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NYC’s Dollar Bus Network
Every vibrant city has its public transportation woes and homegrown hacks to resolve them. I experienced Mexico City’s Pesero buses when I was directed by a local to jump into passing VW Bus that took me where I wanted to go as long as I didn’t mind dropping off a few other people along the […]
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The week that was
Workers at a Staten Island Amazon fulfillment warehouse voted to unionize, a first for the company. Staff at more than 50 other Amazon warehouses have contacted the organizers to learn how they did it. Amazon’s soon to be released internal employee chat application has apparently been configured to filter or flag messages that contain words […]
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What to do in Oahu?
A friend is headed off to Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands for a week and asked for a couple must-do activities while he’s there. I’ve visited the island several times and here’s my list: Rent a car for your stay. You’ll want to have a car to get around unless you’re staying at a place […]
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The week that was
The FBI is using geo-targeted advertising to recruit disgruntled Russian diplomats at their embassy. A funeral home in Arkansas is being sued after cremating a man who was hoping to be “raptured following the second coming.” Stephen Wilhite, lead engineer on the team that created the GIF, died at the age of 74. Constantly fighting […]
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2020 was an a/b test
One of the more chilling tracks from this year’s SXSW were the sessions about misinformation, specifically political misinformation that derailed our elections. During the first day, I attended a session titled Fact v. Fiction: Fighting Election Disinformation a panel featuring, among others, Chris Krebs, noted cybersecurity expert, and Jena Griswold, former Secretary of State for […]
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Is Meta just Second Life 2.0?
The video above circulated in 2005 when Second Life was the new hotness. As a pioneer in virtual worlds, they attracted buzz from futurists that saw the platform as the next generation of the internet. Companies flocked to the platform, eager to engage with their audience. Reuters opened a bureau and someone made a documentary. […]
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The week that was
Remember that cargo ship that ran blocked the Suez Canal for a week? Maybe they need to give their captains some remedial training as Ever Given’s sister ship, the Ever Forward ran aground off the coast of Maryland. San Francisco, taking a stance against laws limiting a woman’s access to abortion, LGBT discrimination, and voter […]
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The week that was
The war in Ukraine at home and abroad, contraband bologna, and the Brooklyn man lost in the wilderness.
