Archives for “Ideas”

      I was inspired by this thread to create a flow chart built on a few of Jay-Z's lyrics, taken from the song H.O.V.A.

I am not good at managing credit card debt. Virtual money, real money, due dates... meh. I'm not good at any of it. I just ...

Many people tell me that raising their children is their way of doing something good for this world. With the approaching birth of my daughter, ...

"The future is no more uncertain than the present" -Walt Whitman Day 2 is kicking off. Peter Merholz is schooling us in embracing uncertainty. UXWeek's Twitter ...

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve celebration, even if it invloved turning in early for a good night's sleep. Here's to a ...

I just received the latest company newsletter from Dreamhost, the fine folks who host this blog. They are now offering free web hosting for non-profits! ...

Funny that voting machines have simpler functions than your basic scientific calculator, but somehow the issue of using them has become incredibly complex. It's good to ...

Back in august or so, I was toying with the idea of taking a giant leap across the pond and attending the Blogtalk: Reloaded conference ...

I don't know how I missed this on The Show with Ze Frank's site... I mean, it's not like I'm in the Forum daily or ...

I have been thinking about a new model for blogging that integrates wiki-style editing into individual posts. It might be possible to have the editable ...

Cisco has launched a new marketing campaign revolving around the idea of The Human Network. Using "The Human Network" as the tagline for their campaign, ...

A year ago, I followed a link from my friend Ben to Operation Eden. I spent the next two hours of my air-conditioned work day ...

Michael Beiruit has opened an interesting debate on Design Observer. It goes like this: The Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum has handed out its 2006 National Design ...

In Carson Daly's ongoing quest to seek out new crappy content, his show has just extended a deal with Brookers, aka Brooke Brodack, a YouTube ...

My radio dial made a rare trip to 89.3 this morning while I was on my way to work. Usually an NPR listener, I rarely ...

Half way through and it looks as though we may have just begun. I have shaken the TV from my system and am looking ...

I have been curious what effect the Chinese government's supposed censorship of google.cn would really have on search results. There had been a lot of ...

With the vlog Rocketboom now available via TiVo, I had to wonder: what kind of media outlet does the internet really offer? Can my appetite ...

I like TV, and I watch a lot of it, really. I like some online videos, too, but I don't watch that many. Is Rocketboom's ...

Like many parts of the United States, The DC Metro area is awash with gentrification. Urban neighborhoods like Shaw in DC have seen their working-class ...

A few things on the Postsecret show: December 15th, 6:00 PM | 3307 M Street, NW | Washington, DC

Frank Ghery once made a cardboard barkalounger that raised a few eyebrows. Personally, I think it looks more like an art piece than a functioning ...

As southeast asia continues its meteoric rise to coolness (Bangkok, for instance is supposed to be very hot right now), it is no surprise that ...