Uncertainty Avoidance: An Intercultural Perspective

Google+ is the Six Flags of Social Networks.

Disclaimer: I worked on Google+ for two years, as technical lead for the +1 Button…

Passive Racist Voice

(aka how to not be a dick)

On Caffeine: Your Best Self Is Even and Clear

When I was in my early twenties, around 2003, I used to love going to a coffee…

Hyper-Local: Not A Behavioral Disease

Can we please pick better buzzwords? Come on Silicon Valley. 

Letter to Tim Cook From a Disgruntled Shareholder

How the Previously Disadvantaged are becoming the Currently Connected

The term “Previously…

Some thoughts on advertising, hubris and the Classics

Do the children of Mad Men see the future of advertising?

A preamble.
Lately I’ve taken to sitting down and starting to write an essay with no particular subject in mind…

Life is like a bowl of strawberries

Testing this… uh, medium.

Improving by Removing

The ancient mantra of ”Less is more” is thrown around a lot when it comes to design. Making a product as simple as possible by having less of it is something we as designers attempt to do almost every day.

Entrepreneurship is a Skill

Please, for the love of God (or in spite of Her), stop reading and writing articles about the “Ten Best Ways…

We need more playdates.

A rousing call to action for dirt, legos, scooters, sticks, guitars, and…

Who Cares About Daft Punk?

Everyone, actually. But not why you think.

Exploring Medium as an Almost-Unpublished Author

By Michael Thompson

Government, stop wasting data

Reflections about big data and information

The browser; the gateway?

The browser is where so much of our computer-lives take place, but how can…

Why Design Is So Hard

And what we can do about it.

Sucker

“Go on in, son.”

This post starts with three short stories:

“Oh, Is That What You’re Doing Now?”

It’s an interesting experience when you quit your job, turn to build a mobile app, and jump into a field of…

A Innovative Slow Day

Do you as me sometime’s have a slow day at work? For me it happens way to seldom, but when they do they can be really…

Small, Medium, or Large?

From fast food to t-shirts, most things in life come in three sizes. The internet is no exception… well at least…

A Platform That’s User First.

Yahoo has bought Tumblr, now the rest is history. When I started using Tumlbr I was happy to read that…

We could all take a leaf out of Sweden’s Songbook