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Hodgepodge »

8 December 2011
Mitch Hedberg Everywhere: Donuts

Do you need a receipt?

Hodgepodge, Music »

27 November 2011
4736: The Number of The Beast

What did I see? Could I believe?

Design »

22 October 2011
Bad Design 101: Eastside Prep “Parking” Blocks

Morning greetings shouldn’t be composed of warnings.

Design »

18 October 2011
Bad Design 101: Crosswalk Buttons

I kept seeing pedestrians thrash those buttons as if they were playing some weird shoot-em-up video game that would help them cross the street.

Technology »

31 August 2011
Can you hear my pin drop now?

Ah, forget it. Just send me an eTelegram.

Design »

10 July 2011
Bad Design 101: Door Handles

Is genuinely good design so unintuitive that in 2011 we still haven’t nailed the user experience for doors yet?

Education »

6 July 2011
I guess I’m not qualified.

From the archives: the most ridiculous rejection letter I’ve ever received.

Education, Featured, Skateboarding »

7 June 2011
Can Skateboarding Save Our Schools?

Here’s the talk I gave at TEDxEastsidePrep: “Can Skateboarding Save Our Schools?” You should also watch Shawn Cornally‘s talk “Pointslessness: The Future of Education Without Coercion or Toy Economies” which overlapped with many of the ideas in my talk but from a completely different perspective.

Design, Language, So Korean »

5 June 2011
스팰링비? Are there Korean spelling bees?

Spelling bees exist because we use our alphabet in a way that makes spelling difficult.

Music, Skateboarding »

31 May 2011
Standing on the shoulders of They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants posted one of my old skate videos on their Facebook page?