Author Archives: parkerschaffel

I grew up in the Washington, DC area riding the metro subway system for fun with my grandfather. I remember taking the Red Line, switching to the Orange/Blue line, and going to Rosslyn, Arlington to take a picture for my grandpa and a book he was writing. I remember when the Washington Metro Area TransitContinue reading “Why Trains Are So Great, and Why America Needs More”

The perpetual “definition” of male professional dress is a wool suit, generally black, gray, or blue, a button down shirt, a belt, a pair of shoes, and a tie. The infamous tie. Many Wikipedia pages about ties exist with many reasons for how they came about. Some describe warmth, while others describe a way ofContinue reading “Several Reasons Why Mens’ Ties Are Stupid…and Should Go Away, Forever”

I realized recently that a lot of high-level senior government officials want to make videos, and do video interviews, seemingly for the sake of making a video. But they forget the critical rule in making a video: it has to be visual. There has to be a visual component to making a video; there hasContinue reading “One Obvious (to Some) Tip To Making Videos People Want to Watch”