Murdle is a daily logic puzzle where you solve murders. It feels like an SAT question meets Murder, She Wrote. You get a grid, a handful of suspects (what Karber does with color names would make Professor Plum blush), and you deduce whodunit using classic logic. It’s a simple format that might go down as just another Wordle knock-off.  But Karber won my heart by demonstrating his love and respect for the classic murder mystery genre.

In an age of AI-generated images, deepfakes, and algorithmically curated reality, the ability to look closely isn't just aesthetic — it's survival. Media literacy expert Renee Hobbs argues that close looking is foundational to critical thinking: "If we can't slow down enough to actually see what we're looking at, we can't evaluate it, question it, or think critically about it."

When Ring's Super Bowl ad featured its new "Search Party" technology — using networked doorbell cameras to find a lost yellow lab named Milo — the backlash was swift. But the response that interested me the most came from Matt Nelson, the human behind the beloved Internet institution We Rate Dogs.

The title of a painting isn't a label. It's a creative act with the same weight and consequence as choosing cadmium red over burnt sienna. A great title  doesn't reinforce what you already see, it reveals something you couldn't see without it. What if you approached your brand name with that same intention?

I knew that to truly rest and recover, I'd need to take a break from the entire internet and screens as much as possible. Which made me wonder: what does it mean to rest when the world keeps spinning faster and louder, and when that anxious voice whispers what if staying informed could prevent the next catastrophe?

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“We built palatial forts in the snowdrifts after the plows went through. Lawn sprinklers in summers became portals to different realms and time periods; we ran through the strands of water with towels tied around our necks as capes.”

I texted this quote from Kristen Radtke’s article, “I Grew Up with Alex Pretti” to my childhood best friend, Jason.