Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, Ubiquity, and Goldfish Crackers
Comics without covers As I kid, I read a bunch of comic books. Actually, scratch that. I had a collection of a few dozen comic books, but I just read them over and over again. None of them had covers. And it’s not because I was a destructive child.
Timelessness and Parenting On The Pastry Box
There’s an interesting website I’ve been reading for a little while called “The Pastry Box.” It’s an assembly of essays, squibs, and reflections that started with a web/tech/design focus that has evolved substantially from there. I was honored they published my piece “The timelessness of parenting” on their site today. It mentions Twitter and an app that I really like. But it’s really not about tech at all–or perhaps it’s about tech in the way that it is conspicuously about the ways that I am trying to limit it (and how my kids are helping). I hope you enjoy it. I was Read more…
The iPhone
My last two letters sent via TinyLetter touch on many topics–from chess to the 1939 World’s Fair to transistors on a computer chip. But they actually go together quite well because they both are about the iPhone in one way or another. How we make calls, how the phones stack up against old computers from the 90s. I will confess that I’m biased, but I think they are both good balances between informative and interesting. Here’s the letter called “Long-Distance” and the second letter called “50x.” Worth checking out for both the history and future of technology. And, of course, you could read them Read more…
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