The other day I posted a photo to Instagram of a man rudely stretching out his legs on the subway. I didn’t think much of it. I made a joke that we need to, “Forget man-spreading (when men sit with their legs wide open on the subway, taking up two, or maybe more, seats), we need to stop man-lengthening.”
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Picking on Kids
I don’t hate kids and I don’t think they’re stupid, they just don’t know very much. So my message to the children who put up this sign up in their classroom, life isn’t fair: It was hung in a preschool-looking classroom at a YMCA that is used as a practice space by adults at night.… Continue reading Picking on Kids
Recovering
This blog isn’t just by me, it’s about me, too! So if you haven’t been following on Twitter or otherwise found out, I broke my arm just over two weeks ago playing dodgeball. It was so bad that I needed surgery the other day to have a metal plate put in my arm. Well, I’m… Continue reading Recovering
Something about Instagram and Facebook
The big internet shock from the other day is that Instagram was purchased by Facebook. I have mixed feelings about this. My immediate reaction is that this is bad for innovation. A large, well established company buys a small but energetic company and probably ruins what’s great about it. Then I think about examples like… Continue reading Something about Instagram and Facebook
Broken Boy
I’m fragile. Sometimes emotionally, but right now I’m talking physically. Somewhere between playing videogames, being a full-time web developer, and writing for this blog, I hurt my wrists. (I know, it’s the easiest injury to make fun of in the world, but we can get over that, right?) Well, I take great pleasure in writing… Continue reading Broken Boy