In my decade-long career as a web designer, I've never been able to get used to the sheer lack of efficiency in the corporate process when building a project. From gathering assets, to upholding schedule milestones, to meeting deadlines, to…
While President Obama’s campaign outspent Mitt Romney’s, American voters ultimately favored the middle class guy over the rich guy. In Connecticut, Linda E. McMahon spent her own $40 million for a Senate seat and lost. Different circumstances and dollar amounts, but a notable point remains: money won’t help you if you’re not interesting to begin with.
Today on StoryCorps, Robert Griffo tells the story of his high life at a successful Wall Street investment firm. Money... cocaine... heroin... real "bright lights, big city." In the wake of the crash on Black Monday in 1987, he lost…
Whether by electric drip, percolator or analog method like French press or Chemex, you've worked hard to get your home brew just the way you like it. Every morning, the amazing aroma of your favorite fair trade beans from your…
Eero Saarinen. Legend. This is a workspace in which I could blissfully get a lot of work done.
I work from home, which is a 450 square foot studio apartment in midtown Manhattan. I don't want to live in my office. I want my home to be a home. That said, it's important for me to maintain a…
I take notes all the time. Whenever I meet a new client, I have to take notes. Whenever I draft a blog post, a letter or a story, I need to take notes. If I feel like sketching a draft…
On the episode of Studio 360 from Friday, April 27, 2012, host Kurt Andersen talks with Salon reporter Scott Timberg about the recession's ongoing impact on the creative class: designers, photographers, writers, filmmakers, artists, musicians, architects, etc. While the economy…
In the morning, I do all of my news, emails and caffeinating at this little table by my window. It's a great way to start the day. I watch the boats on the Hudson and the renovation construction at the…