Articles by

Nick Martens

Dear Wednesday, From Monday

by Nick Martens on November 5, 2008

Pre-election Nick Martens addresses a letter to post-election Nick Martens.

PANIC!

by Nick Martens on October 1, 2008

Pundit Nick Martens contemplates the classic power of the big, banner headline.

In Memoriam: Muxtape

by Nick Martens on September 26, 2008

Nick Martens looks back on the little playlist-sharing website that could.

Reinventing “Reinventing Comics”

by Nick Martens on September 10, 2008

Nick Martens revisits Scott McCloud’s comic about comics, and compares it to the artist’s recent work for Google.

On Modernist Podcasting

by Nick Martens on August 27, 2008

Nick Martens employs rigorous aesthetic philosophy to figure out what makes a great podcast.

The Problem with Biking in America

by Nick Martens on August 25, 2008

Having seen the light while studying abroad in Amsterdam, Nick Martens contrasts that bicycle Nirvana with the American cycling cesspool.

On Steve Jobs, and His Temperament

by Nick Martens on August 6, 2008

Apple, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has been known for two things: turtlenecks and tantrums. Nick Martens examines the idiosyncratic mind behind Apple and how the company’s recent missteps reveal truth behind its leader.

A Timeline of Obsolescence

by Nick Martens on July 14, 2008

Americans are afraid that their jobs are endangered by foreign competition, but in reality, the threat is not Chinese people, but robots! In the interest of choosing a suitable career path, Nick Martens outlines when and how the best human jobs will be taken over by machines.

Why Re-Read?

by Nick Martens on July 4, 2008

In an age of unbelievable artistic abundance, Nick Martens urges us to slow down and re-examine the works that really matter.

Editor’s Note: Two Point Oh

by Nick Martens on June 19, 2008

Nick Martens inaugurates the (delayed) redesign of The Bygone Bureau.