Why encrypt your journal? The use case I like to quote is imagine that you want to show your friend a photo on your phone. You pull out the phone, …
If you haven’t seen this yet, please watch it. And then stop watching it. Or don’t watch it, actually, don’t even read this post. You see, iFeelio is about connecting …
No. I’m not. I like psychology. I also like poetry. And literature. And intercultural communications. And religion. And neuroscience. And language. I believe that psychologists are not the only people …
The humor of Bill Murray is something I have deeply admired for most of my life–a la Caddyshack, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and Ghostbusters. I recently read about how …
This afternoon, I watched the US play Ghana in the first round of the World Cup at a bar in Oakland. Despite being surrounded by many Americans, there were more …
I woke up to this article, and it metaphorically spun my head around. What I took from it (whether it actually said this or not) is that strong relationships are …
I went one week without speaking to anyone. Well, that was the goal. I had lost my voice for some unknown reason. I thought I had just been talking too …
When I was in college, I had a few internships with Caterpillar, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies. One day, the intern manager called all the interns asking if …
I’ve realized what has been missing in my life: play. The spontaneous bursts of joy that result from unexpected laughter, random off-the-wall antics, and pure silliness. I was sitting in …
I was walking down the Oakland sidewalk, returning from my lunch, when I saw from a distance, a tall black man in a black hoody sprint across the sidewalk towards …
Yesterday I posted about the power of language in understanding how you feel. After posting, I stumbled upon a study with this gem of a sentence: In an interpretation of …
Verbally labeling an emotion is much like applying a digital technology (language) to an analog signal (emotion and emotional experience). An analog signal is a continuous signal with infinite resolution. …
How many of you have smartphones? And if you have a smartphone, how many apps would you say you use on a weekly basis? Daily basis? Minute-by-minute basis? Many apps …
Yesterday, I posted about Breathless, and how such a beautiful film can have an emotional impact on a culture. Today I’ll talk about how emotions and breathing are inextricably linked. …
Wow. A few weeks ago, I watched the debut of the short film, Breathless, at TEDxMileHigh in Denver. The most important part of this post is that you watch the …