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The Ephemeral Cloud
I’ve been a proponent of trusting the cloud for a long time, but I’m starting to rethink that trust. “The cloud” is a murky term, but what I mean by it here is: leaving your shit with someone else. Your files, your music, your movies, your everything…if it’s not physically stored somewhere in your home,…
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Ghosts, Everywhere
One thing I love about big cities is the history. This is the view from my hotel room in San Francisco. It’s not much to look at, so I was disappointed for a moment. Then I looked closer at everything that is there, outside my window, and indeed everywhere in San Francisco: layers of history,…
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Laziness Drives Progress
Via Rinspeed I think about autonomous cars a lot. That’s partly because I don’t enjoy driving. However, a lot of people do. Many of those people promise that they will never buy a self-driving vehicle. I propose that laziness will drive that promise right out of them. Today, even people who own cars will occasionally take…
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