9 Best Articles in 2021
BuzzFeed
Uber Is Laying The Groundwork For Perpetual Rides In San Francisco
BuzzFeed
3 min read · 31 saves · From 2015 · A new Uber feature called Smart Routes encourages San Francisco riders to request UberPool rides along particular routes for maximum efficiency.
The New York Times
What San Francisco Says About America
The New York Times
5 min read · 62 saves · From 2017 · After 27 years reporting abroad, I rediscovered a land of sustainable pot, sleek Teslas and easy credit.
The Atlantic
The City That Apps Built, or Destroyed
The Atlantic
9 min read · 50 saves · 2019-04-19 · An unprecedented analysis of who is buying San Francisco property
Fast Company
The newest hot coworking space costs just $2.25 an hour, because it is a parking spot
Fast Company
3 min read · 91 saves · 2019-04-30 · Eillie Anzilotti · WePark shows that in cities like San Francisco, coworking is unaffordable to many, and the sheer volume of free space allocated to parked cars could be put to much better use.
The Guardian
'We all suffer': why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed
The Guardian
10 min read · 85 saves · 2019-07-01 · Amid a homelessness crisis, sky-high rent and a surplus of rich people, insiders bemoan the effects of their own industry
Mike Davidson
Three Years in San Francisco » Mike Industries
Mike Davidson
21 saves · From 2016 · I had only been to San Francisco on random business trips and a couple of times with my family when I was very young. It seemed like a place I might live if I had never found Seattle.
It was go-time …
In Startups
medium.com
An honest guide to the San Francisco startup life
medium.com
6 min read · 53 saves · From 2015 · Stationed on the West Coast of the United States, flanked by the blue hues of the Pacific Ocean, is a city that’s home to some of the…
mhudack.com
San Francisco: now with more dystopia
mhudack.com
1 min read · 58 saves · From 2017 · I visited San Francisco for the first time in a year last week. Someone turned up the dystopian dial 20% while I was away. I stayed in a hotel downtown. At about ten on the night I arrived I decided…
jasonevanish.com
25 Things I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco
jasonevanish.com
16 saves · From 2013 · I moved to San Francisco 9 months ago from the East Coast bastion of Boston. Despite having experience living in a major US city, I found quite a few surprises coming here. Some have been great, w…
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SFGATE
Overdose deaths far outpace COVID-19 deaths in San Francisco
SFGATE
5 min read · 15 saves · 2020-12-19 · SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far...
solana.substack.com
Extract or Die
solana.substack.com
7 min read · 62 saves · 2020-12-22 · pirate wires #23 // san francisco techxodus (fact vs. twitter), strip mining palo alto for silicon (i guess), anatomy of a city hall disaster, and fight or flight?
The Verge
Only one person showed up to the pro-Trump protest outside Twitter’s San Francisco HQ
The Verge
3 min read · 44 saves · Jan 11th · Vjeran Pavic · That’s just not very many people.
The New Yorker
What the San Francisco Bay Area Can Teach Us About Fighting a Pandemic
The New Yorker
8 min read · 40 saves · Jan 4th · The region’s hyper-local response has lessons for us as we confront the winter wave and begin to distribute vaccines.
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youtube.com
San Francisco Shut Down: COVID-19 Quarantine
youtube.com
36 saves · 2020-03-23 · San Francisco shelter-in-place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Driving through San Francisco during the pandemic is jaw dropping. Thankfully few people are out...
In Startups
TechCrunch
After the end of the startup era
TechCrunch
6 min read · 544 saves · From 2017 · There’s a weird feeling afoot these days, in the Valley, and in San Francisco. Across the rest of the world — Denver, Santiago, Toronto, Berlin, “Silicon Glen,” “Silicon Alley,” “Silicon Roundabout“,…
In Psychology
The New York Times
How to Feel Nothing Now, in Order to Feel More Later
The New York Times
5 min read · 108 saves · 2019-11-07 · Nellie Bowles · A day of dopamine fasting in San Francisco.
thebolditalic.com
It’s Time to Leave San Francisco
thebolditalic.com
7 min read · 83 saves · From 2018 · That’s it. The Kevin Roose article in the New York Times did it for you. It’s time to leave San Francisco. It’s time to leave Silicon…
The New York Times
San Francisco Will Spend $600,000 to Erase History
The New York Times
5 min read · 28 saves · 2019-06-28 · Bari Weiss · The school board has voted to destroy public murals by a New Deal-era Communist.
medium.com
How to save San Francisco
medium.com
8 min read · 27 saves · From 2017 · It goes much deeper than “build more housing”
The New York Times
Dorm Living for Professionals Comes to San Francisco
The New York Times
7 min read · 68 saves · From 2018 · San Francisco's middle class, including teachers, copywriters and more, are engaging in an unusual experiment in communal living. Starcity, a new developer, is creating dorm rooms expressly for them.
go.openmoney.digital
Open Money plans to make the Ethereum ecosphere go mainstream
go.openmoney.digital
2 min read · 168 saves · From 2017 · Dennis Lewis blogs for Open Money, a multinational blockchain initiative based in San Francisco and Toronto.
medium.com
Design’s Lost Generation
medium.com
~16 min read · 251 saves · From 2018 · A year ago I was in the audience at a gathering of designers in San Francisco. There were four designers on stage, and two of them worked…