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On becoming a digital native
(originally written November 14, 2009) Well, ok, maybe I’m not all the way gone. But who knows? I recently got a smartphone, and it has fundamentally changed the way I interact with the world. At this point, it is still … Continue reading
On doing
I was never one of those kids who tinkered. I didn’t take things apart or rebuild them or concoct mad experiments. When my parents bought me Lego sets, I followed the instructions. It wasn’t that I wasn’t creative – I … Continue reading
Week 16: The Design Manifesto
We’re both designers, and we care a lot about how design is done. We decided that it would be pretty swanky to sit down and write a manifesto about design. We started by sitting down with a whiteboard and brainstorming … Continue reading
Double Dare: Back to Basics
Welcome to our second Double Dare! This week we doubled on two (admittedly unrelated) activities: trying out a supertaster test and building a blanket fort. For those of you not in the know, a supertaster is someone who is extra … Continue reading
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Week 13: Rocking with Teenyboppers
Ok, we’re skipping around a bit. It’s been particularly chaotic in the last couple of weeks because both of us have been gone so much (between us we’ve been in Portland, San Francisco, New York, and Pennsylvania in the last … Continue reading
Double Dare: The Snowcation
(we missed weeks 8 and 9, so we’re doubling up in weeks 10 and 11 to catch up) We got behind, and it was terrible. But we’re making up for it! This weekend we joined our friend Dana on a … Continue reading
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Week 6: Ignite!
I know, I know. I promised you an update on our week without social media, and we will post about that next week (we’ll even continue to abstain in the meantime). But this week was Ignite Seattle 13, and how … Continue reading
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Web 2.0 Colored Pencils
People-watching inspired an admittedly unrelated tangent: what if startups and social media companies were colored pencils?
Week 3: Being Left Handed
Ellen and I are both right-handed. Extremely right-handed, one might say. We decided to challenge ourselves this week by being as left-handed as possible (barring important things like work and signing checks and such). So, what happens when you spend … Continue reading
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Week 1: The Dinner Party
Shocking as it may be, neither of us has actually hosted a proper dinner for friends. Sure, we feed ourselves, and sometimes we even bake, but our feeding-of-friends has previously been limited to potlucks and “here’s a grilled cheese sandwich!” … Continue reading