Windows 10 + Surface Pro 3: The Power Couple
I'm using a Surface Pro 3 for grad school and website testing at work. While it's been fun finding all the Windows programs I used to run, what's not fun is that most of them look the same ten years later. I do find the combination of OneNote and the pen a formidable...
How to Create WordPress eCommerce Store With Shopify
I've done enough ecommerce sites with Wordpress to recommend using Squarespace. However, if I had to use Wordpress to build an online store, I would use Shopify. Source: WP...
Getting in Shape Using Technology and Motivation
I have an off-again on-again relationship with diets and exercise. I’m one of those people that needs a while to build momentum exercising and then I’m great until a life event happens. That life event was moving from NYC to New Haven, CT and commuting two...
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War
When a techno-thriller is featured in The Economist and IO9 of all places, maybe I should look into reading it, especially when it's compared to Red Storm Rising....
75% Of Ikea’s Catalog Is Computer Generated Imagery
Ikea's first CG photo was a Bertil pinewood chair in 2006. By 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported that 25% of their products were CG. Today, that figure has ballooned to 75%. It's amazing how quickly technology can upend traditional ways of doing things. When you...
Encryption “would not have helped” at OPM, says DHS official
A consultant who did some work with a company contracted by OPM to manage personnel records for a number of agencies told Ars that he found the Unix systems administrator for the project "was in Argentina and his co-worker was physically located in the [People's...
Paul Boag on the Future of Web Development for Agencies
A major source of time suck and margin erosion is sysadmin work, according to Boag. He was pretty adamant on this: “Drop sysadmin like a bad habit. It’s the kiss of death—dealing with security updates, patches, server administration. Salaries are high these days, and...
A Look at Hudson Yards
The image above is a schematic of the under construction Hudson Yards project on the west side of Manhattan. The sheer audacity of building on top of an existing rail yard makes for a different narrative that the United States can't get anything of note done anymore....
Winkreative Design Stories
Winkreative is the creative arm of Tyler Brule's media enterprises (Monocle magazine) and I've long admired their web design and branding work. I purchased the immaculately designed and bound hardcover at the Monocle store in Manhattan and it's worth every dollar....
How Google Finally Got Design
It would have been crazy to say just a few years ago. But today, Google produces better-designed software than any other tech behemoth. If you don’t believe that, then set down your Apple-flavored Kool-Aid. Take a cleansing breath, open your mind, and compare Android...