Category Archives: Chapel Hill
Chirba Chirba
One of the many things I miss about Beijing is having delicious dumplings all the time. There’s a pretty heated debate about which dough it the best, and which filling, and whether the best dumplings are steamed or fried or boiled, … Continue reading
Bro, Do You Even Ello?
Mashable’s Chris Taylor describes my feelings on Ello perfectly: There isn’t a working search function. I can’t find my friends, which is about a basic a function as a social network needs to have. I have to login every time … Continue reading
Some Practice
I’m doing some new things at work, and I’m quite pleased that my role is becoming more creative and more essential. I’ve been at Youth Digital a little over a year now, making this the most successful 8-week contract I’ve … Continue reading
The Three O’Clock Sandwich, and Other Things I’m Terrible At
One of the many life skills that everyone but me has mastered is eating. Mostly I screw it up by forgetting to eat. This sounds really convenient, like I’m going to tell you the secret to magically losing ten pounds, … Continue reading
The Interestings
I’m listening to Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings in the car now, a great improvement over The One And Only. While I wouldn’t say the book is making me enjoy driving, it does make me dread driving less, so that’s something, … Continue reading
In Which There Is Tudor Fiction I Don’t Love
Remember when I said how excited I was to review Six of One? I just loved the premise, a time-traveling chicklit about the six wives of Henry VIII, and I could not wait to read it, but then… it turns … Continue reading
Adult life is so hard
We have more space in our new studio, and it turns out that I don’t know how to have normal workplace conversations now that I have to walk into another room to chat. What if I am interrupting other people’s … Continue reading
How It Works Media’s #ExplainerVideos.
How It Works Media makes short, explainer videos for startups and small businesses, allowing them to demonstrate their idea or project to visitors, without suffering through an elevator pitch or reading a product description. Does anyone ever want to listen … Continue reading
Checkpoint: Reflections on Gaming, Travel and Place
I’ve started a new project combining two of my favorite things, gaming and travel, and now I’m looking for contributing writers. This will be a collection of essays, vignettes and general reflections on games and location. I have, um, two … Continue reading
