[Quick background for those handful of you not using a smartphone: instagram is a mobile application that creates photography filters that makes your pictures look old-timey, overexposed, grainy, etc. and makes them easy to share with other users. It’s simple. Simple but brilliant.]   People I know have strong feelings

You don’t find the hidden places by the sticking to the well-traveled routes. Skirt the tour buses, shoot past lines, and discover the best spots by asking the locals directly!

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Just because I may not be able to afford to buy a new iPhone so I can put an end to strangers asking me if my shattered screen is an app (Like, really? Why. Just please think about why someone would want an app that makes their very expensive phone

How many times have you gone to trivia super excited, like, “Oh, man, this night’s gonna be SO AWESOME,” you’re all stoked and riled up, and then by Round 2 you’re suddenly a jaded, growly-voiced Tom Waits, like, “Are you effing SERIOUS?  These assholes are cheating with their iPhones.  There’s

As you are reading this post from your computer, your iPhone or another digital device, it seems like we have always had the help of our friend, the internet, to get all of our reads. Even as many of you are familiar with this website and Stuart, many of you

I mean, all fish are weird when you think about it. One of the first things I do after I wake up in the morning (or afternoon) is check my inbox for those daily deal coupon offers.  More often than not, though, I’m like, dude, I don’t WANT a Brazilian

I haven’t been to an actual movie theater since I saw “Toy Story 3,” which was way back in June.  I have, however, seen movies in the park and in bed on my iPhone (thanks to the awesome new-ish Netflix app).  Let’s face it:  Movies are pretty bad-ass wherever you

I read a study last week that said that as far as our problem-solving ability and general mental plasticity, our brains finish the major parts of their development by the time we hit 25. That scared me a lot because I engaged in the willful murder of many of  my