusing my energy on writing. I have…

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself” said Eleanor Roosevelt and one of the most important lessons in…

The Ultimate Guide to Working With an Assistant If You’ve Never Had One Before.

Academic mothers need relief from grossly inadequate support systems that deprive them of a fair shot at successful careers.

This was first published on my mailing list The Looking Glass. Every week, I answer a reader’s question.

This post feels somewhat like a coming of age story. If you’re a junior designer, it might be eye opening. On the contrary, as a design…

Over the past couple of weeks I had the pleasure to talk about UXPin’s approach to building a design system on multiple meet-ups and…

UI/UX Basic Research

Do websites and apps belong in the MoMA? (They do)

I’d like to preface this case study by stating that my intentions behind redesigning Apple Music were in no way driven by indignation or…

You do realize Trump has opened Pandora’s Box and the next Presidential election is going to be Battle of the Billionaires, right? You do…

By Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President Kennedy and member of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee

It is the prime question in everybody’s head. Me too, I was wondering why did North Korea take such a strong stance towards holding a…

Three weeks after the arrests of six Flint, MI, residents at a public town hall about the city’s water crisis, the case has been marked by…

FBI declares war on Trump; Senate Judiciary Chairman’s important statement; Comey never asked for more funding for Russia probe