Somebody's watching you
That's the Panopticon in a nutshell. They may not be watching you, but maybe they are, so you'd better reconsider what you say and do on social media and everywhere else.
View ArticleYou can't manage disruptive technology
One of the most hallowed but overused and misapplied words in the world of technology is "disruption." Everybody says they're looking to embrace the latest "disruptive" technology to change their...
View ArticleThe virtual trends from Comic-Con 2015
The biggest event of the year in San Diego-at least until we get the Super Bowl back (LOL)-is Comic-Con.
View ArticleWrapify pays you to drive your car
The most interesting and exciting startup I've seen in the San Diego area is Wrapify, a tech company with an advertising angle that accentuates individual empowerment.
View ArticleThe Uber-ization of booking bands
One of the most fascinating aspects of evolving technology is the way it continually forces change upon the world, welcome or not, and how humanity and business adapt.
View ArticleNo such thing as off-the-grid
I spent September half-off-the-grid on the Big Island of Hawaii, wanting very much to get away from an increasingly oppressive sense of not only having to be always on, but also not knowing how many...
View ArticleBest of San Diego: Villainous Lair Comics
Previously in the heart of Normal Heights, now on its fringe (3220 Adams Ave.), what Villainous Lair Comics has lost in central location, it has made up in size and, most importantly, maintained in...
View ArticleGo get an ad blocker. Now.
Call me Judas. I spent the past 15-plus years of my life either working in advertising and marketing or covering it, and I’m here to tell you the single best thing you can do right now to impro
View ArticleOn the brink of altering human DNA
Not long after starting this tech column gig, I was talking to a bunch of people around town about Internet security, how bad it is, masking your ISP and whether it's even worth it, and other tasty...
View ArticleBlack Friday, R.I.P.
In the same way video killed the radio star and digital cameras punk'd Polaroid and Kodak, technology and societal trends are well into the process of making Black Friday their latest blood red victim,...
View ArticleCollateral damage in the Uber/Lyft war
When I need a ride-share service, I've been loath to use Uber since November of last year, when one of its senior executives arrogantly told a few journalists the company was considering hiring...
View ArticleCES: Are we there yet?
I write this desperate missive from the front passenger seat of a ridiculously plush oversized rental SUV, trapped in stagnant bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 10th floor of the Venetian Hotel and
View ArticleSuper Sunday: last gasps of dying TV business model
As we move into Super Bowl week—Denver Broncos over the Carolina Panthers, you can take that to the bank or your bookie—it's worth considering how much the future of television hinges on football, most...
View ArticleApple vs. FBI: Trust no one?
So where do you come down on Apple giving away the keys to its kingdom (and your smartphone) to the FBI, in order crack a terrorist's iPhone?
View ArticleThe rocky road toward accurate vote counts
Crazy election season so far, right? But what if I told you that maybe, just maybe, in this age of computerized voting, your vote might not even count? Or get counted? Or get counted for the wrong person?
View ArticleWhat we didn’t learn from previous bubbles
In our electronics-inspired ADD world, it's become increasingly tough for me to finish a book; I get distracted by a screen and it goes by the wayside after 150 (or 15) pages. But I tore through...
View ArticleSo you could do better than Trump or Clinton?
“Road to 1600” makes players build a team of advisors. If the 2016 presidential election increasingly looks like a bizarre theatrical game to you, well, at least one local entrepreneur wants
View ArticleBroken narratives and brainwashed confusion
Over the past couple weeks, it's seemed to me that the online war to control the conversation—at best influence and at worst manipulate, the minds of Americans—has gone DEFCON 3.
View ArticleTechnology and memory down the rabbit hole
The Mandela Effect is a term created in 2010, recently enough that it's not ingrained in the language and fascinating to explore because its sudden Snopes appearance shows there is a battle waging to...
View ArticleThere will be blood
Things are getting stranger by the day, sometimes by the hour, on the fringes of technology, and no will blame you if you can't keep up or don't want to.
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