Sean Williams

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Sean Williams

More than 30 years ago, the advent and proliferation of the internet kicked off the greatest leap forward in technological innovation for businesses in a long time. Though a number of next-big-thing innovations have come along since the internet revolutionized how businesses interact with consumers and sell their products and services, none have come close to matching its long-term addressable potential... until now.

2 months ago | nationalgeographic.com | Sean Williams

Jack Carmody has built a sizable YouTube following by showing his viewers what it takes to run a cattle station in the Australian outback—the rugged work of mending troughs, reinforcing fences, and shooting trespassers. Feral horses and donkeys, that is, and one particularly destructive invasive species: camels.

2 months ago | newlinesmag.com | Sean Williams

Each March 16, residents of Davao, in the Philippines, line major streets to witness parades, performances and traditional dance as part of Araw ng Dabaw, or Davao Day, which commemorates the city’s foundation. In 1937, when Davao became a city, the Philippines was a commonwealth of the United States and was about to endure occupation by the Imperial Japanese Army.

Mar 6, 2025 | theguardian.com | Sean Williams

Illustration: Daniel LiévanoOne autumn morning, I boarded a plane from Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, to Buka, the capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. A collection of islands and atolls the size of Puerto Rico, Bougainville is located 600 miles east of Moresby, across the Solomon Sea.

Feb 18, 2025 | newlinesmag.com | Sean Williams

In February 2023, New Zealand authorities discovered a strange pink-and-black pontoon bobbing back and forth in international waters near the Cook Islands. On closer inspection, they saw that the jetsam was 81 bales of cocaine, held together with fishing nets and floating on a bed of yellow buoys.