Plotting the history of food in Seattle.
Thanks to my friend Aly at NPR for recommending it and the Neiman Lab for creating it: Timeline JS. I’m using it to plot the history of food in Seattle, research for the book I’m writing.
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On Seattle, food, and magic.
The same engine that seems to attract so many serial killers to the Pacific Northwest has attracted an extraordinarily high number of talented cooks, like these little producers. Rogue bakers. Cheesemakers. It’s one of the most exciting, if not the most exciting areas of the country to eat. – Anthony
An open letter to NPR about the pay gap, inspired by Jill Abramson.
I have been holding this post inside my head (and heart) for years, and in my WordPress queue for months. But with today’s news about Jill Abramson and the role her legal inquiry about pay inequality at the New York Times may have factored into her sudden dismissal, I
On Macklemore, white privilege, and being clueless at Princeton.
Dear Privileged-at-Princeton: You. Are. Privileged. And Meritocracy Is a Myth.
Entrepreneurship: The Ultimate White Privilege?
Maybe it’s because Bria is half black. Or maybe it’s because I lived in black-majority cities on the East Coast for five years, an experience that had a profound effect on me. Or
On loving shoes.
After TWELVE years of lusting, I finally bought a pair of Cydwoq shoes. I don’t know the specific count of my shoe collection, but this pair could put me over the 150 mark. For me, shoes are design objects. Form and function, via the hands of a true craftsman,
Thursday, March 27th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
The wind of the Olympic Mountains has no power over it; the heavy and rigid trunks of this tree defy the power of the storm. It is always silent, no matter if the wind roars in canons and uproots pines and firs; or if the day is calm and full
On tools as epic creations.
I am a toolmaker. But I am also an epic creator. I use tools to cook. To photograph. To write. To design. All in the act of “epic creation”.
Scott Berkun writes about this in a recent blog post:
“When I meet people who are passionate about technology, software or
On wearing what you want and not giving a damn.
Tavi Gevinson, founder of Rookie Mag on not giving a shit what other people think.
People respect people who wear what they want because they wish they could be that courageous. The problem is that in order for this to work, you have to be courageous. Or at least, at
On the design of everyday culinary things.
The kitchen is and always has been a place of tools. As such, there’s a lot software designers can learn via noting the history of culinary tool building. Namely that sometimes, innovation isn’t necessary, and when it isn’t, a designer’s best efforts are fruitless.
There are
Letters from Paris: Why don't we build like this anymore?
The Notre Dame. Sacre Coeur. L’Hotel de Ville. Places des Vosges. The Saint Michel Fountain and the Louvre. The rows upon rows of perfectly-proportioned French dwellings that constitute Paris. Beautiful, classic architecture, built of enduring masonry and aesthetics. The great Pyramids of Giza, the Roman Colosseum, the Pantheon and