Hope and rapture on West Broadway

 We were just outside the Marriott on the edge of downtown when the conference doors opened.…

Stop blaming the tech industry for the world’s problems

 Everything we do is terrible, says the trope. We’re oppressive. We’re exploitative. We’re sexist, racist, classist.…

Waiting for the new new thing

 The smartphone wars are over, and everybody won. Life without our phones is almost unthinkable. I…

Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the world’s most expensive cities?

 Politicians and economists lament that certain alpha regions — SF, LA, NYC, Boston, Toronto, London, Paris…

Sex and Gor and open source

 A few weeks ago, Dries Buytaert, founder of the popular open-source CMS Drupal, asked Larry Garfield,…

Transnational socialism vs. Transnational Socialism

 “Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel … I declare the…

Bittercoin: true blockchain believers vs. the trough of disillusionment

 The last 12 months have seemed an annus horribilis in the cryptocurrency world. The Bitcoin community…

Hollywood producers and executives: what do they know? Do they know things? Let’s find out!

 Did you watch the Oscars? Did you care about the Oscars? Statistically, if you’re American, you…