Isn’t it amazing how life will always make you eat your words at some point? A few years ago I wrote a post on how I wouldn’t live a nomadic lifestyle, yet here I am doubling-down on that lifestyle more …
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The Social McGurk Effect
You know how sometimes the simple, seemingly inconsequential interactions you have can start the gears turning in your head? I had one of those recently. But first, I’d recommend watching the featured video on the McGurk effect. Seriously, watch it, …
Why College Can Be Like the Theory of Spontaneous Generation
Okay, so this is a bit of a stretch, but I promise it’s got a point smile . Ever heard of spontaneous generation? I hope so, since you should have in middle school science and high school biology. The theory …
How to be Bigger and Better
One of my goals is to always be better at the end of one day than I was at the end of the previous day. I don’t always succeed, but that’s the interesting thing about the pursuit of goals. Getting …
8 Clues that Someone is from Boston
Cover photo credit: Chris Devers, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license Since we’ve been in Boston for a few months, I thought I’d put together a fun list of things I’ve noticed about Bostonians (and some I’ve started to do myself!). I’m …
It’s Okay to be in the Minority
I work with WordPress each day, and have had the pleasure of connecting with some of the people I respect in that sphere. Sometimes people in the WordPress community like to connect via meetups, WordCamps (official conferences), at their own …
Shipping Up to Boston
Cover Photo credit: Y. Sawa, CC BY-SA 3.0 license Here’s my theme song for the past couple of weeks: I just made a (temporary) move to downtown Boston from suburbia in Pennsylvania, which has been a pretty exciting process (though …
Looking Forward to 2014
It seems like it’s a trend for everyone and their mother to post a year-in-review post and to talk about their goals for the next year. So at the risk of seeming cliché, here are some thoughts from the previous …
Being Better than Busy
One of the things I do frequently that really makes me want to kick myself in the teeth is the way I respond to the question, “How are you?” Most of the time, when someone asks you this question, you …
Casting Ripples
Photo credit: jeremyfe You never know what ripples your actions are going to cast. Now do me a favor: read that first sentence again, but slow down and think about it. People look at statements (okay, platitudes) like that and …