Dec 26, 2024 Dear Threads: Please Fix Your “Edit Post” Microcopy A few words can make all the difference between a helpful interface and a confusing interface.
Dec 9, 2024 Keep PayPal From Selling Your Personal Data to Advertisers The online payment giant’s “personalized” shopping experience means merchants will be able to target you more directly.
Nov 10, 2024 The Cure Redeemed My Social Media Timeline The release of their long-awaited album led to one of the best social media experiences I’ve had in a long time.
Oct 29, 2024 We Should All Start Using RSS Cory Doctorow’s recent column highlights the benefits of an “ancient” internet technology.
Jul 27, 2024 Stop Elon Musk From Taking Your Content to Train His AI No one should be surprised that Musk wants to use their content to train his AI tool.
Jul 20, 2024 Google Is Going to Break the Internet, One (Shortened) URL at a Time And in the process, they’ll undermine their own mission statement.
Jun 29, 2024 Perplexity’s Blunders Hint at AI’s Fundamental Problem AI tools already make it more difficult to determine what’s real. But soon, that may not matter anymore.
Jun 26, 2024 MTV News Has Vanished From the Web It’s frustrating to see companies delete their content with seemingly no thought given to its value and relevance.
Apr 19, 2024 Post.news Is Shutting Down The Twitter alternative launched two years ago but wasn’t able to generate enough growth.
Mar 22, 2024 Welcome to Our New Post-Truth Society, Courtesy of AI AI is making it more difficult to preserve cultural records for future generations.
Mar 6, 2024 Takashi Miike Teams Up with Apple, Adapts Osamu Tezuka’s Midnight The cult director’s latest short was shot entirely on an iPhone 15 Pro.
Feb 29, 2024 Bluesky Now Supports Hashtags A welcome addition, and one less reason to keep using X/Twitter.
Feb 26, 2024 Mourning Apple’s 27-inch iMac It really was the perfect computer for my needs. And alas, it’s no more.
Feb 17, 2024 Bluesky Is Finally Open for Everyone. Here’s What You Should Know. The decentralized social network will feel very familiar to X/Twitter users. That’s both good and bad.
Jan 12, 2024 NASA’s New “X” Plane Is Designed to Create Quieter Sonic Booms The X-59’s purpose is to help regulators reassess civilian supersonic travel.
Nov 27, 2023 Anna Indiana Is a Glimpse Into Our Soulless AI Future Anna Indiana’s “performance” leaves me with one simple question: Who really wants this?
Nov 13, 2023 Your Website’s URLs Can and Should Be Beautiful The key to making a beautiful URL is finding a balance between brevity and clarity.
Oct 24, 2023 Farewell, Pebble, We Hardly Knew Ye The promising social media platform started by former Twitter employees is shutting down on November 1.
Sep 29, 2023 Dear Songtradr: Please Don’t Ruin Bandcamp This seems like the epitome of an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” situation.
Sep 22, 2023 Remembering Quest, the iOS App That Turned To-Do Lists Into an 8-Bit RPG Sadly, SangHeon Kim’s Quest app stopped working after 2017’s release of iOS 11.