Month: October 2017

Jason Kottke: In five years, Casper will probably have dozens of retail stores and 10 different kinds of mattress at different price points — they already have more than a dozen stores and 3 models ranging from $600 to $1850 — just like the companies they are trying to replace. Their origin story won’t matter…VC-fueled […]

A new travel dress shirt, which has the makings of something many people will love for everyday.

Mike Monteiro: Twitter would have you believe that it’s a beacon of free speech. Biz Stone would have you believe that inaction is principle. I would ask you to consider the voices that have been silenced. The voices that have disappeared from Twitter because of the hatred and the abuse. Those voices aren’t free. Those […]

Speaking of security, it looks like WPA2 WiFi security is totally fucked. This will likely need patches on your OS and routers. What a fucking mess.

Caleb Chen: American telcos like AT&T and Verizon sell your personal information: home address, phone number, and cell phone contract details, possibly even down to your current longitude and latitude, to anyone with your mobile IP address. This means that when you use your mobile to browse the internet, each of the sites you visit […]

NAS systems, cell radios, and FaceID.

This is a fascinating read and shows the true dangers of networks like Facebook, and Twitter as well. What’s most interesting, and most dangerous is that these networks themselves don’t know how they impact the world until well after the fact.

At its core, Medium has two good things going for it: Design, it’s phenomenal and well considered. Desire to be better. They know what they want to achieve. The problem with Medium is that they have no fucking clue how to actually accomplish the second thing, and so they quickly erode the trust of writers. […]

A great organizational panel for packs with little to no organization built in.

Files, clipboard manager things, and home screen decisions.

Daniel Kreiss and Shannon McGregor, reporting on another side of Facebook, Google, and Twitter during the elections: For example, these firms offer an extensive array of campaign services — including advising campaigns on everything from the content of ads and other communications to the specific groups they might benefit most from targeting, and how best […]

A versatile, packable, backpack for carrying stuff.

Taking a look at some iPad history, and I share my current iPad home screens, prepare to be underwhelmed by them.

Zeynep Tufekci: In a largely automated platform like Facebook, what matters most is not the political beliefs of the employees but the structures, algorithms and incentives they set up, as well as what oversight, if any, they employ to guard against deception, misinformation and illegitimate meddling. And the unfortunate truth is that by design, business […]