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Jan 10

With COVID, the odds are never in your favor

I went to CES and all I brought back was COVID — Three years into the pandemic, I was feeling, if not invincible, then at least a kind of anomaly. I’d never had COVID and began to think that maybe I never would. Granted, I took precautions throughout the years, steering clear of crowds, wearing masks in public, the office, and on…

Technology

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With COVID, the odds are never in your favor
With COVID, the odds are never in your favor
Technology

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Aug 28, 2022

Medium Rare

Where is this platform going without me? — Beginnings are hard. Endings are harder. It’s been a seven-year ride with Medium. That’s as long as I was with Mashable and just a few years less than I spent with PCMag (the second time). …

Technology

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Medium Rare
Medium Rare
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Aug 26, 2022

I Don’t Want Your AI Artist

Bad art doesn’t have to be real — Artificial intelligence is being increasingly assigned not to just the mundane tasks we no longer want to do but to the inspiring and creative pursuits once the sole purview of the human species. And it’s not going well. Recently, I read about Capitol Records signing a new rapper, FN Meka…

AI

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I Don’t Want Your AI Artist
I Don’t Want Your AI Artist
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Aug 21, 2022

The 5 Stages of a Social Media Break

I think I need it a little too much — It wasn’t a plan, but for more than a week, I’ve been almost entirely off social media. The sum of my posts was four: Two on TikTok to show off new Samsung gadgets, two on Instagram to, first, share one of the best pieces of French toast I’ve ever had…

Social Media

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The 5 Stages of a Social Media Break
The 5 Stages of a Social Media Break
Social Media

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Aug 7, 2022

A Lesson in the Dangers of Blindly Trusting Technology

My lawn has a tale to tell — Half my lawn is dead, and I blame technology, though I should also blame myself. Years ago, I replaced my manual sprinkler system controls with a Rachio Smart Sprinkler control system. Whereas the original system — supplied by my sprinkler guy — was an analog setup where I used sliders…

Technology

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A Lesson in the Dangers of Blindly Trusting Technology
A Lesson in the Dangers of Blindly Trusting Technology
Technology

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Jul 31, 2022

Tech Nostalgia Matters Because it’s the History of Us

We can retire technology but not the memories of 40 years of computing — It doesn’t matter if you’ve been using computers for five or forty years, there’s an impulse to cherish the technology of your youth. Millennials, for instance, wax rhapsodic over AIM, Myspace, and their Nokia and Sidekick phones. Gen Xers corner you to tell tales of their first bulky Toshiba laptop…

Technology

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Tech Nostalgia Matters Because it’s the History of Us
Tech Nostalgia Matters Because it’s the History of Us
Technology

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Jul 24, 2022

What Apple Giveth, it Taketh Away

One small change turns the app world upside-down — These are difficult days for most established social media platforms. A rough economy is strangling their biggest source of revenue: advertising. Even before the not-quite-a-recession of 2022, Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook have been citing another villain in their efforts to stay in the green: Apple. When Apple launched its App…

Apple

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What Apple Giveth, it Taketh Away
What Apple Giveth, it Taketh Away
Apple

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Jul 17, 2022

Amazon rules the retail universe because we let it

There are few buying decisions it doesn’t influence — After almost 30 years of operation, my trusty Emerson Quiet Cool dehumidifier was doing performative art, running but not actually sucking moisture out of the air. It was time to buy a new one. We have an appliance store less than a mile away from my home, which is why…

Amazon

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Amazon rules the retail universe because we let it
Amazon rules the retail universe because we let it
Amazon

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Jul 10, 2022

Can We Trust TikTok?

Sometimes I worry TikTok lied to us — I want to trust TikTok, the wildly popular social media platform that’s put every other platform on notice. But do I want to trust it because I like it so much? Back when the Trump administration sought to ban TikTok, I wrote a vehement defense, much of it based on…

Social Media

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Can We Trust TikTok?
Can We Trust TikTok?
Social Media

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Jun 27, 2022

Time to Lock Down Your Digital Privacy

Privacy is an assumption we can no longer afford — I’ve been wrong. Whenever someone told me they were concerned about tech companies reading their emails or someone surreptitiously slipping into their Wi-Fi connection, I told them that no one was all that interested in what they, specifically, were doing. Call me Pollyanna. Recent events remind me that personal privacy…

Technology

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Time to Lock Down Your Digital Privacy
Time to Lock Down Your Digital Privacy
Technology

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