zeroing in

The end is in sight for The End of Money manuscript. I'm currently incorporating some of the last, and invariably smart, editing suggestions from my editor at Da Capo, Lissa Warren, as well as friends Anthony Effinger, Andy Jordan, Oakley Brooks, Frederick Reimers, Julian Smith, and the secret weapon: Dan Wolman. It's out of my hands and off to production August 1.

infographic wizardry

Check out this infographic. It was created by my friend, Erik Steiner, who is the creative director at Stanford's Spatial History Project. The spread is an accompaniment to my feature story about Egypt's revolution, published last month by The Atavist.