Marga Biebeler is a professional twenty-first century philosopher. OK, but what’s that mean? Odd Jobs columnist Beth Jusino talks to Marga in her Stuttgart, Germany coworking space.
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Stoke fire: lessons from A Dark Room
I quit my job to take a sabbatical and live a minimalist lifestyle, and in that time made the number one app in the App Store. But life goes on. Here are the takeaways from my brush with fame and my understanding of success in the long run.
The 8-hour construct reimagined
In American culture, stress and exhaustion are worn with pride as status symbols. It’s time we reimagine the work week.
Odd Jobs: George Divoky and the black guillemots of Cooper Island
George Divoky is an ornithologist and an Arctic biologist, but what he discovered in his research on a remote island in Alaska put him at the center of the conversation on climate change. Beth Jusino brings us George’s story in her column Odd Jobs, dedicated to illuminating the surprising work life of our fellow coworkers.
Finding myself in Philly
The experience of moving from New York to Philadelphia was a little like being dropped onto another planet. Good thing I found Indy Hall. Hila Ratzabi tells us about how she got her start as a freelancer and what “Just Fucking Do It” means to her.