Technology Commentary

Posted on 2022-06-14

Apple hasn’t always had refined user experiences in their operating systems. In the distant past of the ’90s they were still kind of clunky computers that were far from the polished, hi…

I am imagining a type of institution that would specialize in long-range research. These institutions (plural) would manage research that had a 25+ year horizon. This might be "pure" basic research with no apparent value within 25 years, as well

The smart home was supposed to make our lives easier, but confusing controls and too many apps are frustrating. There must be a better way.

"When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical." - Jony Ive

Posted on Thursday 9 Jun 2022. 1,120 words, 3 links. By Matt Webb.

Is mobile-first CSS always the best option? Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons of the classic methodology, as well as when other solutions might work better.

This time I'm definitely gonna post more than once!

In 1988, the anthropologist Joseph Tainter published a book called The Collapse of Complex Societies. In it, he described the rise and fall of great civilizations such as the Romans, the Mayans, an…

Guest Post: The IPv4 Unicast Extensions Project seeks to free up 6 to 7% of the IPv4 address space.

All individuals transacting in Bitcoin are within six degrees or fewer of separation from a core group, say researchers.

Fragmentation has put paid to the dream of this OS ever being bigger than Windows

The web is hostile to upstart search engine crawlers, and most websites only allow Google’s crawler.

Front-end, back-end, and full-stack development are distinct software development disciplines. In this post, we break down the three types of developers.

Pondering the way that gaps in Billboard’s music charts have, for decades, created opportunities for bands and artists to maximize their exposure.

The pandemic reshaped modern life in many ways. Over two years later, we still see ongoing shifts to urban centers. With remote and hybrid work here to stay, thriving careers in the tech industry do not depend on living in traditional technology capitals such as San Francisco, Seattle, or New York.

We spend so much of our time online without knowing where we are—or how fragmented we've become. Locating ourselves can help us leave our bubble.

Dynamic charts describe the trends of GitHub repositories in a collection with four metrics（Star, Pull Request, Pull Request Creators, Issue）.

The dream of having a system of any sort that can label or identify what is true, what is fake, what is misinformation, is merely a dream and unattainable. We have no reliable method to know with any certainty what

I wonder if it’s getting easier or harder to be effective in modern times. That is, to be productive and focused and move towards your goals. On one hand, we have endless learning resources at our fingertips thanks to the internet. Nearly every question we can think of has a clear and articulate answer waiting for us on the other side of a google search, and where yahoo answers once held monopoly over the Q&A space online, we now have more mature alternatives like Quora and Stack Overflow.

Instead of expecting someone (e.g., product managers) to tell you which product features to develop, you should be able to tell what are the most critical problems your users or product are facing and find the best solutions that fit into your product and engineering strategy.

Here are three tips that can help any enterprise on their journey to say goodbye to mainframes and legacy systems.

Perhaps rather unexpectedly, on the 14th of March this year the GCC mailing list received an announcement regarding the release of the first ever COBOL front-end for the GCC compiler. For the unini…

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It may be ubiquitous, but Google’s email service can leave a lot to be desired when it comes to looks and functionality.