John Patrick Pullen: Writer & Editor

“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job market with triple the unemployment isn’t interested in purchasing the assets of the generation who just blew an enormous housing bubble and kept it from popping through quantitative easing and out-and-out federal support? Curious.”

When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials arent’ buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)

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Boston Strong. Portland Fit. #RnRPDX

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If you were an iPhone looking at me and @nerdist, this is what you’d see. #doubleselfie

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Brew and View

Serving up craft beer data, Taplister helps bars overflowing with suds reach discerning drinkers.

BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN

With more bars than Leavenworth prison and about 50 breweries within city limits, Portland, Ore., sits at the center of the craft beer revolution. But promoting brews in Beervana can be a challenge. Consider EastBurn, a popular gastropub that doesn’t label its 16 taps, each of which can pour a different kind of beer at any time. “We rotate our beers out daily,” says owner Mike Bender, “never buying more than one keg of any one kind of beer at a time.”

Whole New Ballgame

Baseball Memorabilia Joins the Digital League

BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN

Sure, a 1939 ticket stub from the final game of Lou Gehrig’s streak sold for $15,535 last May. But if you’re an obsessive collector who hangs on to every scrap of memorabilia just in case it accrues value, it’s time to get real—paper tickets are on the way out. Near the end of 2012′s regular season (after Apple released Passbook, its digital wallet for managing tickets), many fans renounced their stubs, flashing iPhones at the turnstiles instead. But even if the artifacts get digitized, that doesn’t mean the end of memorabilia. These new services will satisfy your nostalgia (and your OCD).

The Smartphone Six-Pack

A half-dozen free apps to help you find and share great craft beer

BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN

These days, whether enjoying a quiet pint at home or a night out with friends, most people have an ever-ready, beer-drinking buddy—their smartphone—by their side. Always up for a conversation or down for playing a game, mobile devices, when equipped with the right apps, have become increasingly beer savvy in the past couple of years. In particular, these six services have helped turn handhelds into Swiss Army knives for suds, keeping users in the know when it comes to craft beer and where to find it.

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The Next Mogul

Jeremy Bloom—a former Olympic skier, NFLer, Abercrombie model, MTV VJ, and ESPN analyst—seems like he can do anything. But in starting his own business, he may be risking everything.

BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN

Jeremy Bloom has had his ups and downs. A world-champion skier, he missed his shot at Olympic gold. As an all-American football player, he saw his collegiate career put to a halt by the NCAA; then, sidelined by injuries, he spent a frustratingly brief period with the NFL. He has dabbled in modeling and TV presenting. Now, the golden boy may have finally found his footing, in what once would have seemed an unlikely arena: entrepreneurship.