Twitter can often feel like a buzzing hive of Nelson Muntzs. A million people gathered around waiting for an excuse to point and laugh. During any major staged event—The Super Bowl, The Oscars, a State Of The Union—everyone’s internet phasers are set to “Shit On,” and suddenly it’s impossible to …
Comedy is important! Technology is important! Comedy and technology are important together! I recently sat down with Nathan Cykiert at The Verge. Mostly we just sat there, but after 53 minutes of silence and mindful eye contact, we talked about all sorts of fun things in this wide-ranging interview. Then …
We’ve always liked to consider our company as existing within the overlap between technology and comedy/creativity. Well, listening to NPR yesterday I discovered the Cultivated Wit of shooting things with a high powered rifle. Tracking Point is a startup gun company (yup, that exists) from take one guess where. Hint: …
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.
You thought we were done wrapping up Comedy Hack Day SF? You thought wrong! Craig has finished compiling highlights from our event at Twitter, and now we are proud to present the final installment of our CHD multimedia assault. Enjoy the highlights, and we’ll see you this fall in Boston.
It’s The First 31 Hours That Matter Most Every hackathon should begin with the organizing team locked out of its offices. That’s precisely what happened to the Cultivated Wit team at Code For America—the kind folks letting us post up for a week at their office—on Saturday morning. But after …
Tim Hwang builds bots that try to trick you into believing they are real. Sorry, that’s a frightening way of introducing somebody. Tim Hwang wants to have fun, save the world and make people happy… using bots that try to trick you into believe they are real. As we begin …
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