Communicating on Twitter
There seems to still be a lot of confusion on how to properly communicate on Twitter. I’m not talking about social norms or how to be a Twitter guru/rock star/enlightened individual; this is more specific than that. Not a day goes by where I don’t see people misunderstand how to tweet directly at someone versus [...]
The Worst Advantages
“You don’t really climb, you just reach.” I hear this a lot at my local climbing gym. I’m a pretty tall guy at 6’4″ with a massive reach, so one might assume that it’s pretty easy for me just to reach up past any terrible holds to the good stuff. And when I was first [...]
The Worst Product Placements on TV
This week’s episode of NBC’s The Office had the most blatant product placement for an unnamed espresso machine company. With lines like “These things make perfect espresso every time!” and “I want to try all the flavors!” it was impossible for me to watch the rest of the episode without wondering what else was being [...]
The Patent Patent Troll
My best ideas always come late at night. But this one surely takes the cake. For the good of the land, I am going to patent the process of an NPE (non-practicing entity) threatening to sue. If this all goes to plan, the next time you or your startup get that threatening letter from some [...]
5 Simple Rules to Riding the Bus (and all public transit)
For those of you who know me pretty well, my undying love for all things mass transit is no secret. There is something so beautiful about tens of thousands of people opting to ride together both to and from work. We inevitably spend a large amount of time with these random citizens daily, probably the [...]