On Humility
image from Gary on flickr I am 100% sure that you are wrong, but I’m humble about it. Does that phrase strike you as a bit contradictory? It does me….
Everything is a Hack
photo from Alex on flickr My latest piece is posted on both the Ember blog and Charles Lee’s blog. Excerpt below. Check it out in full here. So after graduating from…
Seven Billion Dreamers
[Originally posted on the Ember Arts blog] Somewhere in the world today a baby is born and unknowingly pushes the population ticker to 7,000,000,000. Seven billion people. Seven billion dreamers….
Occupy Wall Street: A Crack in the Dam
image from jbnuthatch on flickr I already wrote once about Occupy Wall Street, and as the movement grows, it’s worth another thought. It seems that Occupy Wall Street is acting…
The Evolution of Good Ideas
I just published a new post on the Ember blog about the Evolution of Good Ideas. Here’s an excerpt: Evolution works because it’s not afraid of its children dying. It’s…
Powerless, Senseless Kindness
My friends over at Plywood were kind enough to publish a piece I wrote about one of my favorite quotes. Here’s an excerpt: Life is not given special treatment on…
The Conflicting Conflicts of Occupy Wall Street
(original image from _PaulS_ on flickr) If I were in America right now, I’d want to be at the Occupy Wall Street protest. Rarely in America do people demonstrate with…
Steve Jobs and Me
This morning I woke up to the news that Steve Jobs had died. And I was sad. I am sad. Why? Why do I feel any connection at all to…
Steven Pressfield and the Resistance
[originally published on the Ember Arts blog] “On the field of the self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.” -Steven Pressfield Art…