I was up in Beijing last weekend and came across these machines when I asked for WiFi access at Beijing Capital Airport’s Terminal 3: I had never seen these before, and I travel to Beijing quite frequently. In fact, I didn’t pay much attention to them at all until an…

One of my all-time favourite macOS applications is DEVONthink — a comprehensive, AI-powered database that can save and organize nearly anything. I use it as my primary digital “filing cabinet” because in addition to saving and organizing documents, it also displays files and permits annotation on a huge variety of…

Boeing is in full-on crisis mode following the deadly crashes of two 737 Max 8 aircraft just a few months apart, prompting concern among airline employees and anxiety in passengers concerned about their safety. A (damaging) phrase is already circulating on social media: “If it’s Boeing, I’m not going!” There’s…

As a teenager, I always dreamed of working as a journalist. I loved radio, I loved storytelling, and I loved the idea of being on the front lines to witness and share important moments. I spent years chasing stories and interviewing newsmakers as a radio reporter in my 20s before…

I read a lot of tech blogs and websites, and listen to far too many podcasts, about apps and systems that supposedly enhance our productivity. I worry anything I could write here has already been done before — probably by many. …

When we ran The Nanfang from 2010–2016, we paid very close attention to the experimentation with online news business models. The frequent closures of newspapers, consolidation of advertising revenue at Google and Facebook, and proliferation of new digital publications while legacy ones struggled were consequences of a huge transition in…