Author: dldamore

NYT Article – Hoka Shoes

by dldamore

It’s hard to overstate the multigenerational appeal of the shoes. Hoka is still small, relative to juggernauts like Nike or Reebok. Mr. Doolan says that the company has only 440 individual unique shoes for men and women in different colors and widths. (A Harvard project estimated that Nike has 10,000.) Somehow, though, the shoes have crossed into the mainstream.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/style/hokas-fashion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Interesting article. A friend of mine introduced me to Hoka somewhere in 2014-2017. Maybe it’s time for me to check this brand out for real.

From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom : The Salt : NPR

by dldamore

Bontadelli says that there were only about 2,500 acres in the whole country planted with Brussels sprouts just a few years ago. Today, there are 10,000 acres of Brussels sprouts in the U.S., and fields are getting planted in Mexico, too — just so people can get their Brussels sprouts year-round.
— Read on www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/30/773457637/from-culinary-dud-to-stud-how-dutch-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-bo

Micropayments for content | Seth’s Blog

by dldamore

Micropayments are a system where you pay a penny or a nickel or a dollar for a piece of content.

It introduces two kinds of friction, though:

There needs to be a tech system that can effectively move tiny amounts of money around.
As a reader/consumer of content, you need to constantly make decisions about what’s “worth it.”
— Read on seths.blog/2022/11/micropayments-for-content/

Here’s What Taking a Cold Shower Does to Your Body, According to Experts

by dldamore

Here’s What Taking a Cold Shower Does to Your Body, According to Experts:

Any time you can force yourself to withstand a physically uncomfortable situation (one that doesn’t threaten your safety, obviously), it forces you to toughen up. “If you can suck it up and stand in a cold shower, it makes you think, what other uncomfortable situations can you push through?” says Drogoszewski. “Those last reps in your strength workout? The final kick of a marathon?” Developing your mental strength is just as important as building physical strength, and this could be one of the easiest ways to do it.

Stocks suffered their worst September since 2002. What that means for October. – MarketWatch

by dldamore

Stocks suffered their worst September since 2002. What that means for October. – MarketWatch:

Since 1950, September has been the worst performing month of the year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Russell 1000 and the worst for the Nasdaq Composite since 1971 and the small-cap Russell 2000 since 1979, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac.

Byron Auguste On Rewiring the U.S. Labor Market (Ep. 160) | Conversations with Tyler

by dldamore

Byron Auguste On Rewiring the U.S. Labor Market (Ep. 160) | Conversations with Tyler:

in 1983, with the nation at risk, we suddenly decided, “Oh, point of high school is for everyone to go to college.” No one had told high schools up until that point. Now that that’s the case, the basic problem is, if you keep the number of college seats constant, and you demand that everybody try to go to college — and in fact, if businesses, to some extent, weaponize college degrees by saying, “Oh, if you don’t have a college degree, you can’t get into a decent job” — well then, suddenly you’ve got a huge demand for college degrees, and you’ve got basically mostly fixed supply.

*This was a wonderful podcast episode. Worth a listen. Link nearby should be to the transcript page. Should be able to find link or player to listen there too.

Why ‘digital literacy’ is now a workplace non-negotiable – BBC Worklife

by dldamore

Why ‘digital literacy’ is now a workplace non-negotiable – BBC Worklife:

… employees need to assume they’ll keep upgrading digital skills. After all, the expectation when a worker begins a new role is either they have the digital skills to do the job or they’ll learn them – fast. “Hybrid and remote working were only relevant to 5% of the workforce before the pandemic,” says Zhou. “It’s nearly half of all workers now. Regardless of what work you did previously, an employer now expects you to learn whatever digital skills are required in a role.”