Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This room has may layers of connections, including to my favorite author, Jorge Luis Borges.
Latest
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
Napoleon’s tragic retreat, pictured: Minard’s famous infographic.
LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
The mysterious “Othrys”: My encounter with an unsuccessful social media startup.
The Verge
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This room has may layers of connections, including to my favorite author, Jorge Luis Borges.
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle.
Corruption or mercy? The Ford Watergate pardon.
Interiors: First-class lounge of a Convair 880 aircraft, 1958.
The Outer Garden
LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
Why is LinkedIn so horrible? It goes even beyond the conceptual failure of most social media sites.
The mysterious “Othrys”: My encounter with an unsuccessful social media startup.
Remembering Dr. Jonathan Porter: The flame of historical inspiration.
Historic photo: Portland, Oregon, 1890.
“July is dressed up:” Mid-summer hiatus.
The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran.
My secret profession: Am I actually a CIA agent?
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: Brazil in the World Wars.
My latest deep-dive history video looks at the history of Brazil from 1914 to 1945. It's complicated.
Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.
Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.”
Behind the Scenes: Mexico in World War II.
Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
