profiles of people

How to stage a coup.

How to stage a coup. “My first words are “Overthrowing governments is not easy,” and I tell you how to do it step by step. Now for the megalomaniac explanation for what happened next, which was a very rapid decline […]

fun facts

Female librarians on horseback delivering books. 

“In the 1930s, many people living in isolated communities had very little access to jobs, let alone a good education for their children. In Kentucky, they had isolated mountain communities which could only get their books and reading material from […]

tech, startups, internet

The book of DNVB. 

I recently linked to a list of Digitally Native Vertical Brands put together by Andy Dunn of Bonobos. Here’s the precursor article – his defining vision for this new breed of company. | learn more

better doing

Why you shouldn’t slog through books. 

Many people feel like they should be reading more, and more of the heady “classics”. Farnam Street advocates for reading as a habit, and for reading these types of books. But, in this article they make the very wise point […]