Uber for Uber: 10 Simple Steps to Improve Ride Sharing

There has been an enormous amount of attention and money poured into Uber, but is it possible that the company could be even better? Maybe so. Perhaps we could...

In Defense of the Punditocracy

Michael Arrington. Dave Winer. Tim O’Reilly. Jason Calacanis. Add a few names of your own. Within the navel-gazing little corner of the tech world that...

All Around The Web

There have been a lot of great conversations around and about some of my recent posts; Here are some highlights. My post about Google’s Microsoft Moment seems...

Free Criticism, Science After Data, and Airport Books

When I saw Malcolm Gladwell doggedly dissecting Chris Anderson’s upcoming “ Free: The Future of a Radical Price ” (see Chris’ response here ) my first reaction...

First!

Jay Smooth, “ Please stop calling everyone and their mother ‘The First Rapper’ “: U-Roy may be one of rap’s predecessors, and among the influences that laid the...

Auto-Tune Goes Legit

Dedicated readers will recall me obsessing over and over-analyzing Auto-Tune in pop music earlier this year. It is, then, my pleasure to report that, thanks to...

Your April Fool's Day Joke Continues to Suck

Having been blogging for a few years, I’ve developed a few annual traditions. This one’s a favorite: Warning you off of lame April Fool’s jokes on the web....

Fanboys Are Stupid, But You Are Not

Phew! A warm welcome to my regular readers, now that I’ve had the misfortune of being visited by the worst of the rest of the web’s audience. I should have...

Gawker Reckoning

I’ve had the chance to follow Gawker Media since before it launched, really, and so it’s been interesting to see a couple of items pop up recently about the...

It's a Spectrum!

Ask and you shall receive . Armin Vit delivers one of his inimitable logo critiques for the new MSNBC branding effort. I do have to say I support the use of...

A Temple in Vegas

Sasha Frere-Jones bears witness to Prince’s ageless funk in this week’s New Yorker. As much as I admire Prince’s gifts, it’s Sasha’s job I want.

Winning at What Cost?

Ned Lamont was undoubtedly helped by his supporters’ web efforts in his defeat of Joe Lieberman in yesterday’s primary. Lieberman’s team was especially...