It’s a familiar lament: why can’t media companies harness and encourage the creative energy of millions of fans of its hit shows and books, instead of blasting these people with “cease and desist” letters when they choose express their love … Continue reading
What’s the most important app on my phone? Oh, that’s easy: Waze. “Navigation” isn’t necessarily my most important kind of app, I should say. But of all of the dozen or so apps on my phone that I consider to … Continue reading
Add songwriter Jonathan Coulton and author Greg Pak to the growing list of Kickstarter creative success stories. “Code Monkey Save World,” a comic book based on characters and scenes found in some of the independent folk-rock god’s most popular songs, … Continue reading
It’s the circle of mobile product development life. (Feel free to sing along.) A company comes up with a new way of interacting with phones and mobile apps, and it’s a huge success. Users take to it so completely that … Continue reading
One of my favorite restaurants in the Boston area is a deli that serves a style a cuisine which they do not refer to as “Jewish soul food.” But they definitely should. When you open the menu and scan the … Continue reading
About 20 minutes ago, I learned that Roger had passed away. I’ve lost one of my favorite writers of all time. I’ve lost one of my most trusted, respected, and generous advisors on all subjects that could possibly matter to … Continue reading
Facebook’s huge success is also part of its biggest problem. It’s always been best-appreciated as a conduit that keeps all kinds of far-flung relationships together. If you’ve seen your sister’s half-marathon finisher’s medal from a race that happened last weekend … Continue reading
There’s just one cathode-ray holdout left in my household roster of televisions. My bedroom dresser acts as a beefy stand to the 27″ Sony that I bought fifteen years ago and which still — damn it — works perfectly fine. … Continue reading
I’ve been using the BlackBerry Z10 for a couple of weeks now. My reaction is closer to what I had with the first Android phones. I’m having a lot of “Gee, I wish my phone had this feature” moments, but … Continue reading