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A Story That Could Only Be Told Online
Almost six years ago, Andrew Hussie began another one of a series of webcomics on his website, MS Paint Adventures. These early comics were experiments in fan-sourced storytelling: He’d create and...
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How Smartphones Hurt Sleep
The answer to the question "How'd you sleep?" has, for most of human history, been "not too well." Even before the advent of electric light, people slept two or three to a bed, next to a chamber pot,...
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Me, Myself, and Authenticity
Those who go looking for evidence of increasing self-absorption seem to find it everywhere these days. Inflated egos are apparently smiling in the selfies people snap, self-obsession woven into their...
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Using Technology to Outsource Human Memory
Nostalgia has made a comeback. With all the #tbts and #fbfs—also known as Throwback Thursdays and Flashback Fridays—as well as that NewsFeed-topping Year in Review feature on Facebook, social networks...
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Jet Lag Is Worse on Mars
What would you do with an extra 40 minutes in a day? Not 40 minutes shaved off some regular daily activity to devote to something else, but an extra 40 minutes actually tacked on to the 24 hours we all...
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Refrigerators of the World
One of the many wonderful things about Sweden is that each week, the country hands over its official Twitter feed to a different Swede, to tweet their Swedish thoughts and do their Swedish bidding....
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What Blogging Has Become
This is a post about Medium, which is a fascinating company partly because it has a lot of money, and partly because its leadership team first brought you Blogger (the first really successful blogging...
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The New Net-Neutrality Policy, in Three Simple Phrases
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission just adopted strict net-neutrality rules that will treat the Internet like a public utility. What’s in the new regulations? There are three major principles...
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The Ultimate Net-Neutrality Reading List
You've likely already heard the big tech news of the day: The FCC voted to approve reclassification of broadband as a public utility and—wait, wait, where are you going? Come back! Net neutrality, I...
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The Ping to Prayer
Looming over the palatial interior of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, in Abu Dhabi’s central district, are nine multi-faceted digital clocks shaped like flowers. Surrounded by a majestic setting of...
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#TheDress and the Rise of Attention-Policing
It caused Taylor Swift to feel “confused and scared.” It caused a rupture in the Kardashian-West household that might never be repaired. It caused Rep. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) to declare, “I know three...
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What Happens When You Strap a Camera to a Sea Turtle's Shell
Submerged in murky seawater, a grey leatherback turtle homes in on its spineless prey, a pink jellyfish drifting through the dark green abyss. The giant turtle glides toward the graceful creature,...
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Suits and Hoodies: The Two Cybersecurity Cultures
The dress code said it all. When Admiral Michael S. Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency, Cyber Command Commander, and recipient of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal recently walked into...
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A Cure for Colorblindess
I stood in the center of Times Square. Fiery orange flames and velvet purple sunsets five stories tall promised that I could stay Forever 21. Along with Vegas and Versailles, few spots in the world...
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Silicon Valley's Best and Worst Jobs For New Moms (and Dads)
The tech industry has a reputation for being both a wonderland of employee benefits and a place that is unfriendly to families, particularly mothers. Along with the weekly massages, travel stipends,...
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A Snap Is a Postcard
Snapchat is back in the news again. It is propelled mostly by a $10-billion valuation and the whispery success of Snapchat Discover, which lets a couple lucky media companies promote tiny...
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Talking With Dan Richard About High-Speed Rail
For the past 10 days my wife Deb and I have been mainly on the road in California, visiting cities for the new season of American Futures that launches in this space a week from today. But last...
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Are Taxis Safer Than Uber?
Another Uber driver arrested for sexual assault. That was one of the headlines when a Boston woman reported her driver "indecently touched her several times" last month, according to the Boston Police...
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Fast Playback and the Art of Speed Leisure
Last year, about six months into my first full-time job, I realized that the TV-watching habits I had developed in college (in short: “Watch pretty much everything”) were unsustainable. I was faced...
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Why Popcorn Time Scares Netflix
In January, Netflix, the online video streaming site, used its quarterly letter to shareholders to take aim at a rival. Not the premium-cable channel HBO, with which it's locked in an increasingly...
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