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May 21 '13
A Windex Ritual
Mar 12 '13
The train ride
Dec 21 '12
Books are a glance inside someone’s mind
Dec 21 '12
Exchanging ideas
Dec 7 '12
Advertising virus
Dec 4 '12
At least they stab you in the front
Dec 2 '12
A review of How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Dec 2 '12
Try to be alive; breathe deeply
Dec 2 '12
Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow…
Dec 2 '12
A series of moments
Nov 28 '12
The Future Is In the Clouds
Nov 27 '12
The Artform of Care
Nov 27 '12
Straight out of Halo
Nov 26 '12
The Writing Revolution
Nov 26 '12
Ode to Chillies
Nov 26 '12
One day of activity for NY Subway
Nov 18 '12
The evolution of Daft Punk is dubstep
Nov 14 '12
Writing an unforgettable college essay
Nov 14 '12
Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web
Nov 12 '12
Why Doesn’t MTV Play Music Videos Anymore?
Nov 11 '12
The problem with endless musical choice
Nov 10 '12
The Day After
Oct 23 '12
The ultimate goal
Oct 23 '12
“This isn’t a game. It’s my life.”
Jul 25 '12
Something flickered at the edges of conscious perception
Jul 18 '12
Behold, the light
Jul 12 '12
Great Artists Steal
Jul 12 '12
Moved to emulate
Jul 10 '12
The distance
Jul 9 '12
Foggy bottom
Jul 9 '12
Le Miroir
Jul 8 '12
Nite fall
Jun 22 '12
Words of Mass Emotional Disruption
Jun 20 '12
Project Blow Job
Jun 11 '12
The luminaries of the skies
Jun 10 '12
Tackling the problem again
Jun 9 '12
The Manhattan Project
Jun 6 '12
If Social Media Sites Were Boyfriends
Jun 6 '12
Love is the answer to everything
Jun 6 '12
Well, I did feel bad…
Jun 6 '12
Twitter’s Bird Lost Some Weight
Jun 6 '12
Pantone Skin Tones
Jun 4 '12
Ars Technica does it again with its review of Photoshop CS6
Jun 3 '12
Momentary bonding with family
Jun 1 '12
Do you sense the shift of your mind?
May 31 '12
Criss-crossing smoke to locate the fire
May 30 '12
Will Work for Love T-Shirt Concept
May 30 '12
Listen, Think, & Speak
May 23 '12
Emerging from the NYC Subway
May 23 '12
Heartless by The Fray
May 23 '12
Adobe CS6 Branding Process
May 23 '12
In My Mind by Tiësto
May 21 '12
The beast asleep within my aorta
May 13 '12
Capturing the self
May 12 '12
Lonesomeness
May 10 '12
clanging thoughts
May 10 '12
the lens
May 8 '12
This Muslim-American Life
Mar 25 '12
Find a place for our hearts to rest
Mar 23 '12
Ring the doorbell
Mar 19 '12
Reinventing the human heart
Mar 19 '12
The weight of writing
Mar 17 '12
What makes a great designer?
Mar 16 '12
The Go-Nowhere Generation
Mar 16 '12
Time is a choice, you can spend it differently
Mar 2 '12
Bohr’s definition of expert
Mar 2 '12
Fail better
Mar 2 '12
Revere the process of creativity
Feb 25 '12
Bronx Science: not a particularly driven enviornment
Feb 19 '12
The Great Social Equalizer
Feb 17 '12
New York is made for you.
Feb 16 '12
All day, every day, 24-7.
Feb 11 '12
Train chasm
Feb 11 '12
Boulevard of lights
Feb 11 '12
Moroccan brass
Feb 10 '12
Uncle floppy cakes
Feb 8 '12
Steve Jobs, Superhero
Feb 7 '12
Educational pies
Jan 31 '12
Glass triangles
Jan 31 '12
The shadow
Jan 26 '12
Keep riding the bicycle
Jan 22 '12
It’s the whipped cream that counts
Jan 21 '12
What Is College For?
Jan 21 '12
Going with your gut in App development
Jan 21 '12
Do Great Things
Jan 21 '12
‘Dropbox Inventor Determined to Build the Next Apple or Google’
Jan 18 '12
Curve up higher
Jan 12 '12
Are smart people ugly?
Jan 9 '12
Oil painted skies
Jan 6 '12
In Between You & Me is a Bank
Jan 6 '12
Peeling type from the subway tiles
Jan 3 '12
The HPs guard Apple
Jan 2 '12
Better – Merlin Mann
Jan 2 '12
Consume, create, collaborate, repeat
Dec 31 '11
Prepping salmon
Dec 31 '11
…and it’s done!
Dec 28 '11
The finest American construction
Dec 28 '11
NJ Light rail tracks
Dec 25 '11
Closed-minded vs. Idea Sex
Dec 25 '11
Standard Type signage
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