Here, Lemme Snap You Somethin’
What happens when Snapchat becomes a showroom for personal porn? From unsolicited sales pitches to children's safety, I'm asking who's exploiting whom—and who's responsible for the environment.
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10 articles
"Talking" on a TTY
A random thought about TTYs became a journey through telegraphs, telephones, texting, three little dots, and the signals between us. Maybe better communication isn't always about what technology can add.
Taking 10 Seconds
What happens when technology gets faster, but our patience gets shorter? From dial-up to digistressors, Taking 10 Seconds explores glitches, expectations, emotional dials, and what I began noticing when I spent more time in the woods.
What Is (And Isn’t) AI Slop?
AI slop is real. But can you identify it just because AI touched the work? From sewing machines to CNCs, fireflies to 52!, the better question may be how much human thought remains behind the tool.
Circle That Date… Wait, Which One?
From atomic clocks and ancient calendars to Maya cycles, relativity and Mars, humans have found countless ways to measure and organize time. We know what day it is. The more interesting question may be: according to whom?
What Is Time Are Time Zones?
What if everyone on Earth used the same clock? Time zones solved a 19th-century problem brilliantly. But with UTC, modern technology, and a global society, it may be worth asking whether the same moment still needs different names.
The Consumable Human
The ancient agora gave Greeks a place to gather and persuade. The digital agora added something new: the ability to measure us.
Who Owns the Sewer?
Who owns the sewer? Maybe that’s the wrong question. When infrastructure becomes essential, what should communities expect from it?
The Layers We Live In
Over the past century, humanity has transformed the electromagnetic environment from a relatively simple background into a dense, overlapping web of signals.