Articles: Do this. Directives — part 1 2016-04-18 First see “just tell me what to do” for context. These directives will take another form some day, with more details and references.And there are many more to come. But I decided to post this outline now, because so many people have asked for these…

This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy . By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing— Project Literacy examines the ways illiteracy underpins some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. Below, we explore the letter X for “XXX.”…

W hen his three children were young, Warren Buffett installed a dime slot machine on the third floor of the family’s house, in Omaha, Nebraska. The objective was to convey the dangers of gambling, but it also meant the children’s allowance remained in his hands. “I could then give my children any…

Out on the sun-punched plains of central Texas, sign painter Norma Jeanne Maloney has recently set up her Red Rider Studios at the end of Main Street in sleepy Taylor. For a few thousand bucks, Maloney rents her space, a 116-year-old mint green building resembling an old west saloon. While it’s only…

Making a sustainable independent print magazine — — I’m the publisher, editor and designer of Offscreen Magazine , a publication that explores the human side of technology and the web. I’ve come to the publishing world by way of digital/web design. Until launching the inaugural issue of Offscreen I…

Although they only existed for a mere 7 years and released just 3 albums, Nirvana were a band of immeasurable influence in the music world thanks in no small part to Smells Like Teen Spirit , a single track on Nevermind , their second album. It was this song that brought them out into the open,…

Photograph: Steve Schofield for the Guardian O ne night in London in 2005, a woman said a surprisingly eerie thing to Monica Lewinsky . Lewinsky had moved from New York a few days earlier to take a master’s in social psychology at the London School of Economics. On her first weekend, she went…

Act I [This story initially appeared in ESPN the Magazine's Fame issue (May 9, 2016).] Ten years ago, Tiger Woods sat in his boyhood home across from his father's body, waiting on the men from the funeral home to arrive and carry Earl away. It was around 3 in the morning. Outside this bedroom in…

LET me tell you why “Adore” is the central song in the Prince canon. Because in “Adore” you get the commingling of two keys to understanding the man and his music: his sexuality and his spirituality. In the second verse he paints the picture: “When we be making love / I only hear the sounds /…

The official video for Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” was uploaded to YouTube on October 22, 2015. Within minutes of its drop, two separate friends had gleefully sent me the link. “Have you seen this? It’s amaaazing!” I watched it. It was. The track was clean and beautiful. Impossible to resist. The video…

“Running doesn’t ask for much, but it can give a lot.” Tracksmith Vs Javier Maya of Pavé , Barcelona 8°* Javier Maya is building the world’s most beautiful sports store. This is why. C yclist, runner, retailer and a highlight of our Instagram feed : Javier Maya is sitting at the cash desk while his…

Two months ago, I went into one of the more downmarket cell phone service providers. I had recently left my fancy smartphone in the back of cab, its only natural weakness. I viewed this as an opportunity, though, as I was tired of having a smartphone. I hated how rude and unobservant I had become,…

Like many recent college graduates, Ben Kim felt he was casting his résumé into an abyss when he clicked “apply online” for the hundredth or so time. “The most common response was nothing,” he said. That may be because, before capturing an employer’s eye, job hunters in the digital age often have to…

AT HubSpot, the software company where I worked for almost two years, when you got fired, it was called “graduation.” We all would get a cheery email from the boss saying, “Team, just letting you know that X has graduated and we’re all excited to see how she uses her superpowers in her next big…

This article was written by Alex Mayyasi , a Priceonomics staff writer When was the last time you met a couple where one person was attractive and the other was not? There’s no reason couples like that should stand out—except for the fact that they are so rare. Seeing it can set off an uncharitable…

As our relationship with photography shifts, will desktop-based photo-editing programs like the Google Nik Collection go the way of the film camera? Photograph by Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP “Today everything exists to end in a photograph,” Susan Sontag wrote in her seminal 1977 book “On…

The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. Keetra Dean Dixon Near end of Albert Camus’s existentialist novel “The Stranger,” Meursault, the protagonist, is visited by a priest who offers him comfort in the face of his impending…

Douglas Kennedy, a novelist from New York who is very popular in France, was back in town recently after some time away, and he took note of the things that made him feel at home. “It’s such a vocal, loud place,” he said. “Coming out of the subway the other day, I heard a cabdriver having an…

When Ottessa Moshfegh published her debut novel, “ Eileen ,” last August, she did so without an online publicity apparatus. Vanity Fair noted that Ms. Moshfegh, 34, was an anomaly because she had neither social media profiles nor a website. There wasn’t much personal information floating around…

This blog has moved This blog has moved. http://asburyandasbury.com/blog Posted by Nick on February 15 in Miscellaneous | Permalink | Comments (0) Processes in the brain (and smiles in the mind) I’ve written an article for Creative Review this month. It’s called ‘How to write an award-winning annual…

HBR staff In the early 1980s, IBM decided to deploy an internal email system. In typical careful IBM fashion, they began by measuring employee communication, so they could estimate how many messages would be sent on the new system. Based on this research, IBM provisioned a $10 million mainframe to…

W hen I was young, there was nothing so bad as being asked to work. Now I find it hard to conjure up that feeling, but I see it in my five-year-old daughter. “Can I please have some water, daddy?” “You can get it yourself, you’re a big girl.” “WHY DOES EVERYONE ALWAYS TREAT ME LIKE A MAID?” That was…

Shutterstock, Elena Scotti/FUSION I haven’t swiped in, like, two months,” said Gabriel*, a 24-year-old who grew up in the small West Texas town of Marfa, known for its art scene and its remote location several hours from any major city. We were sitting in a coffee shop, listening to a ‘90s Pandora…

Let's change the way we look at people with Down syndrome. AnnaRose is a nineteen year old from NJ. She's a full time college student who works part-time at a physical therapy center and enjoys basketball and swimming through the Special Olympics NJ. AnnaRose, as many people with Down syndrome, only…

Perception is key to resilience: Do you conceptualize an event as traumatic, or as a chance to learn and grow? Illustration by Gizem Vural Norman Garmezy, a developmental psychologist and clinician at the University of Minnesota, met thousands of children in his four decades of research. But one boy…

Recycling is nice, but some shop owners are trying to eliminate waste altogether. Image Credit Still life by Jess Bonham. Styled by Gemma Tickle THE SHOPPERS AT Original Unverpackt, a food market in the gentrifying but still gritty Berlin neighborhood of Kreuzberg, arrive largely by bicycle,…

Elizabeth Gilbert shares 11 ways to think smartly about creativity. Creativity is a tricky word. Consultants peddle it, brands promise it, we all strive for it, often without really knowing quite what “it” really is. Put simply, there’s a lot of snake oil around creativity. But now here’s author…

In the short history of the Internet, many have gone viral. But not many have done it twice. And even fewer have gone viral on both ends of the Web's emotional spectrum—hate and love. But I have. DIGITAL DECLINE, NOVEMBER 2011 I always wanted to be funny for a living. This whole "journalism" gig was…

Our first live event!! We explored the In Between with Alix, Hanna and several DC-based storytellers, who talked about charting their own path in a world of absolutes. For more information about our partners at Story District, visit their website: storydistrict.org . Below you can find videos of…

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Two years later, Nathan and Katie, along with another Brigham Young couple named Doug and Paige Bischoff, founded Kinfolk , an $18 minimalist print quarterly that has become the go-to lifestyle magazine for a certain type of pour-over-loving millennial. Despite a relatively small circulation of…

This is the full text of a lecture delivered by Emily Bell last week at the University of Cambridge, where she is the Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2015–16 at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. An edited version of this speech has been published by Columbia…

Because of a Trappist monk, Apple computer displays look the way they do today. The monk was the Rev. Robert Palladino, who died on Feb. 26 at 83. A Roman Catholic priest who began his vocation in a monastic order, Father Palladino was also a world-renowned master of calligraphy . “Priest and…

Sherry Turkle has spent the past 30 years studying the psychology of the relationship between people and technology — how giant technological advances change our communities, our relationships, and even our inner selves. Her 2011 book " Alone Together " topped the charts for months, and created all…

TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. You check it in the bathroom. You check it at the movies. You check it when you’re having dinner with your friends. But you wouldn’t say you’re addicted—and most experts would agree with you. “Only a small percentage of people qualify as addicted,” says Dr.…

Conrad Roy’s loved ones called him Coco. His grandfather was Conrad Sr.; his father was Conrad Jr., “Co” for short, so Coco was a good fit. He was thin but athletic, with brown hair that was often covered by a Red Sox hat; in high school he played baseball and rowed crew. He grew up in Mattapoisett,…

Practice makes perfect: Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day.Photograph: REX/Shutterstock C an a movie change your life? How about a comedy? How about Groundhog Day ? I believe that this wonderful film contains remarkable wisdom that can help you be happier and more fulfilled. There are…

I have tried to change how I look, since my ballet teacher kicked me out of class because I was too fat I have tried to change how much I can produce when in Business School, and tried the play hard and party hard lifestyle, just to end up on probation and almost kicked out I have fallen on my face,…

On The Media Blog Published in On The Media Blog by On The Media Download this audio Want to embed this player? Use the code below. More info . Email a Friend Welcome to Infomagical (John Hersey for Note to Self ) Jan 28, 2016 Our friends at Note to Self have just launched a new project called…

Backstage with Freddie: a personal account of the delicate work that kept the world’s biggest rock star happy By Peter Hince ‘ I can’t do it! I simply can’t go on! It’s no good — the show will just have to be cancelled!’ Freddie Mercury, the singer with rock band Queen, often expressed to his…