What is the Best Social Network
So…Ello. It’s new, and for some reason, even people who said, “I’m tired of more social networks!” jumped onto the new thing. (Okay, so one person I know declared it ugly and canceled his account not...
View ArticleLook Up, Down, or Not at All
Do you remember the Look Up video? Now I’ve been seeing Can We Auto-Correct Humanity shared quite a bit: They are well-done videos…that seem to assume a lot about people and the way they use technology...
View ArticleSome Thoughts about Superstition and Panic
Every time I fly — as I step aboard the plane — I say to myself, “This is the plane I’m going to die on.” Not because I believe that; rather, because I don’t. I’ve mentioned that I do this to some...
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My Favorite Podcasts
If you know me, you know that I do a weekly podcast with a friend called Men in Gorilla Suits. Men in Gorilla Suits is a [sometimes] philosophical look at pop culture. (Sometimes we’re anything but...
View ArticleThe Most Important Thing I Read All Year
I usually don’t ask the people who follow the things I do online to do things for me. I feel that content is a gift, and if I’m creating it in the hope that it will ultimately benefit me — at the very...
View ArticleIn Defense of Kanye West
I preface this by saying I know very little about Kanye West (much like many of those still criticizing him halfway into the week after the Grammy Awards). Were it not for social media and 24-hour news...
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A Taste of History
I first tasted absinthe in 2003. I’d heard about it well before then, but stumbled upon an article about it. The article made it sound like it was a drug — a stigma the drink carries to this day....
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Damn…
I spent my prom night with Lee McGrevin. Drunk… On a wall. Lee lived in one of the first housing developments in Southlake, Texas I remember having a wall around it. I am not ashamed to admit that I...
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In Praise of the Nobodies
It seems to happen at every conference: there’s a moment when I see someone I know, say hello, and they blow right by me in a rush for a 10-second exchange with someone “big” who won’t remember them...
View ArticleThe Intersection of Art and Creativity
Fairly recently, I chatted with some friends about this Seth Godin post about “creative” jobs. During the discussion, a good friend asked me if I think there’s a difference between art and creativity....
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