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The Pattern of Technology
Almost a decade ago, the comms lead at Square wrote this piece on how the media builds up, and then tears down, its subjects like clockwork. At the time, we were—to use the horological analogy—at the metaphorical 11th…
Review: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is a rough read. Matthew Perry was an actor from a young age, an addict—of alcohol and drugs and fame and fortune, and an advocate for substance abuse. The book chronicles his…
Another Management Malpractice
Whenever an individual or a company garners fame and fortune, there's often intense interest in their processes and behaviors. The thinking is that there's some sort of secret sauce or hidden wisdom in how they operate,…
The Cost of Process Evolution
There's a genre of "don't I sound smart" type of personal improvement insight that draws from the same well as the old joke, "In Soviet Russia, television watches you!" which looks something…
Multi-Interface Apps
With this year's iOS17 and iPhone 15, the improvements aren't exactly life-changing: a Standby mode that adds a bunch of dim widgets when the phone is statically charging; more customization options for widgets overall across the…
Review: Exadelic
I heard about the sci-fi novel Exadelic from this TechCrunch book review. Going through the first dozen chapters, I wasn't sure there was much more to add than what the reviewer identified right in the title of the…
