
A digest of great reads and other cool stuff by John Biggs.
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There is a meme that asks when, exactly, it all went wrong. People point to Reagan and Bush. Some blame the Clinton years and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Others say it was the destruction of unions. I point to Daniel Pearl.
I do not say t...
I don’t know a lot of writers. I know a lot journalists — in passing, mostly — but honest to god novel writers are difficult for me to find. That’s why I cherish my buddy John Sundman, a guy I called a national treasure on YouTube.
Sundma...
The best thing about holidays in the Ohio Valley was the cookie table.
The tradition has changed over the years and now the cookie table usually appears at weddings. But there was a certain time when there was a yearly cookie table that ap...
Ahoy!
It’s been a few months since I was able to sit down and write one of these. I found myself unable to read recently, probably because of, well, everything going on in the world. But I took a moment and I’d love to share some of what I...
I wrote this on November 4, 2012, just after Hurricane Sandy tore through the Northeast, changing New York entirely. It’s about resilience, growth, and survival. I wanted to share it again here today because, as someone who believes technol...
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John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and fintech.
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