Tech’s Swift Reaction To Hate Groups Was Years In The Making
Advocates like the Anti-Defamation League have been cajoling Silicon Valley for years to cut off violent white-supremacist groups. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Fast Company
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Fast Company
The Real Reason ISPs Hate Net Neutrality Regulation
It’s less about the question of a free internet and more about fears of being regulated as monopolies. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Fast Company
Women Are Doing Better In The Star Wars Galaxy Than In This One
With Rey, Leia, Maz, and Phasma, women have achieved equality in The Force Awakens. Data shows they’ve made less progress on this planet. (Read more on Fast Company.)… Read the rest
Salon
Did May Day succeed?
[Salon] In the home city of Occupy Wall Street yesterday, myriad activities dominated three iconic public spaces — Bryant Park near Times Square, Madison Square Park in view of the Flatiron Building, and Union Square, roughly straddling the East and West Villages.… Read the rest
Technologizer
Rule One: Don’t Mess With How People Do Things
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Recently, I drove a Mini Cooper for the first time. (Rented from Zipcar for $13/hour. Not bad.)
That’s not news, obviously. They’ve been around forever. But it taught me something very important about product design: It’s really hard–and aggravating–for us consumers if you mess with our way of doing things.… Read the rest
Technologizer
Is the Web Going Away? Or is It Going All Over the Place?
When Wired hyperbolically declared that “The Web is Dead,” it didn’t challenge my worldview but rather surfaced what I knew subconsciously.
The browser is not always (and increasingly less so) the best window to the Internet — especially on mobile gadgets.… Read the rest
Slate
Dell’s Quest for Cool
[Slate] Before last month, Dell had made only one attempt to look cool in its 22-year history. I don’t need to tell you that the “Dell dude” wasn’t the coolest guy on the planet. Dell’s second attempt to win street cred, its recent acquisition of the hip, gamer-friendly computer manufacturer Alienware, will probably prove more successful.… Read the rest
Newsweek
Proud Bachelor Turned Marrying Man-Sort of
Helping gay couples get hitched gave me a new respect for a tradition I’ve been happy to escape [Newsweek] I’m a straight, single man, who, during Valentine’s weekend and for several days that followed, performed weddings as a deputized marriage commissioner for the city and county of San Francisco. … Read the rest
New York Times
Jumping In to Wed the Masses
[New York Times] WHILE Carrie Bradshaw in ”Sex and the City” agonizes over settling down, at least 3,000 couples jumped at the chance to marry during the frenzied first eight days that San Francisco allowed gay marriages.
And I, a straight bachelor, have happily performed about 60 of the ceremonies, in the cavernous rotunda of City Hall.… Read the rest