Signal v. Noise

Microsoft reboots war on sleep

A few years ago, Microsoft launched a Office 365 campaign with the slogan of #GetItDone. The basic premise was fitting more work into more places of your life. Well, not so much just fitting as sho…

Of course Zuckerberg wants to bow to Chinese censorship

Remember when Zuckerberg dared to wear a hoodie to his IPO party?The easiest way to be disappointed is to expect others to act contrary to their self-interest. So really, we shouldn’t be disappoint…

Microsoft, I Forgive You

Microsoft is different now. The evil masterminds are all retired. No more Ballmer jumping around screaming for developers, developers, developers. No more Gates plotting monopoly schemes for world …

I went to see a movie, and instead I saw the future

A few days ago my wife and I went to see Uncut Gems at a Regal theater in Chicago. We booked our ticket online, reserved our seats, showed up 15 minutes ahead of time, and settled in. After the coi…

Exponential growth devours and corrupts

Celebrate the web by using another browser than Google’s Chrome

I like Chrome. It’s a great browser. But it’s not so good that it deserves to be the only browser. And that’s the unfortunate opportunity we, people browsing the web, are opening for Google by so o…

Work harder or the communists will win

It’s desperate times for those still clinging to their workaholic, exploitive ways. From Japan to China to even the US, there’s a growing understanding that working 70-80-90 or 130 hours per week i…

Venture capital is going to murder Medium

It’s a crying shame, really. I love Medium. It’s the best writing environment on the web, and they sweat the details like nobody else. The community too is just peach. This could have been a love s…

Google won’t be able to resist listening in on your conversations

Mr Algorithm is always listeningThe advertising trial balloon from Google Home really shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Okay, perhaps, the linguistic contortions performed by Google’s PR…