Technology

Where does the internet happen?

We’ve long talked about the internet as a single thing — something that can be “broken” by photos of Kim Kardashian for instance — despite it being this complex billion-starred cosmos of niches small and large. Where does this idea of “the internet” live?

January 22, 2022

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Bloated to death

Facebook is borderline unusable. Instagram is heading that way with each passing month. The market demands growth, the news cycle demands change, and an office full of workers need something to do. But remember that things don’t always have to change to improve.

January 20, 2022

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The most revolutionary piece of tech I’ve used since the iPhone

The metaverse is nice and all, but we still exist IRL. The single most revolutionary piece of technology that I have used in the past five years is one that looks a whole lot like something invented over two hundred years ago.

January 16, 2022

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If you ran it again

But there are plenty of great performers that don’t achieve this level of success. Wild success takes both ability and fortune. Luck is an inextricable component of the recipe.

January 6, 2022

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We Gave Everybody an Oculus Quest 2 — Here are Our Notes

2020 being what 2020 was, we couldn’t hold our usual end-of-year team festivities. So, in an age when we’ve all been grounded and isolated, we decided what better team gift than a way for us to explore new worlds, get moving, and connect with loved ones — safely. The solution: gift every member of our team an Oculus Quest 2 for the holidays.

January 14, 2021

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