All men carry pens, right? But putting a pen in your pants pocket can be a bit of a pain — it rolls around with your keys, sticks out to one side, the cap tears at the pocket lining. Sitting next to my friend Nik Agharkar at a dinner party, I noticed him reach inside [...]
Entries from October 28th, 2011
Photo of the day: Pen Pocket
October 28th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Photography
Tags:Design·Photography·Pleasure
I’m Not Cool
October 27th, 2011 · 49 Comments · Community, Digressions
Two weeks ago, I bit the bullet and moved to Brooklyn. To my Manhattanite parents, this is a betrayal of epic proportions. To my childhood friends, I’ve lost my mind. But to the web community, what the hell took me so long? I’ll tell you. It’s quite simple really. I’m not cool. The same week [...]
Tags:Community·Digressions·Learning
Photo of the day: Negative Floors
October 19th, 2011 · 27 Comments · Photography
Some buildings label their 1st floor as 1, others as L for lobby or G for ground floor. I’ve even seen it as 0 in European cities where the “1st floor” denotes the first floor above ground level — what Americans consider to be the 2nd floor. But never have I ever seen this: Negative [...]
Tags:Design·Pain·Photography
Business or Pleasure?
October 19th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Career, Pleasure
I arrived into Newark Airport from Tel Aviv at 4:45am ET, having been awake for 30 hours straight. U.S. Customs was rather empty so early in the morning. I approached the agent, handed him my passport, and waited for the inevitable inquisition: “Were you in Israel for business or pleasure?” Never has the question struck [...]
