The problem with being bi-cultural during the World Cup

Qualification to the round of 16 is complete, and all of the 16 teams that qualified are highly worthy of their berth in the octafinals. All of the teams I supported made it through to the next round: Chile (the team I drew in a family betting pool), Germany (My favorites to win, just cause…

Details Matter

I mean really. Who in their right mind would buy this cookie cake. “Dad, you’re the best, so I got you this cake with egregious grammatical flaws.” I don’t think so. In life, most of all when it comes to those you care about, details matter. All it takes is a little bit of effort…

An Open Letter to Mexico’s Head Coach

ENGLISH (Spanish below) Señor Herrera, For years and two World Cups in my recent memory, I have watched Mexico struggle to make a splash on the international stage. Sure, you won Gold in London and won the cup with a younger squad, many of which are now on your team. But time and time again–after…

Meet Amelia Rose Earhart, she plans on flying around the world and live-tweeting the whole thing

This is not a headline from the late 1930s. First off, back in the 1930s, they didn’t have this great an image resolution: or jets…but that doesn’t matter, because this Amelia Earhart is planning on finishing the ill-fated voyage of her namesake. 1937, while attempting to find Howard Island in a bad storm, her plane…

We should all be like Google

Rich and a multinational corporation. By which I mean attention to detail. Last week, Google changed its logo. In what was a revolutionary change sure to shake the entire design industry to its core, Google moved two letters one pixel each. What does one pixel do? Take a look: Old Logo New Logo Click on…