I host solo.
The Humor Code and its pals are taking over the Denver Art Museum for the next big Untitled event, ”LOL,” on Friday, May 25. Among the evening’s activities (which are included as part of the price of DAM’s general admission): –Subject yourself to the Humor Code and the Humor Research Lab (HuRL)’s “Comedy Lab” experiment, […]
I came across this Split Sider article this morning: There are many talented, successful people on the list (e.g.,Sarah Silverman, Louis CK, Greg Daniels, the guys from “It’s Always Sunny). As I read it, I was remind of how talent is necessary but not sufficient for success in the competitive world of (television) comedy. A […]
Boulder has experienced an explosion in (tech) startups.The influx of talent has made for a vibrant atmosphere in town. A host of networking and educational events have also sprung up. Take Boulder Startup Week as an example. Each May, we throw a 5-day event that showcases the unique startup culture of Boulder. No registration required. […]
In case you somehow missed the Tweets and Facebook posts, I recently attended the Bridgetown Comedy Festival (which has been described as summer camp for comedians). As part of my Humor Code project, I was invited to participate in a panel with Pete Holmes, Mary Mack, Myq Kaplan, Jordan Morris, and my Humor Code collaborator, […]
I am on Twitter, and I kind of like it. Recently, in response to a Wired article on Klout scores, Tom Scott (@tomscott), brilliantly came up with an algorithm that measures the “douchiness” of your Twitter behavior. (For those not familiar with a Klout score, it measures your social influence on the WWW.) Just type […]
I am interested in the ways that people cope with pain. I recently saw my friend, Heather Irmiger (@irmigrrr), who is a world-class professional mountain biker. I asked her: How do you cope with physical pain? She differentiates two types of pain and talks about the strategy she uses depending on the pain. For sharp […]
I am headed to Chicago today. The city is hosting The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor’s annual conference. Seriously. On Friday, I am presenting a session. Check it out: What Makes Things Funny?: Connecting Humor’s Antecedents to its Consequences. For millenia, philosophers, scientists, and entertainers have puzzled over the question of what makes things […]
As part of my global expedition that explores what makes things funny, Joel Warner and I are grilling humorists about the science behind scoring laughs. For a long, long time, Portland’s comedy scene was anemic. No “A-room” comedy clubs, no big comedy bookers, no national buzz. That changed in 2008, however, with the launch of […]
