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Mar 11, 2019

There seems to be a push back toward “living room” culture and salon environments, rather than a continuation of the “all-tech, all the time” movement If 2019 is shaping up to be anything so far, it’s the year in which Read more

Mar 7, 2019

Photographer Eric Pickersgill photoshopped phones out of people’s hands in photos to show how addicted we have become (via Bored Panda) On mornings when I feel like I’m slipping too much into “the big-city grind,” I like to take a completely Read more

Mar 4, 2019

For me, springtime doesn’t begin with the equinox on March 20. It starts much sooner, on the very first weekend in March, with a somewhat unlikely event: The Philadelphia Flower Show. Every year since 1829, florists and horticulturalists alike descend Read more

Mar 2, 2019

The exercise was simple enough: In a group of four, tell a story one word at a time with the title, “Colin gets a promotion.” Our group went a little like this: “Once” “Upon” “A” “Time” Off to a good Read more

Feb 28, 2019

At an office yesterday, I accidentally walked into the corner of a low seated area and was punished with a 2-inch gash on my leg. Initially I continued with my meeting as planned. But after wincing in pain for the Read more

Feb 26, 2019

There are a million decisions that go into the process of building a company. By surfacing perspectives from 75 companies in our portfolio network, we hope to create tools that help people within each company answer even a fraction of these. Read more

Feb 26, 2019

Let’s imagine you start working at a fast growing organization called Dragon, Co, just before the peak of its heyday. The whole company, at this point, is around 50 people. Everybody knows each other’s names. Together, you built and iterated Read more

Feb 24, 2019

My husband and I just spent the better part of our afternoon researching an upcoming trip we’re planning for Norway later this year. I currently have about 42 different tabs open on two different Google Chrome browser windows, full of Read more

Feb 21, 2019

Former colleagues in high places There’s a nice feeling of “greatness by association” you get when you hear about a prior colleague doing something amazing in their new job. You get to tell people, with a smile: “I used to Read more