Columns

20 Mar 2017

We wanna send you to the Id10t Festival this summer!

Chris Hardwick is bringing a two-day festival of music, comedians and makers to the Silicon Valley this summer! The ID10T (pronounced I-D-ten-T) Music Festival & Comic Conival, a celebration of music, gaming, comedy, tech, and all things pop culture. Each day, pop culture enthusiasts will have the opportunity to roam

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20 Mar 2017

Kilowatt: Where mid-20s Daydreams Were Lost and Found

This originally appeared in my Weeknighter column for 7×7. Anthony used to call Kilowatt “Kil-a-game” because we never met any girls there. We were both single and in our mid-20s and thought bars would be the answer to the question of “Where can we meet women?” Apparently the answer we found was

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20 Mar 2017

Superb Martinis and a Shot of Nostalgia at Aub Zam Zam

This originally appeared in my Weeknighter column for 7×7. Weekends are for amateurs. Weeknights are for pros. That’s why each week Stuart Schuffman will be exploring a different San Francisco bar, giving you the lowdown on how and where to do your weeknight right. From the most creative cocktails to the best

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20 Mar 2017

How to Make a Movie When You’re Broke

Threesomething is a story of friendship, loneliness, and a botched threesome. It aims to explore the awkwardness at the heart of so many male friendships and expose the kind of feelings we’re not supposed to talk about, much less make movies about. The film is the product of a creative partnership and

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17 Mar 2017

Some in SF Value People Over Profit

On Monday, I was interviewed by someone from BBC Mundo, the Spanish-language arm of the BBC. The main question the reporter had was, “Do you think many people in San Francisco would rather have a less successful tech industry in exchange for having a more affordable city?”

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17 Mar 2017

A Brief History of Names My Students Have Given Me

I am a public school teacher. You probably already knew that because of the title of the thing you are reading, or because you follow me on social media, or maybe because you have been in the same room as me for longer than four minutes, which is about the

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15 Mar 2017

We wanna send you to see Patton Oswalt in San Francisco!

A comedian, actor, and writer, Patton Oswalt continues to find success in all areas of entertainment. From his Emmy-winning and Grammy nominated comedy specials to his many memorable film roles and guest appearances on his favorite TV shows (including “Parks and Recreation,” for which he received a TV Critics Choice

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15 Mar 2017

You Deserve a Universal Basic Income Regardless of Your Work

Are you a robot? Probably not, but take a test: look around your place of work. How many of your co-workers are actual people – as opposed to virtual people you only ever meet via email, co-working platforms and an occasional conference call? The machines are taking over the world.

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