I turned 30 on March 10th. I’m not much of a birthday person, so I didn’t make a big deal about it. But with the exit of my 20s entered much reflection. I’ve been thinking a lot about where I am today, what’s been accomplished so far, and what’s to come. In looking at my [...] Read more>>
The Curse of Talent. The Challenge of Risk.
Sometimes I feel sick with talent. Like, ill. It’s tough to explain and something I’m still trying to wrap my head around. Let me put this in a different, yet familiar, context. I have these sunrises and sunsets where my mind races and my heart pounds because I know there are so many roads I [...] Read more>>
Four Lessons Learned From a Social Media Assault
“I’m so tired of the negativity.” I thought that yesterday while perusing my Twitter timeline. As you may have seen on the social media site or read in my post on SBM about Black Twitter, someone made a comment about Beyonce’s relationship with her father over the weekend, which led to public outrage. And as [...] Read more>>
Radio: So About These Relationship Experts
Hey TRSJ Fam, Meant to send this out yesterday, but you know how life goes. Anyway, I’ll be on Black & Bougie Radio tonight discussing the ever-growing phenomenon that is the relationship expert movement. The show will be led by Michele Grant, founder of Black & Bougie, and will also feature Carolyn Edgar and Darryl [...] Read more>>
Sponsored: Ingress Turns Real World Into a Game #CBias #IngressDR
If you’re not an Android user, you can go back to what you were doing with your life. If you are and you like games, this post is for you. Duane Reade recently put me onto a game released by Google called Ingress. The best way to describe it is a virtual reality battle between [...] Read more>>
Good Things Be Happening. I Just Be Embracing Them.
I mentioned a while back that I might have some good news. If you’ve been following along on Twitter or Facebook, you’ve probably seen me reference it. Now that it’s super duper official and just over a month away, I can proudly announce that I’ll be moderating a panel at South by Southwest aka SXSW. [...] Read more>>
These Pitches Be Like…
Being an editor for a blog can be a thankless and frustrating job. Aside from the usual electronic banter, you end up reading submissions from writers that think just because they interact with you on Twitter or Facebook, or because it’s a “blog” and not a “magazine,” they can skate with poor form. I’m here [...] Read more>>
