A Collection of Personal Writing, Photography, and Things I Like
Imaginary: A One-Act Dialogue
Philadelphia in the fall.
Two men, WILLIAM and BRENT, are sitting on a stoop in front of a rowhome. They are drinking bottled beer.
Notes on the Last Minute
I believe a great time to judge a team and a project is the last minute. The hours right before a deadline can say quite a bit about project management, the company, and the team.
Lines (a Ballade)
Sam makes a right onto Broadway,
Where she’s meeting her mom for tea.
It’s two o’clock on a Thursday,
and the sun glares through the trees.
How to Use Semicolons
First, let me admit that in my seedy, collegiate youth, I was once an overuser of semicolons. I, like many writers at that level, saw the semicolon as a softer end stop, a two-thirds period. I thought that longer sentences were academic and proof of my writing prowess.
Fiction: Note to Self
Dear Nick,
The other day, Mrs. Rosenthal asked, “What do you imagine you’ll be in the future? Where will you live, and what will you be? Do you have anything you’d want yourself to remember?”
Fun With Words, Vol. 1
In past professional lives, I was a creative copywriter. (Also, hopefully in future lives.) I enjoy the word puzzles that come from collaboration with designers and other creatives.
It's Okay to Love Things
I love a lot of what might be considered “bad movies.” I love quoting them; I love rewatching them; I love having their crappy DVD cases on my shelves. And I know I’m not the only one.
Technology Should Mean More
As makers and users, we tend to lose sight of the interplay between technology and human beings. Our culture moves at such a pace that we've tended to lose sight of what makes technology so important.
Three Rules for Writing and Designing
I find good design, and good discussion about design, to be extremely realistic and conscious about the user in a way we never discussed when I was in school for public relations, advertising, or writing.
How Spiders are Like Good Creatives
I've said (out loud and unironically), that I'm "tidal." I ride an emotional wave that peaks in optimism and production, and valleys in pessimism and general crankiness.
