Gigaverse
The gig economy is an entire universe. What is it like working inside of it?
Twitter, Meta, and Blowing the Whistle on Big Tech
Plus: Decades-old security flaws, a wave of startup layoffs, and multiple “thousand-year” rainfalls.
App Release Notes Are Getting Stupid – TechCrunch
"Bug fixes."
"Jam packed full of Super Amazing Things."
"Every 3 weeks, we polish up the Pinterest app to make it faster and better than ever."
"To make our app better for you, we bring updates to the App Store every 2 weeks...Every update of our Facebook app includes improvements for spee…
What is going on with Elon Musk and Twitter?
We have questions.
Why Apple’s iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble
The iPhone maker cultivated iMessage as a must-have blue-bubble texting tool for teens. Android users trigger a just-a-little-less-cool green bubble: “Ew, that’s gross.”
Opinion | Sex Bots, Religion and the Wild World of A.I.
The writer Jeanette Winterson explores the wild world unfolding alongside the rise of artificial intelligence.
Software Crisis 2.0
If you prefer your longer reading in ebook form, this 60 page essay is available as a PDF, EPUB, or MOBI. (MOBI format is entirely untested!)
An essay on our industry's core expertise: failed software projects.
The First Software Crisis Back in the early days of computing, we were, as always, extremely bad at making software. Except it was fine as most computers were practically custom-made to their purpose and only had the power to be able to tackle relatively simple problems.