“Slum tourism is a type of tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas, which has become increasingly prominent in several developing countries like India, Brazil, Kenya, and Indonesia The concept began in poor sections of London and by 1884 had started in Manhattan.”
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
“I’m not interested in selling pieces of plastic.”
“Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator. People who look at music as commerce don’t understand that.” – Jeff Tweedy
Challenge Accepted
“We challenge people to sit in the chamber in the dark – one reporter stayed in there for 45 minutes.” – Steven Orfield
And if it doesn’t matter…
“Competition on price also implies that the content of your ebook doesn’t matter…I’d much rather have one such customer who I found by charging $39 than 13 less enthusiastic customers who feel my product is as disposable as a cup of over-roasted coffee. That one customer will do much more to help build my new …
How Will We Know When the Future Has Arrived?
When TacoCopter is a reality.
Playing By Canadian Rules
“The [startup] game is really about getting lots of people to give you their money because you provide value to them. What makes you better than others is that you are chasing a much bigger problem that will provide value to a full percentage of the world’s population. Bonus points if you change the world.” …
Calendars are Skeuomorphic
“I don’t care about the past. It can be hidden in a separate view for the rare occasions that I want to look at past items. Yet the past is consuming the majority of the interface.” – Marco Arment “Who wants to see 30 boxes arranged in a grid with tiny text? Who wants to …
Shrug.
“Why bother working all day on a piece if something you throw together in 20 minutes will get the same attention from the world?” – Andrew Phelps What would you tell Atlas to do?
One of My All-Time Favorite Tech Legends
“Retreating to his garage, he cut a block of wood to fit his shirt pocket. Then he carried it around for months, pretending it was a computer. Was he free for lunch on Wednesday? Hawkins would haul out the block and tap on it as if he were checking his schedule. If he needed a …
Be Your Own Business Cycle
“…to the extent that Etsy, Kickstarter, and other platforms can disintermediate the labor economy, we should be very grateful. Not only are these platforms beneficial technologies of resistance as Reihan emphasizes, they might be generators of macroeconomic robustness.” – Eli Dourado I encourage you to read the whole thing. I especially found the employment = …