Measuring the Easy Stuff vs. Measuring What Matters
I went to a super-competitive nationally ranked school, and while I valued the education it gave me, it warped my view of what was within the normal range of acceptable intelligence. As a result, I felt an intense need to prove I belonged there, so I became obsessively focused on the minutia of the numbers...
Photos: Our House
I’ve been storing some of my books in my mom’s old train case. Before we had really bought any wall art, I found an old S encyclopedia at a thrift store, so I cut it up and put the pictures in frames. Pictured here: South America, skeletons, sailboats, and space travel. We are not fans...
I Made This: Deeper Context Logo
In the past couple of months, I’ve been helping my good friend Jeremy with his startup. Here’s the logo design we worked on: This is the first logo design that I’ve done that wasn’t super-cutesy and hand-drawn first. The typeface is one of my favorites from the League of Movable Type, and the symbol on...
A quick update on my sensory deprivation experience
I got such great feedback from everyone about my sensory deprivation post, so I wanted to tell you guys that I did an Ask Me Anything session over on Reddit about it. If you’re inclined, go check it out and ask me about it!
The Traditional Christmas Video E-Card [Made with Love by Chris Collins]
Chris made this video two years ago, and it’s still amazing. Merry holidays, y’all.
31 New Things: Grow out my Hair for the Whole Year [First Photo]
[I'm trying to do 31 new things in my 31st year.
Style Song: I love hot toddies.
[image via thewanderous] Whenever I’m feeling sick And I cough, and my throat feels thick A toddy I drink, And quick as a blink It helps me feel good super-quick.
A Review: Three Tiny Habits.
I’m really interested in the work that BJ Fogg does on behavior change, so I was stoked to participate in his Three Tiny Habits project last week. It went like this: - At the beginning of the week, the participants told him [via a web form] what their three habits were. - Every day, the...
I Made This: Tot Dogs website
One of my clients is a couple that owns several restaurants in the Cincinnati area who are opening a brand-new restaurant concept. We’re holding off on launching a full site until they’re certain when they’re opening, but for the time being, I made a quick placeholder site. I suggested the email signup form so that...
Routines: The Specifics on Getting Shit Done
For actual work: Textwrangler is a free no-frills text editor I’ve used for years for actual writing. When I started learning to code, I started using it for coding. When I got better, I started using Coda, which is a text editor that’s optimized for web coding. My favorite features of Coda are the Local/Remote...
Jumping on the Bandwagon: 31 Things in my 31st Year
I’ve never been good at adopting the ideas that other people are already doing, because I never want to seem like I’m copying them. So I hesitated to do the “XX Things in XX Years!” kind of lists you see on other people’s blogs. [Plus, if we're being really honest, I don't like not being...
Style Song: My New Coat
It makes me look like an Abominable Snowman [in a pretty fawn color], but it's going to be freezing soon, so I don't care.
