Narcissus was a character in Greek mythology that spent his time staring at his reflection in a river because he found himself so beautiful he fell in love with himself. Today, we think of narcissism as self-absorption with positive feelings of ourselves. But we can also stare at our image in the…

My brother from another mother told me recently that one reason a guy might not ask a girl out is because he fears getting in the way of what God is doing in her life. This particular brother is very much younger than me, but very much wiser, so I've been thinking about it since he said it.I am not…

Tim Wu, writing for The New Yorker “News Desk”, has done us all a grand favor by penning a sort of grand unified theory on how the “open beats closed” axiom can be true in the face of Apple’s decade-long success: “ Does a Company Like Apple Need a Genius Like Steve Jobs? ” Wu’s conclusion: yes,…

Richie Siegel writing about the value of Facebook, in the excellently designed, and new to me, Seersucker : 1 The result of weak ties and the broadcast economy is that Facebook is also chipping away at the concept of effort. The energy I have to exert to like something and be in the know is at a…

Zen, consciousness, and mindfulness are terms that are all used increasingly in the health and well-being worlds. People are starting to pay more attention to their mental and physical balance, and more yoga, pilates, and body balance classes are popping up in every major city, from London and New…

Lore Wilbert It happens a lot here at this place. I order one thing and it’s never quite what I imagined. For instance, chicken apple panini doesn’t look a thing like chicken or apples and the spinach salad is always more fruit than spinach. And I’m not even picky, I promise. Last night the tears…

An Open Question Given all of the above, there is one design decision that left me scratching my head. For example, in this first level, the bow is not on the critical path, even though you need it to beat the game. Why didn't the designers force you to get it? Perhaps they wanted you to revisit the…

It's somewhat of an oddity to me that the most viewed entries I've written are: on singleness and not highly commented on.It doesn't bother me that comments lack (though I LOVE connecting with my readers, so if you're reading feel free to give a shout out!), but I think it's a bit telling that those…

Despite the frequency of both its adolescent bluster and heavy-handed angst, there’s no denying that Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the work of a fully matured band. Down to its most diminutive detail, the album revels in the kind of art-rock pageantry that the Smashing Pumpkins were only…

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Noah was finally asleep. Sitting in the center seat, my wife was holding our 7-month-old son as he slept on her shoulder. The three of us were flying back home from a week in Colorado, and Noah had spent the first half of the flight fussing. Anna and I — as well as our fellow travelers — were…

Following my review of Letterpress , I sat down with Loren Brichter to chat about his latest effort, developing for iOS, other mobile platforms, and spitting into microphones. In reality, I was still in Italy and our interview was conducted on Skype, but Loren says the part about spitting was real.…

Rian Johnson's "Looper," a smart and tricky sci-fi story, sidesteps the paradoxes of time travel by embracing them. Most time travel movies run into trouble in the final scenes, when impossibilities pile up one upon another. This film leads to a startling conclusion that wipes out the story's…

Q : How do you handle a boss at an ad agency who isn’t a designer but tries to design for you? He stood over my shoulder today and just told me what to do, what colors to use, and where to put what. Thing is, I thought it looked awful. How do I deal with this without getting fired or starting a…

In 2009, Ford brought its new supermini, the Fiesta, over from Europe in a brave attempt to attract the attention of young Americans. It passed out 100 of the cars to influential bloggers for a free six-month test-drive, with just one condition: document your experience online, whether you love the…

The Great Recession didn't just postpone financial independence for millions of young Americans. It also changed our attitudes about what it means to be an adult. Flickr image: Scarleth White Generations are social constructs. There is no chemical or biological difference between Gen-Xers and…

What makes Twitter great is this: it doesn’t matter how many people join the service, or how asinine the trending topics are, because for you it’s only as big or small or smart or silly as who you follow. I never cared how many celebrities joined, because I don’t follow them (well, I follow some of…

Ina Fassbender / Reuters Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Who has to be dragged to parties and then needs the…

Two fathers The Mac is a platform in transition. In Lion, OS X began shedding the well-worn trappings of traditional desktop computing at an accelerated rate. This trend continues in Mountain Lion. Where Lion stumbled , Mountain Lion regroups and tries again —while still forging bravely ahead in…

Today, Tapbots released the first public alpha of Tweetbot for Mac . This is not a final review of the app: being in the development stage -- albeit ready to be tested by the public -- Tweetbot for Mac is still lacking several features that will be available in the final Mac App Store version (such…

The moment Tim Cook took the stage and announced the new iPad on March 7th in San Francisco, I immediately started brainstorming on my review for the device. There are clear challenges in comparing generational, iterative products like the iPad — especially when the devices themselves look nearly…

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“He’s one of my best employees. He always puts in ten-hour days, sometimes much more.” Is this how your boss judges you and your colleagues? Probably yes, according to a 2010 study published in Human Relations . In the study, a group of researchers led by business professor Kimberly Elsbach…

It’s understood that Prometheus is a prequel of sorts to Alien , but it’s also an origin story of another kind, a thought-provoking tale about the quest for truth — both scientific and spiritual — about where humans come from. It’s an eternal question, and Ridley Scott’s sweeping new sci-fi movie…

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Thunderbolt It looks as though, with PC motherboard makers integrating Thunderbolt into their latest designs, Apple will finally add Thunderbolt to its pro-level workstation. The question is: how exactly will that work? The complicating issue is that Thunderbolt not only carries high-speed PCIe…

Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers. It's in the classic tradition of golden age sci-fi, echoing Scott's "Alien" (1979), but creating a world of its own. I'm…

Insomnia has reached epidemic proportions. It’s estimated to be the #1 health-related problem in America. More than 1/3 of Americans have trouble sleeping every night, and 51% of adults say they have problems sleeping at least a few nights each week. 43% of respondents report that daytime sleepiness…

During Le Tour de France in 2009, team Garmin-Slipstream limited inflammatory foods in their diet to promote optimal recovery from grueling climbs and muscle-burning time trials. Included on the list of inflammatory foods were items containing gluten, a protein in wheat, barley and rye. Gluten is…