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Where I Work Now 1 Mar 2012 | 05:41 am
Hello, all. As of February, 2012, I have joined ANIMAL New York as Managing Editor. ANIMAL is an arts and activism, uh, project? that currently revolves around a journalistic web site, as well as gall...
1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame? 6 Mar 2011 | 03:09 pm
My cover story for WIRED magazine about Foxconn, the spate of suicides last year, and what it means for the consumer of the goods these workers make is now online. (The URL still reflects the work-in-...
1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame? 6 Mar 2011 | 10:09 am
My cover story for WIRED magazine about Foxconn, the spate of suicides last year, and what it means for the consumer of the goods these workers make is now online. (The URL still reflects the work-in-...
Wait and See 25 Jan 2011 | 06:59 am
To be honest, at this point I just want to walk away from all this for a while. But I feel like after sending up flares last week to ask for help, the least I can do is tell everyone what I know now. ...
Help 16 Jan 2011 | 06:54 pm
I wrote this yesterday in an email to a friend. Woke to the news that my stepfather has decided he is no longer gay due to a serendipitous encounter with an old pastor at Panera Bread and has returne...
“Forget Apple TV. AirPlay Is Apple’s Sneak Attack On Television” (Gizmodo) 10 Sep 2010 | 07:50 am
A new industry analysis piece on Gizmodo, Forget Apple TV. AirPlay Is Apple’s Sneak Attack On Television: The wild card, as usual, is Apple’s willingness to play nice with non-Apple standards. Since ...
“Wally Wood’s 22 Frames That Always Work” 2 Jul 2010 | 04:15 am
Anne Lukeman took Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work and turned it into a teaching tool for filmmakers. It lends itself especially well to noir.
“From Antivirus to Antibiotics, McAfee Searches for a Last Cure” 2 Jul 2010 | 04:10 am
John McAfee might be his own worst enemy—at least when it comes to the press. When I arrived in Belize, Quorumex staffers were still reeling from what they felt was a hit piece of McAfee in Fast Compa...
Disabled Explorers 15 Apr 2010 | 05:43 am
Another piece on Gizmodo, which is getting less traffic than a reposted XKCD comic. “Disabled Explorers In the World’s Most Badass Short Bus” [Gizmodo]
Raiding Eternity 19 Mar 2010 | 12:04 pm
My latest piece on Gizmodo, which is one of my favorites: “Lots of times the families will go down to Kinko’s,” the funeral director tells me. “They can do a memorial folder thing down there.” Do you...
