Cooperative Overlap

One of the biggest sources of miscommunication is people having different styles of communication, or different norms about the right way to express emotion or...

Design Matters

I was delighted to get to speak with Debbie Millman for her venerable podcast, "Design Matters". If you have an hour to spare, please do check out the...

Beyond the Tyranny of Dad Tweets

Much of my presence on social media, especially on Twitter, is predicated on the foilbes of parenthood. "Dad Tweets" are a venerable staple of the medium, as...

The Semiotics of Like

We don't do nearly enough to examine what it means when we perform common actions on our social networks. These aren't just guttural, reflexive responses! They...

Responses and Replies

A few nice conversations around the web, either in response to or inspired by what I've been talking about here: My favorite TechCrunch post in a long time is...

If You Blogged It, It Did Happen

At the beginning of this year, I wrote a piece called if you didn't blog it, it didn't happen , about how your thoughts, ideas and conversations need a place to...

Call and Response

As ever, the best thing about blogging is the conversations it kicks off. Some nice responses to recent posts here and around the web: In a follow-up to Gourmet...

Continuing the Conversation

Phew! Seems like there are a ton of people talking about the topics we've all been discussing here lately. Here's some highlights: Startup.gov After I posited...

On Blogs and Conversational Marketing

There's been a (mostly boring) conversation going between some blogs over the past few days regarding the line between editorial and advertising. Largely, this...

Continuing the Conversation

I take it back , people do sometimes leave good comments. I'm thrilled with the comments on "A Malcolm and a Martin" , as well as the conversations on other...

People Really Wanna Talk About Star

One of those interesting side-effects of having lots of old blog posts around is that sometimes they come back to life. With Star being fired last week, there's...

Nice Guys Finish First

Nick Bradbury makes great apps , but better than that, he's a thoughful and articulate person. In having a conversation about politics, he's able to say "...