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Fear: Your Path to Happiness in 2015
With the New Year coming around, we’re all thinking about big goals. While devouring live turkeys and chugging cranberry sauce, I was struck by my perhaps difficult relationship with fear. I’m not the...
View ArticleThe Cure for Escapism
Recently I declared, over Sunday brunch, that I’d probably seen every good movie that’s ever been made. At least twice. That’s a lot of downloading. I’ve also played all the great classic video games...
View ArticleLearning Any Language from Anywhere
We are so incredibly blessed to have access to the following free resources for language learning. While I might not know 18 languages, I enjoy learning languages, meeting new friends from all over the...
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TheGame.is
Lately I’ve been extremely busy working with an ambitious team in Vancouver on TheGame.is. The idea of this project is to finally democratize Startup Investment so anyone from College Students to...
View ArticleThe Improv Myth
Whether you’re giving a talk at a big conference, talking to a client about design, or teaching a class, there is a very popular myth going around about improv. The myth goes that if you’re suave and...
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Bushido: Duty vs Ego
Like many reading this, I’m often conflicted by my need to look great. It always takes me away from my craft and my path. Honesty can be awkward and uncomfortable. In fact, even writing this now, I’m a...
View ArticleLearn Anything
Here are some terrific resources for anyone interested in design and self development. Learn to Meditate Yokoji Zen Center’s Video Primer to Meditation Learn to Work Out Elliot Hulse teaches you the...
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The Improv Myth: Reversal
One of my favorite business books in college was “The 48 Laws of Power” where Robert Greene walks us through the magnificent victories and blunders of Eastern and Western History to reveal threads...
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Can Fitbit Survive?
Apologies for the alarmist or sensationalist headline. I know. Fitbit just celebrated their IPO. The founders are totally rich. Customers, for the most part, are ecstatic. If you take a look at their...
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Giving vs “Giving”
A few times a year, we have the opportunity to really tell our friends and family how much we love them. We meet for dinner, and exchange gifts, and good times. But when it comes to gift-giving, we’re...
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Try this Instead of ApplePay
First we had credit cards, then debit cards and bank cards. They seemed to fuel consumption for a good 50 years. Consumer spending went up as the velocity of money exploded with these innovations....
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ShoutExchange
A few weeks back, our team started talking about an exciting new startup in social media. They wanted to put a spin on social media sharing, and came to us for identity and web design ideas. We had a...
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Is Design Still a Job?
Web Designers (and perhaps digital designers in general) must ask themselves this question from time to time. Yes, there are tons of restaurant sites to redesign. Yes, there are designers out there...
View ArticleAnother Short Take on Surviving Disruption
Here’s another quick take on the Internet economy and what we as humans can do to work and make money. When I think of disruption I think of Amazon. They killed the bookstore, but not in a dark and...
View ArticleSteve Jobs: Seductive Machinery
So the story of Steve Jobs, as told through “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” starts where it always starts: abandonment. It’s a cliché at this point: youngster is betrayed or rejected (either...
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