I met this wonderful lady last night at the Trident where I was pretending to get work done. I looked across the room and our eyes met. I knew it was a now or never sort of moment so I snatched up my tea and sauntered over. To make a long story short we had [...]

Anyone who tells you that they have the end all be all tools for success should be met with a swift smack to the face. Pills are not going to enlarge your penis, you can’t learn how to pick up women in ten easy steps, and eight minute abs are as elusive as Muppet hunting. [...]

Not only is the weekend here but it’s also halloween. I wanted to write a brief post and say, SAFETY FIRST!! Make sure to check all of your candy for razor blades and please avoid houses that are poorly lit. When in doubt consult the following candy code indicators that ought to be placed visibly [...]

Take a deep breath. I hear you talking about all of the cool things that you want to do. I also see that you aren’t doing them. You might think that I frustrate easily. The reality is that I only get frustrated with people who don’t take action. Do something, anything. There is no time [...]

Tonight I gave a presentation titled, “Design is Sex, with Michael”. It was created to illuminate the types of things that non-designers should look for when contracting design work. The thing that came to mind during preparation was how significant presentations are in learning how to tell stories. Also, lecturing to a room full of [...]

Real genius is not stuck in one domain. Real genius means that you are free to create in any medium you fancy. Realize that every pioneer in every field didn’t have a school to learn their discipline. That’s right, they sort of just made it up as they went. That should tell you something about [...]

Being ill in bed afforded me only one pleasure. I watched the entire first season of The Pick Up Artist (PUA). It’s a show based on the seemingly seedy pseudo-science of how to pick up women. More specifically it follows one Master PUA in particular, Mystery and his struggle to teach the art of cool [...]

I teach a class. On paper I teach about what it takes to become famous on the internet. But in actuality I try to inspire my students to want more. Examples in class aren’t always youtube videos, though sometimes they are, usually I show them works by other students or people making it big (read, [...]