Quiet please: The benefits of online chat in the workplace

On any particular Tuesday morning, a stock trading pit of yesteryear roared under the calamitous din of raspy vocal cords. In emergency rooms, you’ll hear the sounds of shrill cries intermixed with the mundanity of machine beeps…

The Shark That Doesn’t Swim Doesn’t Breathe*

Most sharks never stop swimming, even when they’re sleeping*. If they do take a break, water won’t pass over their gills, and that means no oxygen. That means eventual brain death and being eaten by crabs on the sea floor.

A company that lasts?

The following is something of an end-of-year letter I wrote to our team this week as we wrap up our year.

In the eight years our company has been around, thousands of other businesses have come and gone. Wars have been fought. Heck, the iPhone didn’t even exist…

Of Yarn Bombing, Torches, and Good Looking Out

For about a year and a half now, the Mammoth, Kin, and DoneDone teams have been shipping an old military flashlight around the country to coworkers who’ve done a particularly stellar job of lighting the way for clients, customers, and other team…