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In the Beginning: Aba’s Tale
Not long ago, in a wide valley between tumbled hills, there lived a tribe of a couple dozen creatures. They walked upright on two legs, swinging their arms back and forth at their sides with each pace....
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When we’re all iPeople
Two days ago, I came across this video of Marshall Davis Jones performing his poem “Touchscreen”. It struck me powerfully, both by the vigor of his expression onstage and by the incisiveness of his...
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Speed systems: the next century of transport—part 1
This is the first post in a series of three about the evolution of passenger transport locally, regionally, and globally over the next century. The next two will be published over the coming week....
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Speed systems: the next century of transport—part 2
This is the second post in a series of three about the evolution of passenger transport locally, regionally, and globally over the next century. The first post is here; the third will be published in a...
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Speed systems: the next century of transport—part 3
This is the final post in a series of three exploring the evolution of passenger transport locally, regionally, and globally over the next century. The first post, discussing regional transportation,...
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The Gods’ House
The gods’ house was unguarded. Toima knew this was unthinkable; it was the blood-duty of a single warrior to guard it from sun’s rise to twilight. Yet before her the house stood, a strange and...
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Noisy Books
Some technologies can ruin the very thing they try to improve. I happened across one of these recently. The conquest of e-readers, tablets, laptops, smartphones, and their ilk over the bound and...
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Coconuts
Coconuts Think you that our technology is so impressive? Ponder this: The mightiest ship that mankind has ever sailed across the seven seas is put to shame by the humble coconut. Filed under: The...
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It’s 2014: Welcome to the Future
There’s a buzz in the January air, and it’s the feeling of the future. I noticed something in 2013. For the first time in my experience, there were tangible moments when the future — in all its...
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