Shaun GallagherAs newspapers continue decline, obituary rot becomes a threatFor more than a century, local newspapers served as the primary medium through which obituaries were published.Aug 1, 2019Aug 1, 2019
Shaun GallagherImmediate need vs. bigger long-term impactI was reading about a guy in the tech community who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. People with this type of cancer typically…Mar 13, 2019Mar 13, 2019
Shaun GallagherHow my book ended up on “The Big Bang Theory”In the Thursday, March 7, episode of CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” Sheldon discovers a copy of my book Experimenting With Babies: 50 Amazing…Mar 7, 2019Mar 7, 2019
Shaun GallagherIs it hate speech to compare your daughter to a pigeon? Facebook says yes.The other day, I was idly scrolling through my Facebook news feed and saw a post by a buddy of mine. He had uploaded a photo of his…Jul 17, 2018Jul 17, 2018
Shaun GallagherIn defense of children quittingHere’s a little story about how being a quitter turned out to be a really great, healthy decision for me.May 23, 2018May 23, 2018
Shaun GallagherWith no fat left to trim, news orgs should carve off ‘Surfaced News’In this age of ultra-lean journalism, supported mostly by unstable or unsustainable business models, publishers and newsrooms have had to…Nov 9, 2017Nov 9, 2017
Shaun GallagherUse a decorator to conditionally render React componentsHere’s a common pattern that you might notice when developing React components:Aug 17, 20171Aug 17, 20171
Shaun GallagherThe moral case for why we don’t live in a computer simulationIn The Bicentennial Man by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, a robot named Andrew Martin campaigns to be treated as a human. Unlike most…Apr 17, 20173Apr 17, 20173
Shaun GallagherThis low-budget, human-enhanced Echo competitor is made by … Sears?When I first heard about the Kenmore Alfie, an inexpensive “voice-controlled intelligent shopper” made by Sears, I almost laughed.Jul 23, 2016Jul 23, 2016
Shaun GallagherThis silly little gimmick got my friends to share my adLast year, when Parents magazine ran an excerpt of my book in its December issue, I made a promotional image, posted it on Facebook, and…Nov 30, 2015Nov 30, 2015