Reading Time: 2 minCongress is currently working on a bill called the “Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)”, which sounds good in title, but really isn’t. Danah Boyd has an excellent article explaining what the purpose is and why this is likely to backfire in a big way. In an article where Techdirt was summarizing the state of KOSA, […]
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A minute on the internet in 2023
Reading Time: 2 minEvery year, the folks at Domo create a graphic that showcases how much is created and consumed across the internet in any given minute. You can view the 2023 data on their site here, or scroll down to view it: The numbers are always staggering to see. In just one minute, people send 241M emails, […]
A paper planner on a digital notepad
Reading Time: 2 minFor the last few years, I’ve kept a rough schedule on my digital notepad (first the reMarkable, later the Kindle Scribe), and the tools keep getting better every year. Planning tools aren’t native on either device, so I’ve been purchasing templates from “ePaperTemplates” on Etsy. They make some great templates at a fair price and […]
How can I pay for that?
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve always been a believer in supporting the apps that I use the most. So many small, useful apps go out of business every year, so I try my best to support them and I encourage you to do the same. Snipd For example, the popular “Airr” app on iPhone was forced to shut down […]
Adversarial Interoperability
Reading Time: 2 minSo much of what technology does for us is only possible thanks to the concept of “adversarial interoperability”. It’s a weird concept with a simple premise: It’s a system that is wide open enough that other organizations and individuals can use it without permission (via “The Song of Significance“). The EFF explains it further: For […]
Can your notes be read on a 60-year-old computer?
Reading Time: 2 minAt our technology and tools continue to improve, we’re increasingly losing our ability to own what we create. Not from a legal standpoint, necessarily, but a technical one. If Squarespace doesn’t agree with your platform, they can delete your site. If you ever posted on Myspace back in the day, that content is long gone. […]
Design is how it works
Reading Time: < 1 minGood design can be hard to notice. Not because it’s so beautiful or creative, but because of how well it makes things work. A well-designed product is ideally beautiful and creative, but the true design comes from the function of it. In an article in the New York Times 20 years ago, just after the […]
First Encounters is Wii Sports
Reading Time: 2 minWhen the Nintendo Wii was released back in 2006 it came with the famous game “Wii Sports” included. Wii Sports was intended to essentially be a tech demo to show users how the new control system worked and give them something to play with as they worked their way into the “real” games. If you […]
From Google Podcasts to Snipd
Reading Time: 2 minIf you’ve read many posts on here, you know that I get a lot of great info from podcasts that I listen to. As with reading books, I find that “getting” great info is just the first step, and I need to follow it up with ways to remember and use that information. I’ve used […]
The next round of VR will be the one to watch
Reading Time: 2 minThe Meta Quest 3 was released last week, and it’s fantastic. It’s a great step up over the Quest 2 in every way, and it makes VR that much more engaging. Perhaps of greater consequence, the “pass-through mode” on it (where you can see the world around you) is far better than the Quest 2 […]