~2,412 people in the U.S. have SARS-CoV-2 (as of 3/5/2020)

South Korea is doing the best job testing for COVID-19. They haven’t shut down internal migration like China (which leads to undiagnosed patients | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Working from Home

Per Square’s new COVID-19 policy, Elizabeth is working from home today. She’ll likely be working from home for about a month. I did this for over 5 | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Almost out of stock

After our 5am flight landed in Salt Lake City this morning, we headed into Industrious downtown for the wifi and coffee. An array of just-add-water | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

The more “important,” the more engaging

In 2011, I went to the Verizon store to swap my AT&T iPhone 4 for a Verizon iPhone 4. The sales person got pushy. “But did you know this Motorola | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Trekking in Kyrgyzstan

A year ago, I couldn’t have spelled Kyrgyzstan. Yet on June 14th, I was on a Boeing 737, flying overnight from Moscow to Osh. The Aeroflot-provided | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Being Prolific

A group of teens in Maryland is sharing one Instagram account in order to confuse Facebook’s ad targeting. By browsing and posting from different | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Constraints breed more than creativity

Every October in college, I had to go to the “Idea Fest” in Louisville. I always dreaded getting on the bus and missing out on a weekend on campus. | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Will negative interest rates lead to Marxism?

I got into an email exchange with TP from Shit I Didn’t Know about declining interest rates. I’ve recently been thinking about this chart of | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

“I Exist”

Years ago, Sarah Silverman went on the Howard Stern Show. After chatting about comedy for a while, they started taking listener calls. One of the | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Organizing My Thoughts

When I sit down in front of my laptop, I’ll start upgrading our Stripe integration for Bottle to comply with new EU/CA regulations. And then I’ll | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

10.97 MacBook Pro charges equals 1 mile driven in an F-150

Americans bought 909,330 F-150’s last year, which is more than the number of Silverado’s (585k), Camry’s (343k), or RAV4’s (427k). It outsold | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

“The average American changes their healthcare plan every 2.7 years.”

An obvious incentive design flaw. I was having tea with the founder of a preventative healthcare app. It helps people get flu shots on time, sync | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Union Square

Andy and I sit down on a bench in Union Square. Spots are hard to come by. The man and woman to our left are eating lunches out of to-go boxes. | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

Just enough to get into trouble, not enough to avoid disaster

Suman and I were in the back room1 of a wine shop on Friday. Alex, the owner of the shop and the founder of Subject To Change natural wines, was | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

It's too late to collect sand

When I was 13, my family went to California. We walked along a beach near Mendocino. I’d never seen black sand before. I wanted to bring some home. | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago

“It’s Voluntary” -Napoleon

Napoleon has expelled Snowball from Animal Farm with his pack of fierce dogs, leaving himself as the Leader. The windmill that the mules and horses | Continue reading


@secondbreakfast.co | 4 years ago