So, in the name of anecdotal science, I first posed the question to 30 of my most personal acquaintances (varied in gender, ethnicity, and age): “More often than not, do you use your phone in the bathroom?” Twenty-five said yes,… Read More ›
Articles
Being a fanboy creeps up on you
When someone jokingly called me an Apple fanboy earlier this week I thought again about the number of Apple products in our house. For a moment, I then thought they may be right- My son: iPhone 6s My daughter: iPad… Read More ›
Inside Travis Kalanick’s Resignation
Mr. Kalanick balked, according to people briefed on the meeting who asked to remain anonymous because the details are confidential. Mr. Kalanick, who had built Uber into a transportation behemoth in just eight years, quickly called Arianna Huffington, an Uber… Read More ›
Internet Atheism
Like the majority of young people who grew up in religious environments – particularly those from non-Christian backgrounds – my first interaction with atheism was also my first meaningful engagement with the internet. In these atheist forums I found a… Read More ›
tribute to two meta-artists
I want to write briefly about two creators, Toshio Iwai and Takeo Igarashi both of who made original UIs letting users exercise their creativity. Each creator’s work was then used in separate commercial products in the 90s and 00s, products… Read More ›
Apple Culture
Ten years ago, no one could have imagined that Steve Jobs’ creation would have such an impact on Apple. Today, the iPhone represents more than 60% of Apple’s revenue, which leads many to see Apple as, first and exclusively, the… Read More ›
My MacBook, the adorable
People jokingly call the MacBook the ‘adorable’ because of how it looks and I get that. It is without doubt the best looking MacBook available today and arguably the best looking Apple device of all. In the few days since… Read More ›
The annual pang of technology
So there it was. The calendar reminder I was not expecting and the emotional pang that I did not want to feel. ‘Get Father’s Day card.’ Such a simple annual event which changed completely because this is the first year… Read More ›
They are the last thing we look at before sleep each night…
In short order, the smartphone supplanted the boombox, the Walkman and the transistor radio: all the portable means we used to access news and entertainment, and maybe claim a little bubble of space for ourselves in doing so. Except as… Read More ›
Mosul’s Library Without Books
I could smell the acrid soot a block away. The library at the University of Mosul, among the finest in the Middle East, once had a million books, historic maps, and old manuscripts. Some dated back centuries, even a millennium,… Read More ›
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