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A quick parable about the Apple touchbar

A quick parable about the Apple touchbar

My workplace recently gave me a new touchbar Macbook Pro, and I’ve enjoyed it since I got it (ignoring the ridiculous USB-C dongle…

apple · May 3, 2017 · 1 min read

Recent field notes Each one gets a stage

A slow-burn joke for my coworkers

remote work · May 1, 2017 · 3 min read

A slow-burn joke for my coworkers

I work remotely and do several meetings a week over video conference with a team distributed across multiple office locations. Sometimes I…

The Flickr Explore page is still really amazing

flickr · Apr 17, 2017 · 2 min read

The Flickr Explore page is still really amazing

Tim Carmody is guest hosting Kottke.org this week and asked for the best of the best, to produce a mixtape of the Internet. And here’s my…

history · Apr 12, 2017 · 1 min read

What’s the origin of the phrase 420?

I never smoked pot until I was in my 40s, but I was aware of it all around me growing up in Southern California. “420” was a codeword, or a…

Motor Trend magazine is doing something interesting on the Internet

cars · Mar 20, 2017 · 4 min read

Motor Trend magazine is doing something interesting on the Internet

Taking a long look at Motor Trend On Demand

Going to prison with Defy Ventures

charity · Mar 13, 2017 · 8 min read

Going to prison with Defy Ventures

How a day changed the way I look at prisons

music · Dec 8, 2016 · 1 min read

News that makes me ask myself if I’m in the band Sugar Ray and I just don’t know it yet

Seriously, am I that guy Mark from that band?

Issue 42: A Sven appears in Portland

cyclocross · Dec 5, 2016 · 4 min read

Issue 42: A Sven appears in Portland

It started with selfies on Instagram, Friday night. An old cross racing buddy was pictured standing next to Sven Nys in street clothes…

The one thing I know about DJ Spooky

creativecommons · Oct 29, 2016 · 3 min read

The one thing I know about DJ Spooky

IN FEBRUARY 2002, I joined Creative Commons, and helped launch their first website. We had a party for our public launch in December of…

The NYT buying Wirecutter and Sweethome is so much more amazing than you think

press · Oct 24, 2016 · 5 min read

The NYT buying Wirecutter and Sweethome is so much more amazing than you think

I was happy to read that the New York Times bought Brian Lam’s Wirecutter and Sweethome sites for $30 million today.

The origin story of raccoon

foofery · Oct 21, 2016 · 1 min read

The origin story of raccoon

Yeah, it started with someone finding this funny image of a raccoon looking super helpful, and once shared in #random everyone talked about…

politics · Oct 8, 2016 · 2 min read

Donald Trump and the Central Park Five

Let’s not let this slip through the cracks

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