Writing
Essays on connection, repair, and the occasional joke that saved my life. Fifty-odd of them, and counting.
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I Got Fact Checked by USA Today for a Comedy SEO Experiment
Okay, so, the goofy thing I did about the 2020 Republican National Convention actually did capture that traffic I noticed…
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Tragedy + Comedy = Timing | An SEO Experiment
I did a search yesterday to see if I could find the attendees for this year’s Republican National Convention. This…
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A Profile About You
A press profile on Fred’s comedy and storytelling work, by Matt Levy for A Profile About You.
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My First Sketch — Episode 159
Podcast guest appearance on My First Sketch, Ep. 159 — children’s programming, puppetry, and Oreos.
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The Second Woman — BAM, with Alia Shawkat
One of 100 scene partners opposite Alia Shawkat in the 24-hour performance piece The Second Woman, BAM Next Wave 2019.
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I’m performing in The Second Woman at BAM October 19, 2019
Chosen as one of Alia Shawkat’s scene partners for The Second Woman — a 24-hour marathon performance at BAM’s Next…
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Narrating Community Power — Columbia Narrative 2019
A story told at Columbia’s Narrative 2019 symposium, on family, memory, and Korean ghost tradition.
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Finding Viable Products — The Viability Principle: Understand People’s Needs
The Viability Principle: Understand People’s Needs — a talk for The Product Podcast (Product School) on MVP thinking and product…
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Max & Natalie LIVE — Episode 36
Puppet performance (Cleveland) on Max & Natalie LIVE, Ep. 36, at The People’s Improv Theatre, NYC.
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Letting your inner artist think like a Product Manager
You have your big risk, the big thing you’re working on in mind. There’s a lot of ways to get…
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Meeting Aikido
What is Meeting Aikido? This probably has an actual name in a business book somewhere, but this is a name…
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Rejecting The Latest and Greatest
“Mad Men” has this great scene, where Don Draper and the team present a really new idea to Heinz ketchup…
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The value of practicing creative work daily
The value of practicing creative work daily, especially if you even slightly ritualize it, is when moments come where you…
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The Language of Math is Strange
Math is strange in the U.S. We use Arabic symbols, Latin-root words for counting, and a base ten number system…
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A Dream About Mr. Provo
I had a weird dream last night again. I’m at someone’s house, and their living room is covered in these…
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I love the form for Sketch Comedy, and I’m shocked by it
I started writing these on my own, then at classes at the Magnet and the Upright Citizens Brigade, because I…
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Brilliance
When you pressure yourself to be brilliant, you can often end up robbing yourself OF your brilliance. The idea that…
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Lifecycle of a Science Story in 21st Century American Media
Lifecycle of a Science Story in 21st Century American Media, starring SETI …
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The Value of Practice
I love and hate to practice. I like to work hard and get into a zone when I focus on…
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The Help Machine Plan
I continued work on a piece about why I’m making Thigments https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lWgr87_k7nT11VTN0_rPmJgfX5SARY4wJSV0-awpuy0/edit I’ve been chasing this rainbow since 1997 in…