Broadway is a great example of something having very long-lasting effects. It’s much older than a postal road, being originally formed as a footpath used by the local native tribes to travel up and down Manhattan. It roughly followed a ridge line that is not very evident in lower Manhattan today but becomes much more obvious when you get up to northern Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood.
Uncovering the first printed use of a word is known as “antedating” and has been central to dictionary efforts since the first edition of the OED. If you’re intrigued by the topic or just appreciate historical esoterica, I highly recommend the book The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester- it’s a great quick read.
The DAISY markup spec is a cool project if you’re into the tech of text/audio sync.
Also check out LearningAlly.org- a non-profit that produces audio books with synced text highlights. They are specifically oriented toward students with reading challenges but I believe anyone with some certification of learning difference can join. (They require certification to avoid conflict with copyright protections)
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Currently kicking off an editorial+ecommerce project for Airstream (the iconic silver trailer); need a UX designer with eCommerce experience to lead UX research/design. Project is on aggressive deadline and ready for immediate kickoff.
I am highly skeptical of other replies to this post that make the subway seem like a summertime Shangri-La. While I think it's better than a urine- scented tardy hassle, I don't think many people who have spent a few years in NYC would describe their summer commutes as "pleasant".
Overall it's a miracle public utility that you don't appreciate as much as you should until you've left the city, but that July/August trip is a sweaty mass of humanity no matter how you crunch it.
Not really. Let's say your commute is 50 minutes, with 45 minutes of it being stuck in traffic - during which time you do move, just slowly and unpredictably. During those other 5 minutes though, you might be moving at a pretty good 60mph clip - so that's five miles. Walking that would take an hour.
And that's assuming you're in a walkable place. Many cities aren't built for it, and walking 30 minutes in 102 degree heat in Texas isn't a good option.
I commuted for two years from Long Island to work in Manhattan via the LIRR and subway. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst. The sheer amount of time it takes to make the trip i did was more stressful than the jostling and rummmaging on the rush hour E train. Even in the summer.
There is a big difference between "wait a year" and "here are tangible goals, action steps and valuable skills to develop by accepting X, Y and Z responsibilities. At Time A and Time B, let's review and make incremental advancements toward your title and salary goals".
If you aren't willing to stick it out through the latter, you're probably doing the manager a favor in the long term by shopping that CV around.
Honestly, there really isn't a big difference at all unless you are willing to put concrete numbers forward in writing.
I've worked at a small business that put 15% annual pay rises into my contract. Thats meaningful. And I busted my ass of for them for close to a decade.
I can definitely see how this could be useful for teams that create content collaboratively. When our team works on release notes, blog posts, support articles, etc we use a combination of Slack and Google Docs.
After editing, we post to tumblr (product updates), Medium (blog/marketing) or any one of half a dozen other places where we out stuff. Bold feels to me like Medium with bonus collaboration features + integrations. Tools like http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ built in sound awesome. Add in the ability to create your own assistants (import brand assets, pull up GitHub issues, insert content from your YouTube channel, find the right gif for this paragraph) and it adds up to a much more centralized writing experience for modern work-related content creation.
There was a startup called Outbox awhile back that was trying to be a proxy service for physical mail- have your mail forwarded to them (or maybe they picked it up manually?) and they digitized it for you. This idea from USPS isn't quite that but a good step in the right direction. Super handy for more transient urban millennials at least.
They did pick it up in person. You sent them a picture of your key and they made a copy, then picked up your mail for processing. I loved the service. But it was a huge logistical problem, and the USPS was antagonistic towards them. Ultimately they gave up on trying to move that needle and became Able (https://www.ablelending.com/)
