It is a long weekend here in the U.S., and so it’s no surprise that I got caught up in the fun and forgot to email the newsletter. Oops! But better late than never. Here are seven of my favorite reads from this week. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

  • “Mr. (Swipe) Right?” A profile of Sean Rad, one of the founders of hot dating service Tinder, and his dreams of the future. http://bit.ly/1Wbo5Qa
  • “Inside the Secret Sisterhood of Women Who Worked at Playboy.” An interesting and surprising Elle magazine feature.  http://bit.ly/1WkrjAZ
  • “An Interview With Alan Rickman.” This week Alan Rickman, a well-known British actor, passed away after a long battle with cancer. Wonderful obituaries were penned, but I think this interview is a great way of remembering the actor who entered my world as a villain in Die Hard. http://bit.ly/1OqntmO
  • “The 19th Century Plug That’s Still Being Used.” The BBC celebrates the design that first was used in the 19th century and is still going strong in the 21st century. It’s all the more interesting now that there are rumors that Apple is going to do away with the headphone port and jacks and force us to use the lightning port to connect to our headphones. http://bbc.in/1P98hOD
  • “T-shirts Unravelled.” Threadbase, a New York-based startup, “washed, dried, measured and weighed 800 of the most popular men’s t-shirts available online,” and you won’t believe what happened next. http://bit.ly/1n4DCVT
  • “This Lawyer Digs Into the Horrors of Fast Fashion.” Julie Zerbo, the founder of The Fashion Law,  is doing some of the most important work in the world of fashion. Milk magazine profiles her. http://mlk.md/1RYSaBT
  • “This Millennial Might Be the New Einstein.” A profile of Sabrina Pasterski, a 22-year-old MIT graduate and Harvard Ph.D., is being compared to legends such as Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. She is currently focused on quantum gravity, and Jeff Bezos is keeping a job open for her, in case she decides to leave academia. http://bit.ly/1Q0T9Qe

A Pico Conversation

  • I just published a conversation with Erik Spiekermann, who is one of the most well-known and creative thinkers in design. A type, information and graphic designer, he is one of my favorite people, and I love my conversations with the man who doesn’t hold back. And he didn’t this time around. Please find time to check it out.

In addition, here are some of my writings from this week:

Om Malik is a San Francisco based writer, photographer and investor. Read More