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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Motor Trend magazine is doing something interesting on the Internet
Taking a long look at Motor Trend On Demand
Going to prison with Defy Ventures
How a day changed the way I look at prisons
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?
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…
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…
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.
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…
Donald Trump and the Central Park Five
Let’s not let this slip through the cracks
Part 3: Talkabot conference liveblog
Notes from the final day of conference talks
Part 2: Talkabot conference liveblog
Notes from the first day of conference talks
Part 1: Talkabot conference liveblog
Notes from the all-day tutorial session
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…