Slowly but surely, my understanding of cities started to evolve. I realized I had been overly optimistic to believe that cities and the creative class could, by themselves, bring forth a better and more inclusive kind of urbanism. Even before… Read More ›
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Teenagers and tech
Last week, I was watching a show called Child Of Our Time which follows children born in the year 2000, the year my son was born, and I was interested to see if he compares to the children featured or… Read More ›
Your Phone Was Made By Slaves
It’s never a happy moment when you’re shopping for a tombstone. When death comes, it’s the loss that transcends everything else and most tombstones are purchased in a fog of grief. Death is a threshold for the relatives and friends… Read More ›
The Secret Shame of the Cracked Phone
I polled Twitter recently after a rash of complaints about my phone, asking exactly how ashamed I should be of my shattered screen on a scale of 1 to 10. “11,” one friend said. “Ten billion,” known jerk David Pierce… Read More ›
Will your children thank you for everything you have tweeted or posted about them?
Some interesting points within this: a.) think before you post; b.) consider deleting your posts after a while; c.) once it’s on the Internet, it is very hard to remove it; d.) but there is something resembling a “right to… Read More ›
You have no anonymity
Trump can tweet what he wants because he either contradicts the messages later on or complete denies he ever posted them. Trump is different. He simply does not care, but for the rest of us social networks work in a… Read More ›
Smart watch cases make sense, sort of
Watches come in all shapes and sized, but with a certain degree of uniformity that makes the wearer feel comfortable. Whether it be stainless steel, gold, or plastic, there is a recognised design for a watch which is to not… Read More ›
My desk space is my head space
For me the other thought provoking bit is that you two use iMacs, presumably in a stationary kind of way. Even though I have a good size monitor on a desk that I’ll use when I want to focus (and… Read More ›
Apple’s profit related approach surely makes sense
Anyone else feel that Apple’s approach today appears to be all profit related? From shoving R&D into alternatives to stop needing innovation tech’s stuff, to the shoddier state of macOS and iOS. I wonder if they’ve looked at MacOS, and… Read More ›
It’s difficult to switch mobile platforms
For early adopters, either when iPhone was just about the only game in town or for some years after when the distinction was still really wide, there might have been arguments here, but now it really is what you know… Read More ›