GOOD is inviting creatives to a Design Hackathon, a challenge on the theme of 21st-century citizenship. Winners of the most innovative design will have a chance to work alongside GOOD’s product team.

To the metropolis that once was, Detroit is a loved paradise of fat whiskeys, strong local communities, and a well of hope.

A good bike is hard to come by. Standing at 5’0″, a desirable 45-47cm frame doesn’t appear in bike shops all too often without a high price. Here’s the story on how I found Ray – my first love in Los Angeles.

The pace in a way that technology has created has not taken into account the time needed for culture to change. What is the role of the designer today?

Came across this Reddit thread where I pulled out a lot of things that resonated with me. Original post called “I’m not as smart as I thought I was”.

Cyberspace is wearing black today. We’re not in mourning but we could be. Today’s stance against SOPA and PIPA is unique in that it’s a global protest making anyone with a browser open an involved participant.

No matter what the city has lost, there has always been some kind of entertainment happening. And entertainment is what could turn it all around.

Maybe because it’s winter that more people have or motivated to edit now. But there’s been a lot of great stuff appearing my Youtube and Vimeo homepage this week. Here are the favorites.

Rolling out over the next few weeks, Twitter’s new design aims to simplify things a bit with four prominent tabs—Home, Connect, Discover and Me.

The website that is empowering me right now be a healthier and better employee is The Work Cycle. It’s an on-going web-based celebration of the working cyclist and their commuter vehicle of choice, the bike.

I was at work when I was catching some transitions on my Gmail in realtime. Caught me by surprise. You yourself will soon be apart of the testing group. Just wait. Here are some screenshots.

If I were a guy, I be an absolute minimalist – respecting the basics and withholding from the patterns. Don’t ask me why, it’s a gut feeling. Its more about material and endurance, not statement nor attention.

Best songs to listen to when you’re making a deadline, can’t drink coffee, and avoiding taking that long lunch break. This is for the hour right before crash landing a meeting after losing three days of valuable worktime.

In spirit of its first celebration after the big transition to Los Angeles, I decided to make a Halloween costume based on my life of work and relationships (after several other ideas). I ended up as myself in low-resolution.

It had been raining all day and I was wearing black from head to toe. Who knew I would actually end up mourning by the end of it. As a designer, educator, and former student – I thank you Steve Jobs for making it possible.