Each week, the New Yorker takes a cartoon that did not quite make the cut for publication, removes the artist’s original caption, and gives readers a chance to take their best shot at writing the funniest caption to accompany the drawing. And, each week, Mankoff and his staff receive thousands of entries. Sorting through those entries — the good, the bad, and the horrible — is a monumental task. Deciding which are the funniest is more than a one-man job.More…

Not all cool ideas make good businesses. And sometimes an intriguing technology might have business potential, but the creators aren’t interested in commercializing it. The latter situation is the case with BeerMapper. More…