Being Inspired

The Jedi Way

“It’s your job to be inspired.”

The Universe Favors The Bold

The leap of faith (and working hard)

Build the Steak, not the Sizzle

You can market your ass off, but if your product sucks, you're dead.

The Duke of Earl

A fictional photo story

Harbaugh Anecdote: Almost Winning

Every time a Niners game is on I get the question: “What was it like playing for Harbaugh?” Over the…

Elon Musk is no Steve Jobs.

Much as I love my iPhone, Musk’s innovation is on another stratosphere…

My week of being ugly: 

Re-defining myself with a messed up face

How to be the couple that everybody likes

or just the couple that doesn’t make others gag.

Fear & Lies Smackdown.

How I feel. I don’t sleep at night without medication for anxiety. I’m so uncomfortable with the number of things I…

Medium Vs. Wordpress

On switching from one blogging platform to another

Why Understanding Fear is Important

Let’s think of a plane. Now lets put a person in the picture who has a fear of flying. If the…

Pharrell’s ‘Happy’ Is More Popular Than You Think

How the Neptunes and N.E.R.D. front man came back. 

Stoplights Suck

Design and the physical world.

Rule #2: Wish for what you want

By Marty Neumeier

Welcome to Marty Neumeier’s weekly series, The Rules of Genius—an innovator’s guide to creativity.

The Internet’s Great Race Delusion

How pockets of prejudice throughout the internet can lead one to believe that all blacks are thugs and all whites are bigots.

Privacy, For Its Own Sake

Last week, Google acquired Nest, a programmable thermostat and smoke detector company, for $3.2 billion. In the…

10 people we would die to have on our Advisory Board!

barter.li — An open source community project to…

The Great Divide

A story about love, paired hearts and a lifetime of searching.

Falling

Smells Like Make-Believe: Volume 1, Issue 2

My Damn Opinion

On marriage and thing I’ll rather do than get married

Privacy, Agency, and Why Picturelife Now Accepts Bitcoin

Your Privacy Agency shouldn’t stop at .jpg.

Journalism Lessons From Joan Rivers

Or… how to ask questions when you’re not an expert.

Our Craft Cannot be Replaced by an Interface and a Library of Icons.

These tools allow people to…

Seeing God

Belief or experience: A conversation with Gregor Maehle

Crossing to safety

Smells Like Make-Believe: Volume 1, Issue 2

What do Sex, Gluten Free Diets, Vacations, Hugs & Drugs all have in common?

Health & Wellness according to Walsayeth, amen.

The mayor of Margaritaville and king of the laid-back beach party lifestyle, Jimmy Buffett…

Do You Ever Feel Like You’re Getting Tired Of It…

My Connected Lifestyle

Whether You Think You Can or Can’t — You’re Right

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t —…

Taking Risks

Stop playing it safe! Start taking more risks today!

I believe one of the biggest shortcomings of my generation and possibly humans in general is their aversion to risk. We usually play it safe. I definitely do it and I’m sure many of you do…

“Yes, And…”

An easy trick for a better feedback culture in your team.

A Land Of Overwhelming Purgatory

Why having no identity will crush even the biggest giant

Where Blogging Fails Us

I can remember it like yesterday. She sat there batting her eyelashes while I rambled on about jiu-jitsu and the…

Unstained Fingers

(When Whales don’t rise, or need to)