Posts tagged with Technology
More Options for Photos in the Cloud
Since I last wrote about the many different ways of managing a photo collection, there’s been two pretty good developments that provide even more options. iCloud Photo Library, I think, existed in beta form when I wrote the post,…
The Logistics of Uber as a Commodity
Uber is trying to leverage its logistics expertise in areas outside of hailing taxis. Between eating, hauling, and deliveries, it’s trying to apply the same algorithms and systems across a wide assortment of services even as it continues to…
How Minimalism Becomes Homogeneous and Unfriendly
Flat design has been the hot current design trend. It may have been ushered into prominence by Apple’s iOS 7 and Google’s Material Design[1], but its philosophies resonate under the broader umbrella of minimalism. Minimalist design has…
Obsessing over Apple Watch Bands
What is it about Apple products that have people discussing the most mundane details? How much discussion do watch bands – though admittedly expensive – really warrant? The question is at best rhetorical. Apple is an absolute machine when it comes to…
Job Posting “Deliberately Implausible”
There was a study done a few years ago by Microsoft that showed that those infamous Nigerian scam emails were written with terrible English grammar for a reason; it was an easy way way to implicitly filter for the gullible…
Accounting for Autonomous Failure
This tweet came across my timeline today on what an extremely automated road network could look like, with autonomous cars self-navigating through busy intersection: Looks impressive to the naked eye, doesn’t it? Square colleague and fellow Quora Top…
