Archive of stories published by The Browser

The Age Of Innocence Is Over

Nick Parker | On Advertising | May 5th 2016

“The Artisan Era will not be chatty. It tends to the earnest, often mixing a sort of po-faced mindfulness with an obsessive geekiness over details. With a bit of luck, crisp packets will stop wanting to be your best friend”


A Lifestyle Business Can Kill You

Indie VC | May 3rd 2016

Interview with Matt Haughey about founding, growing and then leaving MetaFilter. “I was completely burned out. I was working 40 hours a week in the trenches moderating the site but also running the organization too”


Without an Address, You’re No One

Duncan Geere | How We Get To Next | 3 May 2016

Most people don’t have a reliable street address. What3words solves the problem with a global addressing system that divides the world into 57 trillion three-meter squares and gives every square a three-word name


Life After Prison

Norman Brown | The White House | May 5th 2016

Norman Brown tells how he came to be serving 20 years in prison for a non-violent drug offence, until his life sentence was commuted by President Obama. “It is only through the grace of God that I didn’t lose my mind”