Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple. He hasn’t stepped off the planet. But his resignation yesterday does strike many as marking the endgame for a fairly young but long-ill man.
Still – is it time for obituaries already?… Read the rest
For the past week I’ve been following an activist movement with the very heady goal of trying to occupy Wall Street (a la Tahrir square in Cairo) on September 17 to demand – well, something that treats regular folks better.
Their model for action is a “general assembly,” a form of extreme democracy based on total consensus.… Read the rest
If America is to follow the example of Egypt, Spain, and Greece, the protest has to go to Wall Street, not Washington.
So says a collection of mostly young organizers planning a Tahrir-Square-style occupation of the New York Financial District, starting on September 17 – and lasting months.… Read the rest
With all the talk of “the cloud” lately, it’s worth looking at how long-term the Web really is.
I got a lesson in this yesterday while building this new Web site. I was putting together an archive of my writing samples, including some of my favorites.… Read the rest
Last Friday morning I heard the buzz of a tiny circular saw as it sliced through the top of a cornea. Then I smelled the lower part of it burn under a laser.
It was a crappy ten minutes. But a minute afterwards, I could see better than ever in my life.… Read the rest
It’s amazing that for a generation so studied and analyzed, we still keep asking “Who are the Millennials?”. (Of course the interest is understandable given the trillions of dollars at stake.)
To the extent that one phrase can describe tens of millions of people, Millennials are the generation of entrepreneurs.… Read the rest
A colleague just asked me for advice about cameras – specifically how to get pictures and videos of fast-moving kids. I figured I’d share with the rest of you.
The best you can do for an all-in-one is this hard-to-name new breed of camera called alternatively hybrid or micro four thirds (same thing, essentially).… Read the rest
The U.S. government’s call for restraint by Mideast autocrats and its support for democratic movements is quite ironic, since this government would never be as tolerant if a similar movement swept across America.… Read the rest
No, thats not a tiyp-o. At leest, not an aksidental wun.
Stik with mee on this for a wiyl.
Iyv bin thingking laytly about how langwage evolvs and reeliyzing that we hav ay krayzy amount ov speling deetriytus that haz akyumyulayted over the sentyurees.… Read the rest
(WARNING: mild spoilers ahead)
Well, I finally made it to the Green Hornet. Surprisingly good 3D – especially for a “converted” film. But unlike the production technology, the in-story tech made me a bit uncomfortable.… Read the rest
