Standing or Sitting

Don’t choose… stick with both

Travel: What Makes Humans Human

What makes us human? Travel.

Why Social Media is Not Valued by CEOs

The budget cutbacks in 2014 will be predictable

Why Designers Need to Share What We Do

Thoughts on furthering our profession

How I Made Banksy’s East New York Piece Happen

The Power of Twitter

Put Me On Your Board

And stop feigning paucity

The State of Podcast Apps — 2013

We’re in a golden age of podcasts. And yet, all the apps suck.

Why you should hire Socrates

Best business practices from Ancient Greece

You are what you listen to

My thoughts after a full year without music

The Art of Screaming at Eight Year-old Girls

The first Monday night was a strange one. One by one, a series of adorable little…

Social Generation Gaps — Why They Exist

What does a 16-year-old, 23-year-old and 31-year-old all have…

The right place

The start of a start-up from a different perspective

To Tell or Not To Tell

The challenges with getting the family history

In November of 2003, I made a visit to see my namesake, Uncle George Hancock, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He’s the last of the direct branch on my mother’s side. I was prepared to…

Ta-Da List!

What happens when we let go of plans, expectations, and the long to-do lists.

The Apple Bait You Fell For

Trap Of The Blue Bubbles

Shared endorsements — turning us all in to unintentional advertisers 

Advertisements on free services…

Complex? What’s that?… Beware

One day a little boy did not feel like going to school

Facebook, Booze and Starter Jackets

Why do companies and products exist?

Malala Yousafzai leaves John Stewart Speechless with comment about Pacifism

나의 말과 글이 강하게 느껴지는 이유.

글 잘쓰는 사람 하면 떠오르는 글쟁이들이 몇몇 있지만, 항상 빠지지 않고 떠오르는 인물은 유시민 전 장관. 페이스북에서 우연히 ‘자유인' 유시민의 글쓰기 강좌 녹취록을 보고 몇번이고 음미했다.

그러다 문득 주변사람들이 나에게 “너는 주장이 너무 강해”라는 이야기를 하는 경우가 떠올라 조그만 단초라도 여기서 찾아 볼 수 있을지 고민해 보게 되었다.

Links on Links | Oct. 11, 2013

My Best Finds of the Week! 

Here are a few of the most interesting things I’ve found online during the week. Enjoy!

Please Airlines, Make a Better Airplane…

I’m tired of feeling like I just went 12 rounds

Stop the War on Trans Teens

Thomas Page Macbee on the mastermind behind Prop 8's next crusade.

L’Opac vince il Nobel alle intenzioni

La motivazione del Nobel per la Pace 2013 all’Organizzazione per…

Data Not Documents

We search because we have to, not because we want to.

Our interaction with information on the web is changing. For years we have been accustomed to typing a few words in the big white search box, and then clicking a bunch of links…

Tales beyond time and space

Chapter II

Throw every damn thing you have at it.

Alllllrighty then.

Chasing Inspiration

Looking for creativity in all the right places.

Time of your life

Why “minutes to read” is wrong

So I downloaded iOS7 a few days ago, and I noticed that the icon on the home screen for the clock actually tells time. That is, you can see the excited red second hand busily crop-circling its way around the clock. I…

Directionless.

For all the hearts that are shattered, it will get better. It better.

The sweet nothings we used to share, those were all I brought with me.