When it comes to names and logos, people get weird. Emotional. They either hate them or love them. Become attached to or can’t stand the sight of them. Rarely are they indifferent about the one thing they should be indifferent about since, for the most part, they make little difference.[…] Read On
What do you think would happen if the interactive web – social media, YouTube, blogs, podcasts, comments, all of it – suddenly disappeared? It would probably be a little disorienting at first, but in the long run, … We’d quit living with our eyes glued to little screens and our[…] Read On
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who behave like adults and those who look like adults and behave like spoiled brats. The latter refer to their clumsy attempts at the former as adulting. ICYMI, adulting is millennial speak for what some of us – fewer[…] Read On
Our culture fetishizes innovation. Fanaticizes market disruption. But that’s not how the world really works. Right now I’m wearing torn blue jeans, a t-shirt, a hooded zip-up sweatshirt, white sweat socks and a pair of Converse All-Star sneakers. This might as well be a scene from half a century ago.[…] Read On
Hey kids, it’s soapbox time in Silly Valley. I feel it coming, yes I do. Maybe not an epic rant but, well, we’ll just play it one outburst at a time. Anyhow, I’m all amped up about some rampant BS that’s been driving me bananas for years. For as[…] Read On
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, just revealed a system it hopes to start testing on humans next year. Think about it. Surgically implanting thousands of electrodes so your brain can connect directly to the internet through a high-bandwidth USB-C port. Sure. Sign me up. I mean, what could possibly[…] Read On
AI. Smart machines. Smart everything. It’s all I hear about. In reality, machines aren’t nearly as smart as the media hype makes them out to be. Take robot vacuums. Everything you read makes it sound like they take all the hassle out of house cleaning. Just buy them, download the[…] Read On