Archive for the 'Technology' Category


Bird Scooters

Bird Scooters I saw two on my walk to the grocery store. All I had to do was scan the QR code and away I’d go. But I didn’t. They say that California is passe. That it’s too expensive to live here. That we have Blue Stateitis. Used to be California was a paradise, a […]

Jimmy Leaves Apple

There’s only room for one majordomo, and it’s not him. People forget that Jimmy was an independent, a record producer, who ultimately teamed with Ted Field to start a label, i.e. Interscope. And ask someone under thirty if they know who Field is, I doubt it, he’s a footnote, although Ted did have a great […]

The Disinformation Society

Blame it on distribution. This is the year we discovered Facebook and Google were the enemy. We were taught for so long that content was king that we forgot he or she who presents the news is the ultimate arbiter. And what we’ve got is a skewed picture. Meanwhile, the traditional news organizations impacted society […]

You Need A New iPhone

But you’re not gonna buy one. Talk about a tempest in a teapot, Apple tries to save your ass and you’re up in arms about it. That’s right, in order to prevent your old phone from shutting down because of its lame battery Apple is slowing down the OS. If they didn’t do this, you’d […]