Great Escape Teens have always created their own spaces to experiment, socialize, and indulge idle curiosity Keith Stuart Aug 17, 2018 · 9 min read Credit: Ryan Hubbard . (Images: Christian Petersen a
Andrew Quinn Apr 6, 2018 · 5 min read I’ve grown to be very fond of Todoist, especially Todoist Premium, over the last few months. There’s something deeply psychologically comforting about having what
Manager Energy Drain Originally posted Jan 24, 2018 One of the most frequent questions I hear as I coach managers is, “How do I handle how tired I am as a manager?” Some managers find themselves worki
Photo: Apple Mac: If you’re fancy enough to have a MacBook with a Touch Bar, and you don’t hate that Apple replaced your physical keys with virtual ones (perhaps a blessing, given the former’s quality
It was getting late in Tomato Town. The storm was closing in, and meteors pelted the ground. Gizzard Lizard had made his way there after plundering the sparsely populated barns and domiciles of Anarch
This post will take you about 5 minutes to read. “Uh, it’s off Airport road. You should be able to get there from Umstead. I think or, or maybe go up to Estes?” I paused again. I was confusing the per
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Most runners gauge their workout intensity by pace: The faster you run, the harder the workout. Seldom do you hear someone ask what heart rate zone you’re in, even if you’re clearly wearing the latest
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The science is in and the results are undeniably bleak: Multi-tasking is to your work what smoking is to your health. Trying to do more than one thing at the same time is killing your productivity . H
At CSS Day last June I introduced, with some trepidation, a peculiar three-character CSS selector. Called the “lobotomized owl selector” for its resemblance to an owl’s vacant stare, it proved to be t
Now that iOS 12 has launched, the rest of the iPhone using world can check out and start using the Shortcuts app, bringing the ability to build scriptable custom shortcuts to iOS that can be added to
America has long been described as an extroverted country, a society that celebrates and rewards the enthusiastic, the outgoing, the sociable — those with a charming personality and a knack for glad-h
For a few years now, it’s seemed that any forward movement macOS might make was coming in lockstep with Apple’s other platforms, most notably iOS. What was new to the Mac was generally something that
I had my first think week last weekend. It was the type of think week for the amateur. The Average Joe. Taking the time to think is a powerful thing, regardless if it’s for work, relaxation, or person
In late 2017 I was interviewed by Kai Brach for Offscreen Magazine . Many thanks to him and Martin Holtkamp , who photographed me with good humor, for many hours, on a fine day in late fall in Japan f
Bird Scooters Every afternoon around 4 p.m., when school lets out, Brandon, an 18-year-old high-school senior in Los Angeles who asked to be referred to only by his first name, goes “Bird hunting.” He
Essay The importance of stupidity in scientific research Martin A. Schwartz Journal of Cell Science 2008 121: 1771 doi: 10.1242/jcs.033340 Martin A. Schwartz Find this author on PubMed Search for this
Good food, good eating, is all about blood and organs, cruelty and decay. It’s about sodium-loaded pork fat, stinky triple-cream cheeses, the tender thymus glands and distended livers of young animals
Photo illustration: 731 Photo illustration: 731 Oh, GitHub, we knew ye … pretty well, actually, over the past decade. At least programmers did. To us you’ve been comically unavoidable, from your “ Oct
Full Transcript Craig: Craig Mod: You’re listening to a “Walk in the Woods with Craig Mod.” I’m Craig Mod. Hey, guess what? I’m walking in the woods. Right at this very moment, I am walking upon a pat
A walk in the woods with Craig Mod Craig Mod Jun 7, 2018 · 7 min read The latest episode of On Margins is up: A walk in the woods with … me. During my solo Kumano Kodo walk in April of this year (2018
Last week, I celebrated the third anniversary of launching Above Avalon subscriptions. Those who signed up on May 13th, 2015 began their fourth year as Above Avalon subscribers. In an environment wher
Jul 17, 2020 Should You Stretch Before or After Your Run? Test your stretching knowledge with this quick quiz. By Jennifer Van Allen and Danielle Zickl Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Jul 6, 20
How a single design decision shapes everything that follows. Bethany Heck May 30, 2018 · 12 min read Even in low-stakes, self-driven work, there are innumerable design decisions—aesthetic, formal and
Illustration by Xoana Herrera . People are obsessed with morning routines. What was Ben Franklin thinking about when he started his day at 5am? How does Stephen King get into the rhythm for writing? W
Despite the mountain of evidence contradicting the mantra of “if you build it, they will come,” it’s still extremely prevalent among product-first companies. Why? First, most founders don’t have a bac
How much is too much? Or not enough? As avid runners, most of us know that we should ingest carbohydrates when we complete training runs longer than 90 minutes or compete in longer races, from the 15K to an ultramarathon. But how much is too much or not enough? While debate exists over how…
A new study from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute appears to give endurance athletes like marathoners a precise target for carbohydrate consumption during races. GSSI scientists gave cyclists a r
When Lance Armstrong ran his first marathon in New York City in 2006, he shocked the running world for a few reasons: He clocked a respectable 2:59:36 with little training, and he reportedly ate quite
It’s been a shockingly packed year for great new video games. Over the course of the last 12 months, it seemed like there was never really a pause, or a moment when there wasn’t something interesting
In September 1833, Benjamin Day, the 23-year-old son of a hatter, put the New York Sun on sale for a sixth of the price of its competitors. The sensationalism-stuffed Sun, selling for a penny an issue
February 20, 2011 This is the first in a series of three posts on The Pilcrow (¶) . Continue to PART 2 or view ALL POSTS in the series. This is a pilcrow: ¶. They crop up surprisingly frequently, book
Several months before the 2016 election, Harper’s Magazine published an unlikely essay by Alan Jacobs suggesting that in the midst of the fractious punditry gripping the country, we might benefit from
On the days when Bitcoin crashes, a holiday atmosphere takes over in my corners of the internet. People tweet screengrabs of Reddit fights. It’s always good fun to watch strangers grieve as their digi
Roden Issue 017 March, 24, 2018 A Walk in Japan, an Art Observatory, Therapy in Server Work Hello new Explorers. There are many of you. I send these so infrequently you probably don’t remember signing
One of the most-read pieces I’ve written here remains my entreaty “ Professors Start Your Blogs ,” which is now 12 years old but might as well have been written in the Victorian age. It’s quaint. In 2
Nothing drags down writing more than spreading good ideas over too many words. Making keystrokes matter has only grown in importance as communication and the text that powers it become increasingly in
Beyond #DeleteFacebook: More Thoughts on Embracing the Social Internet Over Social Media March 25th, 2018 · 81 comments A Social Transition Last week, I wrote a blog post emphasizing the distinction b
September 11, 2018 iStock You know the alphabet. It’s one of the first things you’re taught in school. But did you know that they’re not teaching you all of the alphabet? There are quite a few letters
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