The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal To Contribute On Quarterly.co, New Site For Gifts In Mail

I took a double-take when I first read Quarterly Co.’s site description. The new website allows users to subscribe to influential figures and receive packages from them in the mail each quarter. But my reaction is probably not uncommon, and that’s the point; in an era dominated by online interactions, Quarterly Co. wants to  remind people of the “tangible interactions that happen in the real world.”

“It is like a magazine, but instead of receiving words on a page, our subscribers receive actual items that tell a compelling story crafted and narrated by the contributor,” the