How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

What it is

Terry Moore's three-minute TED talk showing a better way to tie shoes, replacing the common granny knot with a square knot so laces stay tied.

Recommended as a tiny, useful life hack many commenters adopted for good.

“Been tying my shoelaces like this ever since.”
Technique adopted for over ten years.
rndz, 2026-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot”
“I was surprised to learn I've been doing it wrong for a quarter century.”
Shows the correct way to tie shoes.
filoeleven, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “Shoelace knots”
“How to tie your shoes the right way (so the knot doesn't come undone)”
Tie your shoes so the knot does not come undone.
leto_ii, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?”
“You are probably tying a granny knot instead of a square knot.”
Fixes granny knot so shoes stay tied.
prometheus76, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: shoelace knot, square knot, ted, life hack