Holstee Manifesto: The History of the One Motivational Poster that Pervades Startup Culture
The Holstee Manifesto motivates a bewildering number of startups and tech companies—Google, AirBnb, Threadless, Zappos, TED and more all hang the poster on their walls. This week's New Tech City podca...
19 Feb 201418min
Machine Learning + Love
Log onto an online dating site and you are asking a machine for romantic assistance. That's cool, but you might as well understand how it works, right? There's an algorithm picking and choosing which ...
12 Feb 201414min
The World Would be a Better Place if We [DELETED]
Let's embrace the delete key, and imagine a world where all our e-clutter wasn't just auto archived by big corporations. When you send a someone a message on Snapchat, for instance, the recipient has ...
5 Feb 201420min
Mindhacking: Finding Serenity in a Tech-Obsessed World
Join our host Manoush Zomorodi for a "digital detox" at the intersection of Buddhism and technology. Because, you see, Manoush is an addict. A Pinterest addict. Like many tech lovers who find it hard ...
29 Jan 201420min
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, But Does Airbnb?
Chris is a musician who makes $100 a night by renting out a room in his apartment on Manhattan's West Side through Airbnb, the short-term home rental service. In other part of town, Ken is a landlord ...
22 Jan 201414min
How to Be a Young Boss (Or Work for One)
There are a lot of baby-faced CEOs in the tech sector. But how can someone who's never had a job be a great boss? We bring you three (and a half) personal stories about running companies at extremely ...
15 Jan 201415min
Cicada 3301: The Great Internet Mystery Solved!
For the last two years in January, an enigmatic message has appeared on the internet from an unknown source signed "3301," sending thousands in search of answers to increasingly complicated puzzles an...
1 Jan 201425min
The Tipping Point: How Amazon Reached It and Why This Startup Hasn’t
For this Christmas edition of New Tech City, a look back at two of our favorite segments from 2013. If you're like millions of other shoppers, you probably ordered at least a few gifts on the online r...
25 Des 201315min
