Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times. Gary Wolf applejobmacintosh Change image and share on social
Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers. Gary Wolf balancecallercontradictory share on social
Craigslist is not only gigantic in scale and totally resistant to business cooperation, it is also mostly free. Gary Wolf businesscooperationcraigslist Change image and share on social
Our experience in fooling around with the genes of mice has taught us that many of the traits that interest us are not definite products of specific mutations but emergent phenomena arising from extremely complex interactions between genes, environment, and life experience. Gary Wolf arisecomplexdefinite share on social
Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers. Gary Wolf artistbuyercard share on social
Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV. Gary Wolf attentionaudiencebig share on social
