Matt Wasowski
1.7K posts
Matt Wasowski
@mwasowski
Nerd Nite boss, host & author, SAE Intl Events, Ex-BookExpo/BookCon/NY Comic Con Presents, Ntl Parks, Die-hard Cleveland sports fan..sigh. Go Quakers!
Katılım Nisan 2011
292 Takip Edilen225 Takipçiler
@MerriamWebster I present thee, Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell – The Comic Chronicle of Linguistic Rebels and Phonetic Reform by @_GabeHenry : amazon.com/Enough-Enuf-En…
English
rough (like uff in buff)
cough (like off in scoff)
drought (like ow in cow)
though (like o in no)
thought (like aw in saw)
through (like oo in woo)
Enough.
English
@Browns_Daily You MUST add the Palestra to your college hoops arenas list. It is the true cathedral of basketball. Get there in December for a Big Five game.
English
@NYMag Check out the Wallet Voyeur podcast that was entirely focused on talking to folks about how much money earn and how they think about money: open.spotify.com/show/2qPlBEVaY…
English
What are all these coffee shop workers doing? And how much are they making?
As a part of our latest investigation into New Yorkers' salaries, we swung by coffee shops across the city to find out what they brought in last year.
English
This is a nice throw-back to the Wallet Voyeur podcast that was entirely focused on talking to folks about how much money earn and how they think about money. We need to talk about specifics when it comes to how much money we earn: open.spotify.com/show/2qPlBEVaY…
New York Magazine@NYMag
The last time we surveyed New Yorkers about their paychecks, the math was easy. Well, easier. In 2005, a blogger at Gawker made $30,000 and the CEO at Lehman Brothers more than $35 million. Back then, there was no “gig economy,” at least not as we know it today, and coffee shops from Bed-Stuy to the Upper East Side weren’t lousy with model–pickleballer–nanny–actor–producer–DJ–creative directors. Some 20 years later, amid a radically different economic environment in which the nature of work feels as if it’s about to change forever, we set out to conduct a similar experiment. We reached into our network of sources, blind-messaged LinkedIn profiles, put out a casting call on Instagram, even stopped strangers in Union Square. What we discovered, just before a jobs report earlier this month confirmed a dwindling labor market, is that salaries across most industries have not kept up with inflation in a city that has become exorbitantly expensive. Of course, there are plenty of people, especially at the very top, doing all right on their salary plus bonus and stock options. The aim of our latest investigation wasn’t simply an excuse to be nosy. The hope was to capture this moment and provide some sideways service to those wondering what else there might be to do. It’s not too late to try to become a tugboat engineer, is it? 60 New Yorkers share what they do and how much they make for our latest cover story: nymag.visitlink.me/8UWFXW
English
@dailypenn This was sad to read. In the 90s the Palestra was packed every night and Franklin Field was nearly sold out for football. The Penn Relays. The quote about normalizing going to games is frustrating. If you want to go, go. Even if it's not trending on social media! Get off my lawn!
English
Columnist Judah Blitstein explores Penn’s athletic culture.
thedp.com/4a0f55be-ebcd-…
Română
Hi @FTC, After 12 months of asking and 10+ emails, @IntuitDome /@IntuitDomePR still won't delete my account and, therefore, my personal info. It's also impossible to do yourself despite a prompt in the app saying you can. SHADY! At least their on-site customer staff are nice.
English
NERD NITE LA is back for the new year next Tuesday, January 20th! And we’ve got some amazing speakers you won’t want to miss!
Tickets are already available through the link below! Don’t miss out - see you there and be square!
events.humanitix.com/nerd-nite-los-…...
English
Big news from The Story Collider 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that @paulacroxson has been elected President of our Board of Directors! Congrats, Paula—and thank you to Krishna Pakala for his leadership! More details: storycollider.org/news/2026/1/7/…
English
Nerd Nite NYC. This Friday Jan 9th at @littlefieldnyc ! We’re back! nyc.nerdnite.com
English
@ESPNCleveland Whoa...the HIGH temperature in Chicago on Sunday is supposed to be 11. I think Caleb and Shedeur might get a pass. Brrr!
English
The Next Level Question of the Day!
Should Kevin Stefanski & Andrew Berry's jobs be "Safe" if Shedeur Sanders continues to play well?
WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=hOVwyY…
YouTube
English
@andruyeung This is excellent, but i live in the sticks. Record them and/or stream. I want to learn.
English
I'm OBSESSED with this business. I've been following them for over a year - way before they blew up.
What it is:
- Professors and experts giving lectures inside bars
- Topics ranging from psychology to astrophysics to philosophy
- Tickets are $40, and you get to meet other people and learn something new
The appeal is clear - you show up, grab a drink, learn something new, and meet curious like-minded people
After a month of trying, I still haven't been able to snag a ticket. It's constantly sold out
From what I can tell, the whole thing is bootstrapped
They run 300+ events a year
They likely don’t pay venues anything
Tickets are $40
And with the right team, this becomes a beautifully efficient business
I don't know the owners, but I'm guessing they're doing $2M-$3M in revenue at ~80% gross margins. It's an amazing lifestyle business.
But when you scale this nationwide, it can easily become a $20M+ business
And more importantly, I believe this is what the future of IRL experiences looks like
People are tired of digital everything
They want in-person, physical, analog - real events with real people
Events like this are going to explode in the next few years. Hundreds will pop up. And I think there might even be a venture-scale opportunity here
English
@andruyeung Been to 2 of these, def a cool experience and business!
English
Italiano
English
English
English
@andruyeung I've always contemplated something like this. I got the idea from @UCLA Bruin Woods, a summer camp up in the mountains for alumni and their families. Faculty got to go at steep discounts and would give lectures throughout the week while the kids are playing. Super popular!
English