by Matt Haughey on Jul 09 Baby Driver was fantastic The first five minutes of Baby Driver comprise one of the best action movie intro sequences I’ve seen. The quick cuts and the whole thing… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Jul 06 Vulnerability is the best thing in comedy right now Mike Birbiglia sticks out in my mind as a standup comic that really turned a corner with his work when he went from everyday observational… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on May 03 A quick parable about the Apple touchbar My workplace recently gave me a new touchbar Macbook Pro, and I’ve enjoyed it since I got it (ignoring the ridiculous USB-C dongle… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on May 01 A slow-burn joke for my coworkers I work remotely and do several meetings a week over video conference with a team distributed across multiple office locations. Sometimes I… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Apr 17 The Flickr Explore page is still really amazing Tim Carmody is guest hosting Kottke.org this week and asked for the best of the best, to produce a mixtape of the Internet. And here’s my… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Apr 12 What’s the origin of the phrase 420? I never smoked pot until I was in my 40s, but I was aware of it all around me growing up in Southern California. “420” was a codeword, or a… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Mar 20 Motor Trend magazine is doing something interesting on the Internet Taking a long look at Motor Trend On Demand Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Mar 13 Going to prison with Defy Ventures How a day changed the way I look at prisons Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Dec 08 News that makes me ask myself if I’m in the band Sugar Ray and I just don’t know it yet Seriously, am I that guy Mark from that band? Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Dec 05 Issue 42: A Sven appears in Portland It started with selfies on Instagram, Friday night. An old cross racing buddy was pictured standing next to Sven Nys in street clothes… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Oct 29 The one thing I know about DJ Spooky IN FEBRUARY 2002, I joined Creative Commons, and helped launch their first website. We had a party for our public launch in December of… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Oct 24 The NYT buying Wirecutter and Sweethome is so much more amazing than you think I was happy to read that the New York Times bought Brian Lam’s Wirecutter and Sweethome sites for $30 million today. Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Oct 21 The origin story of raccoon Yeah, it started with someone finding this funny image of a raccoon looking super helpful, and once shared in #random everyone talked about… Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Oct 08 Donald Trump and the Central Park Five Let’s not let this slip through the cracks Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Oct 06 Part 3: Talkabot conference liveblog Notes from the final day of conference talks Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Oct 05 Part 2: Talkabot conference liveblog Notes from the first day of conference talks Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Oct 04 Part 1: Talkabot conference liveblog Notes from the all-day tutorial session Continue Reading
by Matt Haughey on Sep 22 Nike’s Biketown is the best bikeshare Portland, Oregon recently (finally!) got a bikeshare system after about ten years of fits and starts and delays. The Nike Biketown system… Continue Reading