Hi, my name is Jason Kottke. I currently live in Manhattan with my wife Meg. For fun and income, I build web sites and edit kottke.org. My favorite font right now is Whitney by Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Being generally sober, level-headed, and trustworthy, I'm usually the guy that's chosen to drive. The moment between feeling either really really hot or really really cold water and knowing which of those temperatures the water actually is, I like that in a central, undescribable way.

I believe that when people talk about solving problems with technology, what they're usually talking about is solving problems with design, which is to say, the application of psychology in a visual & functional context. I prefer red wine to white, movies to films, jeans to khakis, vanilla to chocolate, Pixar to Dreamworks, the subway to taxis, nonfiction to fiction, and Safari to Firefox. I use a daily face wash in my "T-zone" area. I look like the guy in these photos. I find going to the dentist relaxing. I've lived in WI, IA, MO, MN, CA, NY, NH, and, briefly, France. I don't have a plan.