Christopher Burgess

Oct 23, 2024 | acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Christopher Burgess |Ryan Mueller |Thomas Wanzek |David D. Myrold

Supporting Information Filename Description saj220780-sup-0001-SuppMat.docx783.3 KB Table S1: Descriptive statistics for Faith's PD. The “Sample Community” column describes the annual mean of Faith's PD for individual samples over the 12 sampling months separated by drainage class. The “Plot Community” column also describes the annual mean of Faith's PD generated by combining samples across the plot for each month.

May 11, 2024 | crburgess.medium.com | Christopher Burgess

Forgetting your WhyMidway through 2020's un-precendence, Zadie Smith published a book of personal essays. In one of these, she lays out plainly her reason for writing:the [reason] I feel deepest within myself, and which, when all is said, done, stripped away - as it is at the moment - seems to be at the truth of the matter for a lot of people, to wit: it's something to do.

Feb 26, 2024 | crburgess.medium.com | Christopher Burgess

How Constrained Innovation & Storytelling in the Watch Industry Keeps Demand TickingAcademy AwardsThe world of luxury watches is strange. Did you know, for instance, that there is a yearly Oscars-esque award ceremony called the Grand Prix de Horlogerie de Geneve wherein watchmakers win awards in various categories and take home trophies?

Feb 6, 2024 | medium.com | Christopher Burgess |Mehmet Yildiz

Why do people say it? Most of the time, they simply mean by it that imitation is a way of signaling admiration and appreciation for a particular work of art or an artist. However, what many don’t know is that Wilde didn’t stop there. The full quote is this: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”Why did Wilde say that?

Jan 20, 2024 | medium.com | Christopher Burgess

Then came the day of the can opener, the day Dexter’s struggle went viral. The video, also now being shared under the title “Righty’s Can-tastrophe,” became an overnight sensation. Comments poured in, a mix of sympathy, mockery, and surprisingly, support. In the heart of the city, the counter-clockwise clock in the town square ticked away, its hands moving backward, yet somehow forward.