Notes on design, building, and the business of the web.
There's no recording of Buddy Bolden, yet he built the rhythmic move that turned marching-band music into jazz. A look at the Big 4 and what it teaches about building things that outlive your name.
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How a Vanderbilt heir who could have done nothing instead discovered Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and Charlie Christian — and what his taste-with-courage teaches anyone deciding what to back.
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In 1944, thirteen Black men became the Navy's first Black officers, scored a 3.89, were accused of cheating, and then got forgotten for decades. Here's their story — and their names.
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