This site started as a blog in 2008 and ran through 2015 — commentary on technology, culture, the agency world, and whatever else was on my mind. The posts are all still here at their original URLs.
Greatest Hits
Nokia N95 or Apple iPhone? (October 2007)
Six months after the iPhone launch, a hands-on comparison of the two devices that defined the smartphone era. The creation vs. consumption argument, carrier lock-in, the open/closed platform debate — all of it, from someone carrying both daily.
iPad Offers a Clean Slate (January 2010)
Same-day analysis of the iPad reveal. Not a shrunken laptop — an evolved phone. Written before the press consensus formed.
The Future of Payments and Loyalty Is Here Now (November 2014)
A field report from Disney World’s MagicBand rollout, written the week Apple Pay launched. Frictionless payments work when the whole experience is owned end-to-end.
All the News That’s Fit for Whatever You Want and Wherever You Are (November 2006)
The newspaper industry’s forced reinvention into hyper-local, multi-platform, user-generated news. Written while Gannett was making its digital-first bet — anticipates the full arc of local news disruption.
Web Video War is Facebook’s to Lose (February 2009)
When consumer HD video first became accessible, a comparison of every platform available. The prediction that Facebook wins because social graph beats platform quality was early and correct.
Our Ambient Glanceable Future Is Arriving Now (March 2013)
Post-SXSW, after Google Glass demos and the Quantified Self meetup. Connects smartwatches, wearables, and ambient computing into a thesis that described the Apple Watch paradigm before Apple announced it.
MCX Highlights Merchant Ignorance (October 2014)
A takedown of the retailer consortium trying to block Apple Pay by asking consumers to take a step backward. MCX collapsed within two years.
Defending Liberal Arts (April 2014)
The rare personal essay. A Comparative Literature degree, critical thinking, synthesis — the real professional skills that compound over a career.
The iPhone’s Closed but No One Seems to Mind (June 2009)
A clear-eyed critique of Apple’s walled garden at the iPhone 3GS launch, naming the specific capabilities the platform refused to support.
When Are iTunes and the iPhone Going to Grow Up? (June 2009)
A meticulous catalog of what Apple deliberately chose to disable — compared against Palm and S60 capabilities from a decade earlier.
Full Archive
The rest of the archive is browsable by date. 219 pages of posts spanning 2002–2015 — technology observations, agency life, gadget reviews, and whatever else was on my mind at the time.