Marketing at the Limits of Language

It’s a strange kind of language, all modifiers bleached lifeless by cliché, employing the most grandiose terms (‘discover,’ ‘transformational,’ ‘revolution’) … More

Dear Data

David Silverberg on a data-visualization memoir called Dear Data by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec. It’s not necessary to be acquainted with … More

New LA Times Site and Your Next Newspaper

The new LA Times website went live today at 2 AM Chicago time. I managed the project team that built … More

The Hidden Biases in Big Data

Everybody is in love with big data, dreaming that if only the data points were all connected some sort of … More

Guardian Goggles

Here's a clever take on the Orwellian possibilities of Google Glasses. Guardian Goggles: because life's too short to think for … More

Companies Over Countries

In this article on Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, a former Facebook speechwriter reveals how the company regards itself: “Companies over … More

Facebook Friends Frank Gehry

Facebook has hired Frank Gehry to design an addition to their Menlo Park corporate campus. The new facility will house … More

Steve Jobs and the Humanities

Everybody in my usual data streams is trying to assess what we lost when Steve Jobs died. Here’s what I … More

The (Non) Aesthetics of Data

Data centers are among the most important structures in the Internet age, and the least interesting to look at. Routers … More

City of Apple

The first images hit the Internet in early June. In what was surely the most famous Cupertino city council meeting … More