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.
Sean Munger
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.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
Robert Wise's "The Haunting" is perhaps the greatest horror film ever made, undiminished after more than 60 years.
The mysterious “Othrys”: My encounter with an unsuccessful social media startup.
Does the world need another social media platform, even a well-intentioned one? We seem to have more than we can handle now.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle.
What happened to the famous ship on which Darwin made his epic voyage of discovery?