Introducing public transit’s fastest, tiniest, offline-capable trip planner 📴🗺 Published in Transit · 6 min read · Feb 25, 2019 -- In a world of bloated websites and data glutton mobile apps, it can s

For 25 years, the Punjabi Deli in the East Village has been a safe haven for New York cab drivers. But despite the efforts of activists and celebrities, this Lower Manhattan institution may be at risk of disappearing forever. F or the five years that Kulwinder Singh spent behind the wheel of a cab,…

This is the third post in my full-stack dev (f-s d) series on the secret life of data. This installment is about a single text message: how it was typed, stored, sent, received, and displayed. I sprin

Share Instagram Despite being just 33 years old, Masahiro Kikuno makes wristwatches by hand in a rigorously traditional manner, inspired by the craftsmen who built wadokei, or traditional Japanese clocks, in the 19th century. Based in the small city of Matsudo, an hour’s drive from Tokyo in Chiba…

December 30, 2018 · 6 minute read Yours truly, in January 2013: Last year I only read two books. I’m disappointed by that, and my goal this year is to read somewhere closer to ten, alternating between fiction and non-fiction. To hold myself accountable, I will try to write a little about each,…

I can’t tell you about a specific day as a cable tech. I can’t tell you my first customer was a cat hoarder. I can tell you the details, sure. That I smeared Vicks on my lip to try to cover the stench of rugs and walls and upholstery soaked in cat piss. That I wore booties, not to protect the…

Jason Shellen 4 min read· Aug 13, 2018 -- The opening of Stevie Nicks ‘Edge of Seventeen’ crackles over an obscured speaker in the surgery center pre-op area. I’m in a recliner with a hairnet on and booties over my shoes. I’m here for a nerve treatment to block pain in my tailbone. I’ve been here…

Confidence Andy Sparks 5 min read· Jan 3, 2019 -- Note: I wrote this essay as part of a large self-reflection on 2018 where I read every one of my 80+ journal entries. On 1/1/19 I sent it to a private email list of my closest friends. After reading Investors and entrepreneurs need to address the…

Andrew Wilkinson 5 min read· Dec 30, 2018 -- I was buying a bag of potatoes. A big one. Not because I liked potatoes, but because I wanted to pay my rent. After years of eating every meal out, blowing money on clothes, and ignoring my bank balance, things had changed. A few weeks prior, I had been…

Three of my colleagues at USV have first day of the new year posts up this morning that inspired me. Two are macro-related (Fred’s and Albert’s) but one is personal (Bethany’s). Take a look at all three – they are a good way to get ready for what is to come. Fred’s punchline is “It is going to be a…

Note: If you want to print this post or read it offline, the PDF is probably the way to go. You can buy it here. This is a long human life in years: And here’s a human life in months: But today, we’re going to look at a human life in weeks: Each row of weeks makes up one year. That’s how many weeks…

Ben Sandofsky 3 min read· Apr 18, 2016 -- The first time I look at a legacy project, I scan for warning signs. I’ve covered singletons, excessive observers, and today I’ll talk about “Manager” classes. I have to reiterate these are guidelines, not rules, and among guidelines, this one isn’t…

December 18, 2018 Hello from the other side of a trip to London, XOXO ‘18, two weddings, and…a failed attempt at stepping off the gas. This entry doesn’t come with an accompanying post—I’m mustering the headspace to write long form again—instead, a reflection on an opportunity I decided not to take.…

故事中文版 This story was re-broadcast on September 19, 2020 as part of The Best Of Only A Game. (Editor's note: Check out an update from reporter Shirley Wang.) When Charles Barkley's mother, Charcey Glenn, passed away in June 2015, Barkley's hometown of Leeds, Alabama, came to the funeral to pay…

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In iOS 12, Apple released Shortcuts, a powerful way to automate tasks on your iPhone and iPad. Bear supports Shortcuts, so we’d like to briefly explain what they are and how to start automating your work with Bear. What are Shortcuts? Shortcuts makes it easier and faster to perform multi-step tasks.…

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... This article is by Rahul Vohra, the founder and CEO of Superhuman — a startup building the fastest email experience in the world. We’ve all heard that product-market fit drives startup success — and that the lack thereof is what’s lurking…

We only have a little bit Ev Williams 3 min read· Oct 17, 2012 -- I once read something like, “You’ll only see a full moon X number of times before you die.” I don’t remember what X is, but it was surprisingly small. And it was true. Or, at least the point was true: We only have so much time.…

How many people do you need? Is an artistic movement only a movement as a collective? Can one person alone carry the melody? Over the course of 12 hours between October 29th and October 31st, a pop-up

We've absorbed a lot of secondhand advice by invading people’s homes and offices over the years. And we're lucky enough to be able to call up those industry vets and grill them for all sorts of career, life and beauty tips. The underlying theme? Don't quit. Basically, keep at it, work hard and…

Monopoly-seeking behaviour and closed data policies will impede the shift away from cars… can our cities help prevent it? Published in Transit · 9 min read · Nov 1, 2018 -- Cars are turning the planet

The Health Diaries Andy Puddicombe is ‘pretty much vegan’ and thinks everyone should meditate Alexandra Sifferlin 4 min read· Sep 25, 2018 -- Zoom image will be displayed There are many ways to live a healthy life. The Health Diaries is a weekly series about the habits that keep notable people…

Mindfulness and meditation have become big business for tech-savvy entrepreneurs. But can you really unplug and reset while tied to an app on your phone? Companies like Headspace and Insight Timer say yes. But longtime practitioners, philosophers, and scientists aren’t so sure. Mindfulness and…

Data: Obesity, NCHS National Health Interview Survey . Gym memberships, IHRSA Global Report . Stress, APA Stress in America Survey ; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios Between Soul Cycle, Fitbit, Whole30

“I want to run enough marathons to qualify for Boston. And I want that number to be 1.” —Me in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 I don’t like social media, but Strava isn’t half bad So why am I writing this post? San Francisco is home to a large group of runners and running a sub-3 hour marathon is a…

Alex Valdman has worked diligently and embraced the bumps and bruises of innovating in fashion and design. His early path in fashion was driven by the vanity of working with the likes of Kanye West and Nike, but in time he recognized vanity’s detrimental effects on a creator’s ultimate path.…

Pranav Badami 5 min read· May 24, 2018 -- A quick recap of the first Transit Techies NYC Meetup: Christening the Code Train, held on Wed, May 23, 2018 Zoom image will be displayed Taken from Unsplash… Just kidding, this is the view from Intersection taken by me. Last night, coders, transit geeks,…

Credit...Mustafah Abdulaziz for The New York Times Eliud Kipchoge Is the Greatest Marathoner, Ever The reigning Olympic champion has won an unheard-of eight straight marathons. Can he capture the worl

A quick recap of the second Transit Techies NYC Meetup: Second Avenue Segfaults, held on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Transportation systems in New York City are critically important for millions of people. Beyond MTA subways and yellow cabs, commuters and travelers rely on regional commuter rail and…

Adriana Valdez Young 7 min read· Aug 17, 2018 -- A new series on why the physicality of cities matter. Zoom image will be displayed Cooling courtyards at a school in Ahmedabad, India enable multiple social and cultural functions — from impromptu gatherings of friends to planned meetings and events.…

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Opinion Creative ways states are approaching transit funding crises May 16, 2025 Case Study A small town builds one of Canada’s top-performing microtransit systems May 27, 2025 Case Study Agenzia TPL’s best practices to run a high-impact network redesign in Remix June 17, 2025 Security that scales:…

Opinion Creative ways states are approaching transit funding crises May 16, 2025 Case Study A small town builds one of Canada’s top-performing microtransit systems May 27, 2025 Case Study Agenzia TPL’s best practices to run a high-impact network redesign in Remix June 17, 2025 Security that scales:…

Some social problems are blatantly obvious in daily life, while others are longer-term, more corrosive and perhaps mostly invisible. Lately I’ve been worrying about a problem of the latter kind: the erosion of personal ownership and what that will mean for our loyalties to traditional American…

Zoom image will be displayed Greatist “Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” — Richard Whately Dr. Benjamin Hardy 28 min read· Aug 14, 2018 -- Life is busy. It can feel impossible to move toward your dreams. If you have a full-time job and kids, it’s even harder.…