Tag Archives: Baratunde Thurston

Cards Against Humanity’s Max Temkin on the Secret Strengths of Analog Games

We might be launching a series of good talks with good people, or we might not. For the purposes of this blog post, let’s say we are. To kick off Talks With Interesting People, I sat down with Max Temkin, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity, April 24, 2014 in Chicago, Ill. …

When Breaking Up With A Tech Company Goes Bad (Or: Baratunde Needs A Hug)

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 …

99% Invisible’s Roman Mars Joins Us Live To Talk Crowdfunding

We had the pleasure of virtually “sitting down with” 99% Invisible host Roman Mars only 24 hours into his latest Kickstarter campaign. The conversation streamed live, and really, you should’ve been there. But lucky for you, Youtube never forgets, so we’ve posted the full video right here. You’re welcome. As …

Can’t Read? Try listening to Baratunde’s #Unplug feature on SoundCloud

At Cultivated Wit, we believe in making things easy. Though I wrote a 4,000-plus-word feature for Fast Company about unplugging from digital social technologies, I believe in making that work accessible via as many digital social technologies as possible so have performed an audio edition of the piece along with …

PBS’s Embrace Of Comedy In Marketing Proves We Know Everything

“Do you have any ideas for docu-soaps?” the network executive asked me out of nowhere. “That depends. What’s a docu-soap?” I asked. I was in a meeting my TV agent had set up during a visit to Los Angeles. “It’s a documentary soap opera,” she explained. “They’re really big right …

Nutmegger, Please: How Carrie Brownstein, John Hodgman, and I created multi-dimensional Vines in Hartford, CT

This past weekend, I was invited to join John Hodgman and Carrie Brownstein on stage as part of “The Connecticut Forum.” The Forum’s final event of the year was on Funny Smart People. Here is some of what happened as retold through tweets, photos, and vines.