Coffee vs. beer: which drink makes you more creative?

Why Veganism is Pure Stupidity

Scientifically, Morally, and Ethically

Art then… Art Now.

What exactly is this meme trying to say?

On Consuming Media Responsibly

Video Games, Horror Movies, and Anita Sarkeesian

Learn C, You Cheater

I started learning Objective-C about three years ago while I was studying music in Nashville, TN. Some time during high school, I had poked around in C++, but I didn’t understand it. By college, I was already familiar with “C-looking” languages like PHP and JavaScript, so enough of what I…

Perfect Is Dead

Design Lessons From The Uncarved Block

Table-neighbor stage fright

Stretching out in cramped quarters

Over Memorial Day weekend, my family and I found ourselves seated close to a couple who was clearly visiting San Francisco on vacation. They caught my eye because they kept leaning in to whisper to…

AKIRA di Katsuhiro Otomo

Oggi è il venticinquesimo anniversario del film cult “Akira”.

“Eating cookies is no longer part of who I am”

On one’s sense of identity and behavior change

Please, Speak Plainly

Think about the one thing 

I work in a job where words are key.

Actually, you do to. We all do.

When words are the currency, we all have the tendancy to want to differentiate ourselves by using…

A Caixa de Zuckerberg

O que a engenharia de comportamento diz sobre você no Facebook

Todos conhecem a sensação de entrar no Facebook, ver um monte de atualizações e começar a clicar em cada um para descobrir o que há por trás delas. Mensagens…

5 traits of the truly exceptional 

What makes someone rise to the top?

Yooo, I Love Snapchat

After I packed my car and moved from the small town of Bartonville, IL to Seattle (almost six years ago), I started…

A glass and a half in every bar

put yourself in the frame

Why I don’t “Consume Content”

In the past few years, “content” has become the ubiquitous reference to text, video, and audio. Worse, the humans (all of us) have been conveniently repackaged as “content consumers” and “content creators”. This reductionist trend does a disservice to audiences and to the…

Life’s What Happens While You’re Making Plans

But Sometimes Your Plans Will Change Your Life’s Direction

When I was sixteen my career’s guidance counsellor asked me what A-Levels I wanted to take. These are pre-requisites in the UK…

A Wasted Vote

let’s take a look at the bigger picture

Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Well, to me, it really feels like the US in particular is stuck in a loop of political…

Why do we need to always be working?

The other week I was at the Starbucks in Terminal C of the Newark airport when I saw a man get…

Riding All Of The Waves

The fun of quickly executing ideas with low expectations

Understanding the Value of Innovation

This post originally appeared on HLK’s blog.

Working without servers

A fair amount of what used to be “up there” is now in JavaScript, in the…

Google knows everything about me and I’m OK with that

What to expect in an online world

Be a good programmer

1. Change as little as possible to fix a problem
2. Refactor only when you have some sort of tests

The age of getting caught

We are all public figures now

It is official. We live in the age of getting caught.Every lie, any exaggeration or indiscretion is going to be found out and exposed. It is not just the recent confession of Lance Armstrong or the Manti Te’o…

Running with Scissors

The other day I saw my 7 year old daughter running across the house with scissors in hand ready for cutting as soon as…

Quem eu sou?

“Oh homem, conhece-te a ti mesmo e conhecerás os deuses e o universo.”

Está aí uma das perguntas mais complicadas de se lidar. Quem somos. Ou o que somos. É a pergunta do ponto de partida para o auto-conhecimento. Vivemos em uma…

Popular Music Isn’t Real Music, Is, Isn’t

I’m not sure how these conversations start. I’m laying in my hammock, and my…

Where Are The 3-Series Homes?

The Housing Industry Is In Dire Need of Disruption

Let’s Retire Social Media

Five good reasons we need a better name for it.

When Crappy Infrastructure Makes for Good User Experience

It’s more fun when you can’t do much with it

What Happens When The Wrong Message Goes Viral?

A Cautionary Facebook Tale for Small Businesses

I’ve Only Seen Two Episodes of Arrested Development Season 4, and That’s OK

Who can recognize Zuckerberg?

He was on holiday in Budapest

Significant Small

“Such a small thing, it is” This is the reaction most people give when asked about some small mistake they did. They often…

Ginger robotic dreams

A funny story is happening these days. Many tech folks obsessed with personal robotics (PR) have a vision. They keep…

On Writing Well

I’m just going to get straight to the point: