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Why people bought more ebikes during the pandemic than ever before The advantages of e-bikes Requiring less effort to ride, e-bikes allow the user to carry more luggage than conventional cycles and areoften used for utilitarian purposessuch as shopping or commuting, as well as for recreation. E-bike owners have been found to cycle more frequently and for longer distances thanconventional cyclists. In Europe, e-bikes represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the transport market, with sales in Germany in 2018accounting for 23....

Why post-pandemic Ubers and Netflixes will be nothing like their predecessors The next Uber won’t be anything like Uber — thank God Say hello to disruption In post-bubble-burst 2009, unemployed white-collar workers flocked to places like MIT and Silicon Valley to funnel their rage at being screwed over by big business into tech startups with dreams of change and the new buzz word — “disruption.” Not every group of disgruntled former finance pros found success, but the atmosphere was ripe with risk and fueled by an overall feeling of, “Let’s burn it all down and start over....

It’s a known fact that most people consider postcards to be old, ancient, or a thing of the past. With the vast technological improvements that science brings us like cellphones and the internet, it’s not hard to blame them for believing that old paper cards are dying. However, even a lot of people value the importance of something material and worthy. Despite the advances in technology, nothing can ever replace the feeling of receiving a personalized postcard....

On Monday, I received the draft of a new marketing campaign for a company I follow. It looked professional, but not in a good way. It was easy to imagine what kind of conversation preceded this campaign. Someone probably said, “I want it to look professional,” and so the marketers went with that. The campaign reflected a mature and professional organization. But it also looked like it could fit any organization....

It took the programming community a couple of decades to appreciate Python. But since the early 2010’s, it has been booming — and eventually surpassing C, C#, Java and JavaScript in popularity. But until when will that trend continue? When will Python eventually be replaced by other languages, and why? Putting an exact expiry date on Python would be so much speculation, it might as well pass as Science-Fiction. Instead, I will assess the virtues that are boosting Python’s popularity right now, and the weak points that will break it in the future....