Tim Reid: In Praise of Walking
By William (Tim) Reid, reprinted with permission from an email. I thought this was particularly eloquent and insightful, and should
Things I care about.
By William (Tim) Reid, reprinted with permission from an email. I thought this was particularly eloquent and insightful, and should
‘We’ve lifted the paywall on our coverage’ has become a common phrase lately, whether for hurricanes, fires, mass shootings, elections,
(Final Update: Oct 7th, 2020) Act now: this election will be scarily close. Another four years of Donald Trump is
I was asked to be on a panel this week about innovation in education. Here’s some thoughts: Hi everyone –
Want to get away from the worry and stress for a couple of hours, and do something fun on Zoom
Our neighbor here in Berkeley has been playing bagpipes in the evenings, in his apartment, for nearly 15 years. But
Make corporate America stop profiting off carbon emissions, and start creating sustainable jobs, as a condition of the bailout. Corporate
The world’s governments are moving quickly to educate people about the Covid-19 coronavirus; specifically: 1) how to tell the symptoms;
Most climate posters are one-offs. And so are most climate protests. But Extinction Rebellion broke that mold, becoming the first
We’ve all gotten used to tuning out financial market noise, because it’s just too damn complex. But something really dramatic
Sometimes when you know a city really well, and you see some detailed data about it, it just makes sense
I recently saw an exhibit of Cuban posters that took my breath away. Pictures speak louder than words, so I’m
Update: Read Berkeleyside’s Jan. 28, 2020 deep dive on the situation at Longfellow. For those who saw my previous post
Update: Read Berkeleyside’s Jan. 28, 2020 deep dive on the situation at Longfellow. Dec. 15, 2019 – The latest school
There’s still time to stop this purchase. Let’s avoid buying nine new vehicles that will keep emitting carbon for decades.
Last week at the Getting To Zero (carbon) conference I played an excellent group game that showed how with a
Let’s act now with radical policies that can change the global trajectory. August 2020: Note that this post is already
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about restorative justice… the idea that harms done can be repaired, through encounters among
Update: On September 26th I received this email from the Downtown Business Association, which owns the truck: “Dave, Thanks for
Thinking about getting more involved in Berkeley? It’s never been easier to run for City Council: there are four seats
TLDR: Wealth and political giving are extremely concentrated in Berkeley. With the 2020 primaries around the corner, I thought I’d
Update: On July 16, 2019, Berkeley became the first California city to ban natural gas in new buildings. I’m a businessperson.
Today I spent a couple of hours in a basement archive belonging to the New York Times. It was a
Think these over before meeting with potential funders from the tech world. More and more journalist-entrepreneurs are looking to Silicon
Check out the first five Netflix annual reports (2002-2007), which for some reason I saved and have now scanned: 2002
“You don’t seem cut out for business.” That’s what some guy from Harvard Business School essentially told me when I
This morning I found the notes from my memorable early-1999 meeting with Google’s Larry Page and Sergei Brin. I was
Dad and I finally got into a professional recording studio last week, at U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. I
The early Quizlet team was awesome. We bootstrapped the company for almost a decade, with a small, scrappy, team that
$19 million for 23 affordable housing units, and $22 million for a seismic retrofit. Update: After I published this post
In January 1984, I got offered a summer reporting internship at the Virginian Pilot in Norfolk Virginia. On hearing about it,
The recent Online News Association event in Austin was great – full of passionate, committed local journalist-entrepreneurs all trying to figure
I recently spent 24 hours in Pensacola, and stumbled across a ghostly reminder of how far local journalism has fallen
They’re facing a lot of change, and the same tough questions. Google ‘what do teachers and journalists have in common’
Paywalls have dramatically failed journalism. In an attempt to adapt to the Internet, American newspapers of all sizes have erected
What can America do with its mountains of recycled cardboard? Make educational toys, that’s what! Last week, in Burlington, Vermont,
Why does The New York Times only have two million digital subscribers, when there are two billion smartphone users on
How long can a symbol of hopeful activism last? A long time, in the case of Berkeley’s Wall For Peace,
Note: due to low viewership, I’ve decided not to go forward with this experiment… its not worth the time. While
If you’re a creative person and want to get inspired, watch this talk with Detroit letterpress artist Amos Kennedy Jr.
Thinking about running for Berkeley City Council? You should! There are four seats open in this year’s election, and there’s
Why so many people are feeling squeezed. What’s the United States’ biggest export? iPhones? Airplanes? Nope – it’s deflation. For
His book is worth reading – and his second act worth considering. A friend snapped this cell phone picture of
Wurlitzer Organ at Berkeley High School, Jan 13, 2018 Was walking by Berkeley High today and saw the door to
Looking to swim laps in the East Bay? We have some awesome pools here. Here’s my roundup so far, after trying
Want to learn more about homelessness in the United States? I spent a couple of days trying to find the
Here’s a list of local (Bay Area) artists I’ve discovered – and liked – for one reason or another. I’ll
Finally some research is coming out about the real cost of owning electric cars – confirming that while they cost
I was in Capitola last weekend and came across this awesome public art project, on the boardwalk downtown, from 2008. What’s
Fourteen years after the war in Iraq started, the New York Times is now reporting that Iran has essentially taken over