Technology has advanced past the point where I can listen to music at the gym. Earlier this week, one of the new JLab Bluetooth headphones I ordered about 6 weeks ago stopped working and started blasting me with static, mid-jog, for the 3rd time in as many gym trips. I’d tried re-pairing, discharging and charging,…
Editorial note: I originally wrote this post over on the Hit Subscribe blog. Second editorial note: I’ve got a new theme! It was kind of forced on me by needing to upgrade the old PHP version and the old theme having long since stopped being up to date. I tried to pick something minimalist and…
I have a complex relationship with generative AI. On the one hand, I use it constantly and find it to be a godsend for some formerly laborious stuff. I’ll never visit another recipe site, comb through some dusty gadget troubleshooting site, or write boilerplate code by hand as long as I live. Read through terms…
About 6 months ago, I teased a series on the idea of facadeware, largely starring our lemon of a Grand Cherokee, but speaking more broadly to a problem with how we’re developing technology. Specifically, I defined this concept as: Facadeware: superficially advanced gadgetry with an actual net-negative value proposition. I’d like to start unpacking that…
I haven’t forgotten about my promise to discuss the concept of facadeware. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune continue their assault on me as I navigate, among other things, two relocations in two months. I want to write the series, and I plan to write the series, but I’ve been busy. Nonetheless, thanks to…
