What a Wired.com editor does.
I’ll be a guest speaker at Racepoint Group, a PR firm, during the lunch hour today. I’ll be talking about […]
Field Notes
Scratch Lowers Resistance to Programming
A new language from MIT’s Media Lab makes it easy for kids to develop programs that interact with things in the real world: Pencils, paper, water, and even vegetables.
Field Notes
Online journalism and the First amendment.
I’m speaking tonight at the Green Arcade in San Francisco (1680 Market St. @ Gough, 7pm) together with Karl Olson,
Wired
Unix Lovers to Party Like It’s 1234567890
Unix weenies everywhere will be partying like it’s 1234567890 this Friday. That’s because, at precisely 3:31:30 p.m. Pacific time on
Field Notes
Tiny exoplanet.
Sometimes words or phrases are so fetching that I just can’t get them out of my head without finding a
Wired
Jan. 26, 1983: Spreadsheets as Easy as 1-2-3
1983: Lotus Development Corporation begins selling its spreadsheet application for Microsoft DOS, called 1-2-3. 1-2-3 was not the first spreadsheet
Field Notes
Gadget Lab 2007-2008.
Here’s a snapshot of what I’ve been working on the past two years. Page views on Wired’s Gadget Lab blog,
Wired
12 Good Gadgets for Hard Times
An economic crisis changes the way you think about gadgets. Is a $400 game console bundle really what you want
Field Notes
Unwarranted optimism about the publishing industry.
I’m quoted in Folio magazine’s annual survey of editors and publishers, making an uncharacteristically wild-eyed prediction about how great things
Wired
Silicon Valley Conference Aims to Raise Planetary IQ
Forty years ago Tuesday, a Silicon Valley engineer named Douglas Engelbart made a presentation so influential that computer scientists now