Before It Had a Name

Looking back at the beginning of Quartz In early 2012, I was living in Seattle. I’d left The New York Times less than a year earlier after a long stint but I was missing media. I was on a quick trip back to NYC for an interview. That trip turned out to be a turning

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The Idea of Quartz

a.k.a. “I found an old bunch of screenshots” Quartz launched on September 24th, 2012 at 9:55am EST. As it comes up on 5 years of age, I thought it was overdue to test my l33t medium typing skillz. Quartz started for me on February 22nd 2012 with a tweet to Zach Seward on his departure

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Infinite ALL the Scrolls

With the relaunch of Time.com I’ve had a number of people comparing it to Quartz. This happened too when Daily Beast made updates last year, but its been more pronounced this time. Either way, its something I feel that is still mis-categorized – especially when people bemoan the “infinite scroll”. Well, call it “infinite scroll”

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