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Publication: Worth magazine The road trip has been an American passion since 1903, when automobile pioneers Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker lit out cross-country from San Francisco to New York in a cherry-red Winton. More than a century later the lure of the open road remains, but the cars are faster, safer and a
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Publication: Worth magazine The 2013 wildfire season was the deadliest the U.S. has seen in a decade. A number of factors, including rising temperatures, invasive arid vegetation, and an increasing wildland-urban interface, have contributed to the rise in wildfires, but one thing’s certain: their impact isn’t likely to decrease anytime soon. Here’s what you need
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That the internet homogenizes language is a matter of debate–but that it provides vast quantities of state-of-the-nation linguistic data is not. I was curious about linguistic diversity among American Twitter users–specifically, about whether that diversity, should it exist, could be regionally based. MacLuhan thought electronic communications would fashion a global village; I looked through one
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Originally published on: Riparian Data Last March, Paul Graham wrote an essay entitled “Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas,” in which he spelled out seven massive problem areas/voids and ideas that could possibly fix/fill them. The adverb may be hypercorrection, but the essay isn’t hyperbolic, and it inspired throngs of intrepid entrepreneurs[1] to roll up their gingham and
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Originally published on: Riparian Data “Ye tuneful cobblers! still your notes prolong, Compose at once a slipper and a song; So shall the fair your handiwork peruse, Your sonnets sure shall please—perhaps your shoes. Byron—English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. L. 751.” By and large, Marc Andreessen’s view of the current tech landscape is… not sunny.
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When everything else has gone from my brain—the President’s name, the state capitals, the neighborhoods where I lived, and then my own name and what it was on earth I sought, and then at length the faces of my friends, and finally the faces of my family—when all this has dissolved, what will be left,
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Publication: Worth Magazine H. L . Mencken famously wrote, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” We’re guessing Mencken just never had the right private lesson. The following experiences give participants unparalleled access to the skills (and tracks, vineyards, courts and closets) of the top professionals in their fields. 1. Wilander on Wheels ┃Tennis
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Publication: The Mail Room Blog [Chart from Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2012] While perusing (if one can peruse a 112-page PDF) Mary Meeker’s insightful, clear-cut summary of dominant and looming internet trends, one chart in particular caught my eye. It showed the user growth of the mobile video creation and sharing app Viddy between
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Publication: Worth magazine 10 Essential Bottles for Your Bar Stocking a superlative liquor cabinet boils down to two categories: spirits meant to be sipped and those ideal for mixed drinks. Add some exquisite modifiers— we suggest Antica Formula Red Vermouth, Noilly Pratt Dry Vermouth, Angostora Bitters and Orange Bitters and Luxardo Maraschino liqueur—and you’re ready
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Publication: Edible Boston It was mid-November in Paris, and I was hungry. Every evening, after classes got out, I’d wander down the skinny cobbled Marche du Passy and gawk at the roasting pheasants, the mounds of polished pink turnips and golden carrots, the little ceramic pots of oozing Camambert. And then, completely overwhelmed, I’d go
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