What’s Not to Like About Facebook’s Content Play?
By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Facebook is in talks with a select set of media companies about the possibility of publishing their original content directly inside the social network’s platform. The New York Times reported on its own involvement in these discussions (very meta), citing the allure of improved access to Facebook’s […]
What You’ll Learn When You Learn to Code
Despite 20 years and counting, in and around digital — including seven or so working inside technology startups — I never learned to code. Sure, there was that one three-day-course my parents enrolled me in during the summer between fifth and sixth grades, but this was way back in the 70s (long before my career […]
We Are the Borg
“We are the borg.” Star Trek fans will recognize the reference immediately as part of the standard warning issued to any alien race about to be assimilated by the collective of cybernetically-enhanced beings known as The Borg. And any routine reader of science fiction with recognize The Borg for what they are: a textbook example […]