Founding editor @capiche. Writer. Amateur photographer. Information architect. Older work: @zapier, @AppStorm. Personal blog: @techinch.
When Jiro dreams of sushi, you’d hardly imagine him slicing sashimi with an ordinary, dull knife. Nor would you expect Usain Bolt to cross the finish line in shoes you could pick up at an outlet, the London Symphony Orchestra to grab the cheapest violins at the local music store, or Ford to take on…
There was a question in Jason Fried's AMA about what he'd work on if he had unlimited time and resources—and he replied that he'd keep working on what he already does, with his team's focus on…
The problems with email were there from the beginning.
You’d be reading documentation, see something to improve, and wish you could tell the author.
For MIT’s programming staff in 1965, that idea led to the invention of email. “A new command should be written to allow a user to send a private…
Saw this tweet that @patio11 had shared, and it made me wonder: What software can you purchase at your company and either pay on a company card or expense without needing to get permission? And what…
Apple's adding privacy data on apps to the App Store, to let you know what they track. Google's adding granular permissions, so you don't have to give apps everything they ask for. Brave browser's…
Wake up with a great idea for a new widget. Build it, set up a table in front of your house, and sell it for $10 cash.
You just made $10. Pretty good deal.
So you expand your business, start a Shopify store, and sell online. Shopify charges 2% of your sale price, along with another 2.9% + 30¢…
