Jack Maguire, paid social director in New York
Paid social director in the East Village. I write field notes on performance marketing, NYC restaurants, long walks, books, travel logistics, and the useful edges of AI.
East Village Paid social Food notes Travel routes
Recent writing
- 10 NYC Restaurants & Pop-Ups for Fall 2026
- My Experience Working for Mercor
- The Best Tsukemen in NYC, Compared by Broth, Noodles, and Price
- Choosing a Wife: What 300 Empirical, Clinical, and Retrospective Sources Say About Marital Durability, Regrets, and Daily Reality
- Baking Cod: What 500 Culinary Sources Say About Temperature, Salting, and Miso
- Baking Octopus: What 250 Culinary Sources Say About Internal Pull Temperature, Oven Heat, Pre-Salting, and Slime Removal
Recommendations
Restaurants and books I can defend from actual use.
Adult relationship patterns
An unvalidated 48-item reflection questionnaire with a private report.
Now
Current work, reading, travel, and the questions taking up mental space.
About
Paid social background, McGill, long-distance hiking, books, and contact.