The Industry Standard — Beginning and End.Note: Third in a series. First post, second post.4d agoA response icon14d agoA response icon1
Getting Wired: The Launch (1992–93)(continuation of a previous post)Jun 6A response icon2Jun 6A response icon2
Getting The Band Together: A Wired StoryLiving at the cutting edge of technology in the early ’90s required either a magical token forged of copper and silver, or the capacity to…May 30A response icon6May 30A response icon6
A murmuration of Robot BeesThere’s this throwaway conceit in the current season of Black Mirror that keeps tugging at me, and it’s Friday, so I thought I’d think out…May 23May 23
Bad Head.Yesterday I wrote a piece about the AI-driven “white collar recession,” which felt to me like a bunch of bullshit marketing. This morning…May 21A response icon1May 21A response icon1
No, AI Isn’t a Revolution. But the Internet Is.According to scholar Carlota Perez, one of tech’s most revered theorists, society regularly goes through technology-driven “revolutions.”…May 12May 12
Can Google Save Itself? Only If It’s[Second in a series, first post here]May 9A response icon3May 9A response icon3
Google Jujitsu: Stop Fighting the Future and Start Powering ItOver the past 25 or so years, I’ve argued that Google has built a massive database of intentions — the aggregate result of every search…May 7May 7
That DOC Thing — What’s That All About?An old friend asked me what I was up to the other day, and despite two years having passed since I started getting that question (here’s…May 4May 4