Monthly Archives: April 2011

Choosing a city

By Sam Hedlund | Published: April 12, 2011

I had an interesting conversation today with a former colleague who I ran into. After a few years in DC working at a nonprofit doing social marketing, he is considering moving to Chicago, where he sees more job prospects in the commercial marketing he wants to get into. He visited Chicago recently and liked it, but [...]

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“My usual approach is useless here”: XKCD on the limits of left-brained living

By Sam Hedlund | Published: April 5, 2011

When popular culture (or in this case geek culture) says something useful about life or work, I try to take notice. Yesterday’s XKCD webcomic moved me: The alt-text postscript reads, “My normal approach is useless here, too,” a reference to a much lighter-hearted early comic: This shift in tone reflects a real-life situation. Cartoonist, math whiz, and former NASA [...]