thoughts of food

Is Momofuku a trademark bully?

They have filed for, but not yet received a trademark on ‘chili crunch’. Yet, “David Chang’s food empire is sending cease-and-desists in what some say is an effort to dominate the spicy condiment’s market.” ~ learn more

fun facts

Gordon Gekko was innocent.

A very insightful review of the 1980s movie Wall Street. “But what I would like to do is make the following case; very few of the actions which bring down the whole house of cards on Bud Fox and Gordon […]

better doing

Ambition’s gravity.

“I’m here to tell you: you can simply decide to do big things. And I’m here to argue that you should spend the time to figure out the most ambitious thing you could dream of doing with your one wild […]

tech, startups, internet

Negativity drives online news consumption.

The researchers had access to a giant dataset of 22,743 randomized controlled trials thanks to headline A/B testing on Upworthy. “Although positive words were slightly more prevalent than negative words, we found that negative words in news headlines increased consumption […]

fun facts

California’s giant redwoods thriving in the UK.

“The trees, which were first brought to the UK about 160 years ago, are growing at a similar rate to those found in their native range in California. The scientists believe the UK trees are also outnumbering the ones in […]