From the first moment that Dave Malone saw a flock of pigeons take flight, he knew that he was in love – and he has been in love with them ever since. Malone recalls growing up in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn as a dangerous experience. As a 10-year-old, the New Read more »
Rising Tide – the Carwash with an Autistic Crew
Rising Tide Car Wash in Parkland, Florida, is about more than just a clean car. Founder John D’Eri began the business to help even the workplace playing field for his son, who has autism, and others like him. The crew, consisting mainly of professionals with autism, is inspiring Read more »
Simple Ways to start Caring about yourself
There’s been a lot of talk about the importance of self-care lately and for good reason. Looking after yourself can have incredible benefits on both your mental and physical health, but when life gets busy it can be easy to put your well-being on the bottom of your priority list. Read more »
500 Plants & One Model in a NY Apartment
A model has created an oasis in the middle of New York City by cramming 500 plants into her apartment. Self confessed “crazy plant lady” Summer Rayne Oakes decided to turn her Brooklyn apartment into a forest after her roommate moved out six years ago. Since then she has expanded Read more »
Sound engineers: 10 Amazing Ladies Behind The Console
When it comes to technical jobs in audio, women often need to work twice as hard. Not because they’re less capable. Rather, the boys’ club of audio production often doubts their talent to begin with. Historically, girls have been denied or discouraged from pursuing Read more »
Greeting Spring by Celebrating Nowruz
On March 20 or 21 each year (depending on the year), Nowruz (also spelled Norooz or Norouz) marks the vernal equinox and commences the Iranian new year. Nowruz (pronounced “no-rooz”) is a 3,000-year-old tradition, which is spread across many days and events. Behind the culture Read more »
The Era of Digital Nomads is Here
by Pieter Levels I did a presentation on the future of digital nomads (and remote workers) in the next 20 years. I used public data to show actual social and demographic trends and extrapolated them to make a guesstimate how the rise of remote workers will affect the world in Read more »
Flow, the secret to happiness
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow." Transcript. 0:11 I grew up Read more »