Design Matters I was delighted to get to speak with Debbie Millman for her venerable podcast, “Design Matters”. If you have an hour to spare, please do check out the conver...
XOXO and Reckoning With Nice This year’s XOXO festival exceeded its predecessor in every way. It was bigger, smarter, more challenging, more engaging and easily among the best conference...
The Other Start-up Advice Recently, I’ve had the chance to talk to a lot of talented people who are working on new projects or new startups, most of which aren’t really companies yet,...
The "Yes, and..." Culture In improvisational theater and comedy, one of the first rules of participation is allowing co-creation. Basically, instead of saying “No, wait!” you respond to...
Communications and Perception Most of my career has been dedicated to communications, either in making tools for enabling it, or in trying to practice the art myself. My friends tend to be...
Web 0.0 I moved back to New York City at the end of last year because of my wife’s work , and despite my love for my coworkers and the work they do. But the decisio...
Cooking Up a Design Ryan Freitas, whose culinary wisdom I can personally vouch for, just shared some insights into his idea that designers can learn a lot from the discipline of...
I'm a real pretend artist! Those who know me know that I’m pretty much inept at any kind of artistic endeavor. Which makes it all the more amusing that I’ve recently had the chance to pr...
Rules to the Game One of the recurring ideas that’s been reasserting itself in my head recently is the idea of constraints being useful, and even necessary for creative work....
Paint the town purple I’m supposed to be convinced that red is somehow better than purple by the images in this post. But instead, it makes me think how much cooler life could b...
It's good to have fans Sometimes when I see the creativity that my friends display, it makes me wish I had a hammer ....
I'm feeling lucky There is only so much room for innovation or creativity within these design constraints, it seems....
Matt's head is so full Matt’s head is so full of good ideas they’re just pouring out his ears. Witness the Metafilter Scholarship . Cool!...
It's amazing how well-timed words, It’s amazing how well-timed words, or advice given at the right time, or the presentation of a idea, can make the simplest sentence stay with a person. Almost...
Hee hee hee... Our resident **Hee hee hee… ** Our resident creative genius had done a little bit of freelance work making art for some role-playing game company. Turns out some of his stu...
a minor revelation Little bit of not-quite-wisdom which I have realized is very, very true: We hate most in others that which he have failed to see in ourselves . Or, as I like...
