by David | Jan 21, 2015 | technology, working
It doesn’t matter how careful you are, if you’re the last human in a world of zombies, you’re going to get eaten sooner or later. You may not have noticed, but one of the last humans not using gmail – that’s me – recently joined the...
by David | Oct 10, 2014 | economics, reading & writing, technology
Welcome to another whiny installment of, “why can’t I buy…” brought to you by the infinite diversity of humanity and the hard reality of market forces. In other words, just because I think it’s a great idea and would like to buy it, that...
by David | Jul 28, 2014 | technology, transportation
Well, not exactly, but in the old saying about man bites dog being news, last Friday the estimable RunKeeper team put on a PR stunt / stupid human trick / arch critique of Boston public transit in which some guys raced a Green line trolley for four miles or so....
by David | Jul 24, 2014 | design, science!, technology
Since the googles said it was faster to walk from the Innovation District to South Station than to take the Silver line, that’s what I did. It was hot and humid but I’m glad I did because otherwise I would not have passed by BSAspace and dropped in for...
by David | Jul 23, 2014 | design, technology
I met with the estimable @yobyot the other day and among the various complaints and commiserations we shared was a moment of venting about Apple switching up all our connectors for no particularly clear reason except perhaps selling lots of new cables, converters,...
by David | Jul 21, 2014 | technology, urbanism
Remember when, before pervasive phone GPS, you actually asked for directions? You know, stopping a stranger on the street or pulling into a gas station and asking somebody working there and trying to write it down on a mapkin? If you’re not an american male,...
