thoughts of food
How the avocado became the fruit of global trade.
I love avocados. This fun NYT piece sheds light on the history of avocados and their adoption globally (including China!). | learn more
under the microscope
New synthesized antibiotic is “game-changing”.
“In 2015, an exciting new antibiotic called teixobactin was discovered. Now, for the first time, the compound has been successfully synthesized and used to treat a bacterial infection in mice, marking an important milestone in the war against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.” | learn […]
under the microscope
New AI tool has ingested almost every chemical reaction ever.
“The new AI tool, developed by Marwin Segler, an organic chemist and artificial-intelligence researcher at the University of Münster in Germany, and his colleagues, uses deep-learning neural networks to imbibe essentially all known single-step organic-chemistry reactions — about 12.4 million […]
better doing
Saying ‘no’ to the non-essential.
“People who say yes to everything have a lot of speed. They’re always doing stuff but never getting anything done. Why? Because they don’t think in terms of velocity. Understanding the difference between speed and velocity will change how you […]
retail therapy
Attack of the micro brands.
Scott Belsky, founder of Behance and CPO at Adobe, discusses micro brands (similar to Andy Dunn’s DNVBs). His view on how this trend impacts designers is interesting, given his design background (Behance is a platform to showcase and discover creative work). | learn […]
on the blockchain
ICORating report on transparency and spending in crypto ICO projects.
“Analysis done for Business Insider by ICORating found some projects are taking their product roadmaps offline.” | learn more
on the blockchain
Introducing the PICO.
David Sacks and Josh Stein of Harbor explain their new concept for a Private ICO that’s compliant with US laws. It uses their company’s R-token to enforce trading restrictions and other regulations. Incidentally, David was the founder of Yammer and […]
oh, chicago
The CTA turns up the heat!
A lot of Chicago’s train stations are outdoors, so in our frozen city the heaters are more necessity than nicety. To save money, the heat has historically been available only thru March. Considering it snowed in Chicago this week, that […]
tech, startups, internet
There’s a new DNS in town.
Cloudflare launched 1.1.1.1, a new privacy-first DNS resolver. This is the service that you never think about that translates domain names (like hipavel.com) into IP addresses (like 104.24.96.129). “Your ISP, and anyone else listening in on the Internet, can see […]
tech, startups, internet
Early pitch decks of 13 billion-dollar startups.
CB Insights managed to get their hands on a bunch of neat early pitch decks from companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, LinkedIn and WeWork. | learn more