While we love comedy and bake it into nearly every part of our day-to-day lives, it’s not the perfect tool for every job. As much as our brains may find humor in nearly everything, sometimes life calls for regular human behavior like showing sympathy, respect, or just ordering a sandwich ... read more
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Eli Horowitz might seem like an odd trailblazer for innovative digital books—he served for 10 years as editor and publisher of the very paper-centric indie publishing house McSweeney’s—but his most recent project, The Silent History, pulls off something many e-books struggle to do: it succeeds at both the “e” and the “book.” ... read more
Cultivated Wit, that’s us, needs a San Francisco-based intern-in-chief. Furthermore, henceforth, and hereinafter, we need this young, eager individual to assist in community management and editorial operations for our esteemed outfit of borderline professional employees. What do we mean by “community management” and “editorial operations”? Why, that’s a great question ... read more
So let’s see. There is Whiskey Friday. There is my panel (How Creative People Arrive At Good Ideas) featuring Scott Aukerman at 11:00 am Sunday. Then there is Baratunde’s panel (Communicating With Humor: Perils & Best Practices) featuring Baratunde at 12:30 pm Sunday. What are you doing with the rest ... read more
We’ve always been a company of overlapping skills and interests. “And” was part of our founding. Comedy and technology. Agency and content and events and products. New York and San Francisco. Burritos and bicycles. Today we announce another affirmative and: the merger of Cultivated Wit and I Shot Him. See ... read more
Here begins a new chapter in my life. And as new chapters go, this one is going to be an amazing, sexy, joke-filled jumble. Adam Peterson and I are merging our design studio, I Shot Him, with the fine gentlemen at Cultivated Wit. From the moment we met these comedy-spouting dweebs, ... read more
We think Comedy Hack Day is awesome and at least a handful of other people do too. They are all in this video, captured in their post-CHD high. Feel free to enjoy this among family, friends, and past college roommates you sometimes hang out with in an attempt to hold ... read more
Back in September 2012, I tweeted about Apple’s third-time rejection of Drones+, an iOS app that displayed reports of killings by U.S.-operated unmanned aerial vehicles. The app’s creator, Josh Begley, emailed to thank me for the tweet, and thus began an occasional electronic messaging relationship about data, hackathons, and robot ... read more
This installment of ANWCEWSI features another from Key & Peele. I promise I’ve seen more than one show but “Continental Breakfast” came to mind after posting “Liam Neesons & Bruce Willy” so it’s 2/483,782. Be sure to watch through the end for one of the best-executed movie references ever. read more
What happens after we succumb to the marketing promises of a technology service only to find that eventually they stop supporting the product or shut it down altogether? Do technology companies—or users themselves—consider the full value users bring to the table? Why do I, a dark-skinned man, insist on recording video with ... read more
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