> “…I am not writing a satisfying story. I’ve done my damndest to rip a reader’s nerves to rags, I don’t want him satisfied” – Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath should be mandatory reading post high-school. John Steinbeck’s novel about The Joad Family trekking across country from…
Yesterday, I finished a meeting in Ponce City Market around 10:00 a.m. Most mornings by that hour, I’ve consumed one or more cups of coffee. When the meeting completed, I hadn’t had any coffee yet — an oddity. Leaving the meeting, I proceed to Spiller Coffee located…
Five maybe six years ago, I got my semi-annual car wash off 14th street. Not sure why I picked this car wash spot but I remember being wowed by all the services they provided: ultra-lounge, drinks, breakfast food, and car detail. The business is still thriving today [http://www.autospabistro.…
I’ll never forget the gas stop on the way down to Florida for Spring Break. My older brother and I couldn’t believe we were seeing such a star, waiting for our line at Burger King. I must of been 7 or 8 years old. MTV was at peak,…
[https://www.jonbirdsong.com/content/images/wordpress/2019/10/Typewriter-1.png] Every now and then, an old tool can ignite a lost art. For me, a 1957 Olympia SM3 typewriter did exactly that. I came across the typewriter on a recent trip back to New Jersey and re-found it in…
The value from one tidbit [https://www.jonbirdsong.com/2018/05/20/tidbits/] of information can go a long way. Netflix’s new documentary, Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates [https://www.netflix.com/title/80184771]gives the world a look into how Bill Gates thinks about problems and…
Getting in your flow is priceless. Seriously, it really is unpurchasable. A writer’s flow happens when every agonizing word to their essay or story fits perfect. Entrepreneurs are in the flow when they can’t go to sleep because what they are building is working and bringing tangible value…
After a few years of sporadically clicking on headlines from the gated content site theAthletic [https://theathletic.com/], I’ve crossed the chasm as a consumer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Chasm]. The final straw was an article published last week in Bloomberg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/…