When Excellence Isn’t Enough

Why I talk about gender

In elementary school, my dad walked me to school each day. In high school, he drove me. Along our walks and drives, he taught me that I could do anything I set my mind to. I just needed to be excellent enough…

How to become someone worth talking to, or even better, worth talking about

Being interesting requires a unique point of view. You need to be a person of content.

Being interesting isn’t just…

30 Reasons to Smile

If an old lady struggling to put cents together has reason to smile wide, so must…

Why I was not sad after I deleted 1500 iPhone photos?

Another perspective for photography experience

A Piketty Primer: “Capital” in 10 Essential Graphs

From Kunal Jasty, producer at Radio Open Source

What a Greyhound bus driver taught me about making people happy

The making of an epic customer…

Hullo, Big Nose

This is the story of a really, really big nose, and how it was excluded from the…

Bioterrorism is Already Here

It just doesn't look like we expected.

This is a story of…

Future Thinking

Will Science Fiction one day be eclipsed by the sheer rate of technological…

You don’t have a website?

Our struggle with trying to build a company website.

4 Things I Learned From One Week Without Coffee

Should I write if I can’t keep a blog?

A tale about trial, error and writing

I never want to ‘work’ again!

If you are calling something ‘work’ you should really stop and question…

Thou Shalt Not Sin

America’s debate over how to fund sports stadiums hits critical mass in Cleveland…

It’s Easier to Sound Smart While Saying “No”

It’s easier to sound smart while saying why something won’t work, than by saying…

Share Your Future

Not Your Past

When I hire designers, I look for future perfect people. Some people have the potential, but they haven’t had the opportunities. Their portfolios are full of mediocre work, but it’s not because they’re mediocre designers. It’s because they’ve been…

The Creek

When I was a boy I spent most of my free time roaming an unclaimed land that ran behind the houses of my neighborhood. At least I thought…

A Hint of Sin

“Amazing,” the visitors would say at the first sip.

Front Porch Education

The real value of a college degree.

Thought-Full Writing, Part I

Thoughtfulness As a Guiding Principle

Put Yourself in Airplane Mode

I’m on my way to see my mom, who is dying. I have a long layover in Chicago, so after we land, I make my…

Never Forget

a naive traveler gains a new perspective