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Two categories of people that can be hard to have a conversation with are good friends and people who have worked together for a long time. Sometimes it’s like they are speaking their own language — a
Tampa mayor braces residents for possible ‘stay-at-home’ order Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is urging residents to brace for a possible 'stay-at-home' order to slow the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. Currently, there is no such order in place state-wide or county-wide, but the city is anticipating an…
by Johannah King-Slutzky According to recent descriptions, the bro is a straight white man who is between fifteen and thirty-five years old, “ an adult male whose social life revolves around collegiate homosocial bonding ,” or simply a guy who says “bro.” He is “ boisterous and uncouth ” and “ the…
Nancy Scola is a reporter covering technology for Politico Pro. Uber had a PR problem last summer: The only thing expanding more quickly than its ride-on-demand business was its reputation as a price-
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My current iPad Home screen. Last week, I came across Kyle Vanhemert’s story for Wired about the iPad and pondered, with a bit of fascination and surprise, his conclusion that “nobody knows what the i
What a wonderful time it is for the scammer, the conniver, and the cheat: the underage drinkers who flash fake I.D.s, the able-bodied adults who drive cars with handicapped license plates, the parents
It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned -- and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about addiction by our teachers and by our governments.
When I was twelve, I took a ship across the Atlantic and, after weeks at sea, finally saw the arm of the Statue of Liberty poking through the early morning mist. Upon descending the gang-plank, I boug
News came fast and furious this week. First Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Google is attempting to build an auto-hailing business, based on its self-driving car project, putting it in direct competition with Uber. Then Uber announced it is creating a research facility in Pittsburgh to produce…
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Before Patagonia, you spent 25 years in corporate finance, working in a variety of places, from private equity to tech. Yet at some point you felt like your personal values and your professional work were in conflict. Was there a particular moment when this misalignment came to a head? I had…
The year has come to an end. In the past 12 months we’ve seen enormous interest in Estimote, iBeacon, and Bluetooth beacons in general. However, with all this excitement shared throughout media, business and developer communities alike, there also seems to be a bit of confusion about this…
The top-rated restaurant in America according to Yelp: Copper Top BBQ. Courtesy Copper Top A year ago, Yelp released a list of the “100 best places to eat in America,” based on customer reviews from i
I have spent quite a bit of time lately thinking about autonomous cars, and I wanted to summarize my current thoughts and predictions. Most people – experts included – seem to think that the transitio
In April of 1958, Hunter S. Thompson was 22 years old when he wrote this letter to his friend Hume Logan in response to a request for life advice. Thompson’s letter, found in Letters of Note , offers
I can pinpoint the moment where my grudge against Massimo Vignelli began. About halfway through Gary Hustwit’s documentary Helvetica , Vignelli is filmed isolated against a gray background, and after some playful grousing, he says, “The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the…
Williamsburg on the Hudson A building in Beacon, N.Y. shows off a new attitude about art. Credit... Benjamin Norman for The New York Times Millerton, N.Y. FROM the venerable general store his grandpar
Disrupter : Jordan Metzner, CEO of Washio. Photo: Michael Schmelling There was a problem with the cookies. When Jordan Metzner and Juan Dulanto launched Washio , it had already distinguished itself fr
“What the hell happened?” It is a cold day in early December in Midtown Manhattan, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has barely taken his seat on stage when his interviewer throws out that brusque query. It’s the question on the lips of every one of the 400 attendees of this tech conference, but it’s still…
While we all hold an opinion on almost everything, how many of us actually do the work required to have an opinion? I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side
Written by an actual teen 14 min read · Jan 3, 2015 -- I read technology articles quite often and see plenty of authors attempt to dissect or describe the teenage audience, especially in regards to so
The post below is partially excerpted from our upcoming eBook 7 Secret Customer Service Techniques Every Expert Knows! Learn more about our new eBook at the bottom of this post. One of my favorite concepts is the idea of brand deposits, more commonly referred to as brand equity. Brand deposits is a…
As midnight approached on Dec. 11, a circle of Zappos and Downtown Project employees lifted up their shot glasses around a bonfire near the edge of the Fremont East District in downtown Las Vegas, whe
I was chatting with John Borthwick a few years ago and he said something that struck me. He said he was interested in companies that appear to be focused on selling X but are really online communities that happen to make money selling X. This helps explain why many investors are confused by the…
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If asked to identify the figure behind the American sushi craze in a police lineup, you’d pass right over Harry Goldberg, a Jewish entrepreneur from Chicago. But Goldberg, along with his friend Noritoshi Kanai, a lanky Japanese immigrant, was part of one of the most underrated odd couples in the…
Patronage Jan 19th, 2015 I was upset to read about the sad demise of the UK’s MacUser magazine , after almost thirty years of publication. MacUser was truly one of a kind, aimed at the curious, discer
Gray Matter Why Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others Credit... Olimpia Zagnoli ENDLESS meetings that do little but waste everyone’s time. Dysfunctional committees that take two steps back for every one
As a kid,my father’s jobs sent us careening through the Midwest rather than rooted in the New York my parents waxed poetic about. Life was filled with track housing and strip malls instead of brownsto
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The Feynman Technique is the best way to supercharge your learning. And it works no matter the subject. Devised by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, it leverages the power of teaching for
W e all have to deal with our share of hotheads and crazies. What does research say works with them? First off, you can’t get angry too. Because then there are two crazy people arguing. While very ent
An Innovative New Voice in the Advice World For the past six months, my friend Dale Davidson has been executing an epic project. Eager to optimize his life, and frustrated with much of the advice he e
I was a nerd. Growing up, I chose marching band over sports. I opted for chat rooms over roller-rinks. I rifled through Goosebumps books and spent every Saturday night watching Snick. Like most nerds,
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