I’m late to the Instagram party (I define late as discovering my first name has already been claimed as a username; if you’re curious I’m grabbed Tylda instead) and I’m hooked. Its simplicity makes discovering images a joy and its community is overwhelmingly positive, lacking the anonymous trolls that usually…
I love the World Cup. I love how nearly every bar and restaurant brags about airing all the games, and seeing which ones attract the die-hard fans. I love the fans’ passion and energy and hearing bursts of cheering from my window even when I’m not watching the game. During…
I was stuck in a traffic jam yesterday while heading back to New York from a wedding in Virginia. We passed a sign in Maryland announcing the last exit until the state line and regretted not taking it when we stopped moving shortly after. Because I had an iPhone, I…
I’ve been trying out Meet Gatsby for a few weeks. Its simple sign-up process asks you to type in a few interests. The service tracks your Foursquare check-ins and sends you a text message if someone with a matching interest recently checked in near you. If you reply to the…
The Poynter Institute’s E-Media Tidbits interviewed New York Times columnist Nick Kristof about technology in the developing world. He observed this about mobile: Cell phones are hugely important for fighting poverty and repression. As I suggested earlier, they raise the costs of massacres, rape, torture, because they make it much…