Joshua Levine’s recent (WSJ Magazine) piece on John Pawson, — the architect who “elevated nothingness to an art” — is a good read. It’s mostly about the country retreat that he recently completed for himself and his wife in the English countryside, but there’s also… Read More
Proposition C will be on San Francisco’s ballots this November 6th, 2018. If approved by voters, the following additional taxes would be levied on businesses in order to create a dedicated fund to both support and prevent homelessness in the city: For businesses that pay… Read More
A friend of mine recently shared this Twitter thread with me. It is by Chaz Hutton. I didn’t know who Chaz was before I read the thread. But I now know that he draws things, sometimes for the New Yorker. Chaz’s Twitter thread covers the… Read More
This piece in the New Yorker about how e-commerce, and in particular JD.com, is transforming rural China is worth a read. In typical New Yorker fashion, it’s a good long-form read, but one that you can also listen to if that’s your thing. What’s immediately… Read More
Earlier this week the WSJ announced that Sidewalk Labs (Alphabet Inc.’s urban innovation organization) is close to a deal with Waterfront Toronto to develop a new 12-acre section of the eastern waterfront. Sidewalk Labs would be their innovation and funding partner. It’s not final yet… Read More
I am a big fan of avocados, as I’m sure many of you are as well. But why the obsession these days? Consumption is very clearly up. Sure they’re healthy, but what else is driving their celebrity status? Here’s an excerpt from a recent New Yorker… Read More
Billionaire Sam Zell has a (relatively) new book out called, Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel. I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve added it to my queue. I can, however, tell you that I always enjoyed listening to Zell… Read More
I should read The New Yorker more often. I’m going to subscribe right now (done). The articles are fantastic. In the April 3, 2017 issue, Siddartha Mukherjee wrote a piece talking about automated medicine. It’s called A.I. Versus M.D. Here is an excerpt: His prognosis… Read More
The New Yorker recently published an interesting split-screen video tour of the same streets in downtown LA in the 1940s and today. They have done a great job pairing up the same views and also panning in such a way that the middle divider seems… Read More
Earlier this week I wrote a “Tech Tuesday” post talking about Uber’s new Smart Routes functionality, which it is currently testing out in San Francisco. At the end of the post I ended by saying that it’s not just the taxi industry that should be thinking… Read More
