I had a great time at the MIT Media Lab, and now I am 45 minutes away in Providence, Rhode Island at the Rhode Island School of Design. You can read about what I'm doing on my new blog. Thank...

My friend has launched an online service for publishing manga on the Web called MangaNovel.com. The site is unique for its ability to let you look at manga in different translations that are user-generated in a WIKI-like fashion. If you're...

My new limited edition shoes for Reebok will launch March 31. I'm certainly getting emoretional about the launch date....

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing the dress rehearsal for “RISD: The Musical!” which I would call “RISD Meets Glee.” I saw Prof. Tom Roberts there — he is one of the faculty members that have seen this completely student-conceived/choreographed/scripted/designed/performed musical come to fruition over Wintersession — he commented at the end of the dress rehearsal, “This has made my year.” I have to agree. It runs tonight (Friday) and Saturday night with proceeds going to relief in Haiti. I met my singing twin there that evening who promised that he (me) would blog this information. So I thought I’d help him out here … -JM

Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker alum Rhett Turner, hosted by Dean Deborah Bright, gave a stirring talk about the importance of “sticking to it” when pursuing a career in inventing your own future — in this case making films about social causes.

Last week I stopped by Prof. Charlie Cannon’s exhibition of student work in the ID building on the theme of “Waste For Life.” My time certainly wasn’t wasted. -JM

Blaise Aguera y Arcas is a modern day Da Vinci of digital imaging that has proven that anything is possible today with the release of his new work — presented just last week in California at TED. I spoke with him last night from here in Providence via telephone to Seattle, and was duly impressed with his background in letterpress, bookmaking, mathematics, and physics — explains his magic quite clearly. New worlds are forming as combinations of older, substantive worlds of knowledge. -JM