Category Archives: Business

Big thanks to the Urban Honking Television team for turning my 38 things I’ve learned in 38 lecture into a lecture video. I turn 39 this week, so I’m in deep meditation on the 39th thing. I’ll let you know … Continue reading →

When I was living in Los Angeles, a director mentoring my writing partner and me asked how old we were. Early 30s was our collective reply. He nodded his head. “So, you got the next 10 years to make your … Continue reading →

Failure has been a mantra where I work, at Wieden+Kennedy, for much longer than I’ve worked here. Dan Wieden has preached failure from the start. So much so that a few years back W+K 12 made a massive pushpin wall … Continue reading →

This blog isn’t really working. Or at least not how I imagined it would. I’ve been writing long format essays that start with a personal story and spin it into a business insight. In an effort to concentrate on the … Continue reading →

I love records. The problem is my young children do as well. And in an effort to allow our records to endure their childhood relatively scratch-free we’ve become a digital music household. Currently that means we move an iPod touch … Continue reading →

A few years ago I saw Mike Daisy perform Monopoly at the PICA TBA festival. He sat behind a desk and told a two-hour monologue that wove together Nikola Tesla’s battle against Thomas Edison over electricity, the history of the … Continue reading →

Tonight, I’m auctioneering Disjecta’s annual fundraiser to benefit their curator in residence program. I’ll be auctioning off 20 or so pieces of art live, with another 30 or so available through the silent auction. This is the fifth year I’ve … Continue reading →

Something is going on in America, and it’s exciting. Things have finally come to a point where citizens are angry, and we’re finally channeling our anger outwards and upwards. What’s especially interesting is that out of very similar senses of … Continue reading →

Not too long ago I wrote about newspapers and why a big part of the reason I still subscribe to a physical newsprint paper is the editorial page. In short, I love that editors choose the very best letters to … Continue reading →

When my parents went to college in the 60s four years of private higher education cost around 5k. When I went in the nineties the same degree ran 100k. Today, it’s around 225k. When my two-year old daughter is ready … Continue reading →