Blog hiatus: Gone to sea.
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters..."
Sean Munger
Behind the Scenes: China’s Long Revolution, 1900-1950.
How China went from an archaic imperial dynasty to the People's Republic is the subject of my latest deep-dive video.
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This room has may layers of connections, including to my favorite author, Jorge Luis Borges.
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
A brief update on where this blog is going and what's happening in my life.
Napoleon’s tragic retreat, pictured: Minard’s famous infographic.
This one famous chart from 1869 tells the incredible story of one of the great defeats in military history.
LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
Why is LinkedIn so horrible? It goes even beyond the conceptual failure of most social media sites.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
This amazing picture is one of the earliest photographs ever taken in Germany.