Essays about tech, media, art and how they impact us.
About a month ago, I went through what I can only describe as a slump. I wasn't depressed. Not sad about any specific event. But I struggled to find motivation for anything. My job was taking up most of my productive energy. I was just keeping InboxReads in
One definition of cognitive dissonance is a feeling derived from holding two contradictory beliefs at the same time. It's a discomfort arising from the inconsistency, the logical gap in reality. I feel it now between my internal interpretation of an experience vs how others interpreted that same experience.
In the past few years I've been thinking a lot about curses. How do we keep repeating these cycles of choosing hatred of others instead of our own interests? And all my thoughts have led back to the original sin of the West that's never been atoned for. Racism.
Working in tech, you're bombarded by people with crazy goals and promises to change the world. Oftentimes, it's hard to tell if they're being delusional or just lying. But that attitude is what attracted me to this field. The premise of aiming as high
Typically, I take a sceptical look at tech and the trends of the day, but there are several areas I feel very optimistic about. While the modern tech industry deserves all the scepticism it receives (and likely more), there are a lot of areas companies are pursuing that truly have
After Meta revealed their new Ray Ban Displays I've been further convinced that smart glasses will be the next device category to become a part of our daily life. The tech industry has been in search of the next platform for a long time, and every attempt has
About a year ago, I decided to stop posting on Instagram. For years, it had been the only social media app I regularly shared anything from my life. Every trip, every concert, every notable event. It was nice to feel connected to friends who now lived far away, and we
In the past, I've been negative about the prospects of the world moving to decentralised social media platforms. The average person doesn't care if their data is being misused or locked in. Not enough to leave at least, they just want to have a good time.
The Kendrick Lamar halftime show reminded me of the importance of authenticity. Going into it, I expected a lot of compromises. I expected him to lean into his biggest hits and more melodic songs. Instead, he did the most authentic performance I've ever seen. It was political. It
It feels like the right time to move on from Twitter. For a long time, Twitter was my favourite social network. It felt like the beating heart of the internet. Whenever something happens, you can go to Twitter to find expert opinions alongside memes. It wasn't a social
I always get this question and a curious look when I explain that I'm building a project for email newsletters. "Those annoying emails?" is what I think most people are thinking. Newsletters do have a bad reputation due to being classed with shitty marketing so the
2024 has been a year of pretty much no growth for my main project, InboxReads. I did start the year with lofty ambitions but those have failed to materialise. Yet I'm still optimistic about the project. Learning my market I started the year thinking I knew what the
It seems that major tech companies are placing two major bets on the "next platform:" Artificial Intelligence and Augmented/Virtual Reality. Meta has dabbled in AI, but it's poured a ton of money into AR and VR in the past decade. They've been tackling
The following tweet might easily be one of the most unintentionally dystopian posts I've seen. At first, it seems fine. Changes to APIs on iOS can harm the app ecosystem and what's possible for developers. But this part sticks out. Have you seen it yet? a
For a long stretch of human history, meritocracy would have been a foreign concept. People were born into positions and no one expected to be in a different position at the end of their lives. The promise of meritocracy must have been intoxicating for the masses when it became a