The Internet got really mad at an article the NYT’s Nick Bilton wrote about the potential risk of cell phone use and wearables. I linked to it in Wednesday’s NextDraft, and I almost immediately got a litany of angry feedback in volumes usually reserved for subjects such as the Middle East, domestic politics, or Apple’s decision to remove ports from …
Let’s start with the money shot: “Mr. Zuckerberg goes to great lengths to protect the privacy of his personal life.” That quote — from one of Mark Zuckerberg’s lawyers — was included in a recent lawsuit covered by the NYT’s always excellent Matt Richtel. It turns out that certain wealthy individuals require those who work on their homes (and …
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Darius Kazemi with a tremendous parody of every tech conference presentation … ever. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_F9jxsfGCw]
Each Friday, I include a few good weekend reads in NextDraft. Here’s a look at some of the best ones from 2013, along with a few oldies, and a few other lists that will keep your iPads and Kindles humming throughout the holidays. A blogger for a Chicago TV station made what, by Internet standards, …
I was a weird kid. I’d write and painstakingly edit endless paragraphs in which I’d riff on current events and major news items. Then I’d take a floppy disk to my local copy store where I’d print out the pages and bind them with card stock covers, before heading to the post office to mail …
About twenty people walked into the room, sat down and slid their phones, iPads, and other devices towards the center of the table. It was the last session of the conference and the rules were simple. We would work our way around the table twice. On the first pass, each person was required to name …
When news of the unthinkable comes, we all head for the front stoop. Today, that stoop is virtual, and the digital neighbors with whom we share the news of the moment communicate with us via tweets, status updates, and hastily-tapped texts. We whisper in ears, we shout towards rooftops, we tell each other what we …
At five years-old, it’s no fun getting interrupted while you’re focused on something. As a parent, I compensate for that by employing a series of intricately planned measures to guide my son from whatever he happens to be doing towards whatever it is that I want him to do instead. The extremity of these measures …
I was recently complaining to a teller at my bank that the another bank down the street had given my 3 year-old daughter a stuffed horse for nothing more than walking past the front door. I jokingly asked her what gifts my own bank would be willing to offer to compete for the affections of …
