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I’m Quitting This Blog (Next Stop: The Future!)

This might get a little wordy, but I think it’s worth it. If you’re looking for the punchline, just check the end of the post In case you haven’t noticed, it’ been a little quiet around here. Yes, I’ve...

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And We’re BACK!

Is this thing still on? Wow. It really has been a while. In case you missed the last post (which is directly below this one), I had previously mothballed this blog, which used to be known as A New...

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2 Reasons Not To Act

So I’m getting into Making Ideas Happen by Behance’s Scott Belsky. It’s a great book so far, and it’s already got me thinking about what it is that makes “doing something” as difficult as it is. It...

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Best Stuff I Read This Week – 8/13 Edition

I could summarize them, but that might take the fun out of reading them. All these posts are absolutely worth your time. All strategies are note equal – From The Head of Zeus Jones Cutting Clippings...

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Please Leave Me Alone

So this was making the rounds this afternoon. Looks to have originally popped up on The Sell! Sell! Blog. It’s a must read. I’ll catch up with you when you’re done. With all the social media,...

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Lost on the Wilderness

If you haven’t seen it yet, take a few minutes and go check out The Wilderness Downtown. It’s an interactive film/music video by Chris Milk featuring the Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait”. It’s also the...

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Pivot Points

I was going to be a corporate lawyer. Honestly. I had taken the LSATs, was all set for law school and was about to get my business degree. It was go time. But then I bought a book. Specifically, I...

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Unintentional Consequences

In answering a question I had been thinking about, here’s a fun little game of connect the dots. A German man with a typewriter is responsible for the entire existence of URL shorteners. Here’s how: 25...

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This Space Intentionally Left Blank

So obviously I haven’t been putting blog posts together recently. And that’s okay. I’m taking a little break from the “long form” stuff. I definitely subscribe to the idea that you can’t listen very...

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Beyond Badges – Getting more out of game mechanics

Leveling Up – A classic game mechanic best known in role playing games. You perform tasks and accumulate experience points, etc. towards raising your level. With the increase in level comes added...

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