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Welcome! I'm Tom Fishman. I live in Queens, NY, USA. I like to write and think about ideas at the intersection of social media, art, design, business, culture and the human condition. No big deal.
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Cutting-Edge Jobs - The Daily Beast →
The Daily Beast does a good job listing ten employment areas poised for growth. Note that every single one of them requires a knowledge of design, networks, or code. If I could give the kids one piece of advice for the future: know design, networks, or code and you will always be gainfully employed.
“Geithner and the Fed were supposed to be acting on behalf of taxpayers and citizens, not AIG. Their effort was supposed to get the best result for taxpayers: preserving the structure of the economy and stopping a free fall. That—not preserving AIG’s market value—was the rationale for intervention. Once tax dollars were at stake, Geithner should have been asking how to achieve the best economic result while minimizing taxpayers’ exposure.”
“Everybody thinks, because you make a lot of money, that you have a lock on happiness. It’s not true…. I most fear boredom and loneliness, life after baseball. Life after baseball equals boredom and loneliness. I don’t want to be a 50-year-old guy sitting and drinking beer in some pickup bar with younger people. I’ve seen it. I don’t want to be that.”
I have long said that print magazines, like vinyl records and film, will eventually become a niche indulgence for those inclined to pay a premium for the sensory experiences unique to analog media. News of a price hike for print mags is even less surprising on the heels of reports as to where magazine conglomerates are placing their bets on the future of mainstream content consumption.