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On Weight Loss Surgery And The Unbearable Thinness Of Being

On Weight Loss Surgery And The Unbearable Thinness Of Being

In the face of unrelenting bullying and rejection from all sides, fat people are told our only option is to forsake the only bodies we have…

Your Fat Friend

I’m Leaving the Archival Profession: It’s Better This Way

My last day as a professional archivist will come just three days before the 4-year anniversary when I interviewed for my job as Princeton…

Jarrett M. Drake

Jun 26

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Grumpy Women and How to Destroy Them

Recently, I asked my Facebook friends to recommend some great grumps of history, and name after name that came up was male. Ty Cobb, Andrew…

Jun 27

What if we get through this?

What if we get through this?

Let me just put this here. Because I need a little bit of hope, and maybe you do too.

Jun 26

How Much Did This Guitar Story Cost Me? $2,376.99

The story behind my story on the death of the electric guitar

Washington Post

Jun 22

Harnessing human movement

Harnessing human movement

Virtual reality and other technologies improve lives in the Human Movement Performance Lab

Inside Our Machine-Enchanted World

An old computer dynamic remakes tech. And more.

Jun 19

Reality Remade: iPad, AR, and The Ambient Computing Revolution

My first job out of college was at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center designing and implementing a user interface for a tablet that never…

Jun 27

iMac Pro vs. Surface Studio: Clash of the Premium Desktops

iMac Pro vs. Surface Studio: Clash of the Premium Desktops

Which beautiful high-end all-in-one desktop is right for you?

Jun 26

Don’t dip your toes in serverless — you have to dive right in

I’ve spent the last two years or so telling the story of serverless, and sharing my experiences. It’s been fascinating to hear all the…

Jun 27

Entrepreneurshipmore

Startup funding can be disrupted with tokens

Startup funding can be disrupted with tokens

Start-up funding is broken — the founder perspective

5 Strategies for Building Successful Co-Founder Relationships in Startups

Although it’s possible to create a successful start-up on your own, many stakeholders including investors look for and recommend having a…

Josiah Humphrey

Jun 27

6 Reasons Crowdfunding is the Best Way to Launch a Product

It really is all it’s cracked up to be.

Jun 28

Why Silicon Valley has “Open Secrets” and What We can Do About It

Why Silicon Valley has “Open Secrets” and What We can Do About It

I don’t know Justin Caldbeck personally, though we have a number of friends in common. I was not aware of what is now being referred to as…

Jun 27

The Human Rights of Women Entrepreneurs

I don’t often write immediate reactions to recent news. However, after reading an article published by The Information regarding sexual…

Jun 23

Can Businesses Turn LGBT People Away Because of Who They Are? That’s Up to the Supreme Court Now.

Can Businesses Turn LGBT People Away Because of Who They Are? That’s Up to the Supreme Court Now.

It’s about far more than just cakes.

Republicans Aren’t Talking About The Biggest Contributor To Rising Health Care Costs

Lost in the current debate over health care is the fact that the Affordable Care Act did far more than extend insurance coverage to…

Jun 28

What the Supreme Court’s Travel Ban Ruling Really Means

Austin Fracchia

Jun 26

Trump’s ‘puddle and ditch’ order will have destructive ripple effect

Trump’s ‘puddle and ditch’ order will have destructive ripple effect

By Jane Kay

The (Un)Scientific Method

Jun 26

I told the Supreme Court about my abortion. It changed my life.

ESSAY | It’s been one year since the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot create roadblocks to abortion

Jun 26