Talking-point pen

October 09 2 Comments Category: Culture, Personal, Technology

I spend most of my time at my computer. And now that I have push email on my phone, it’s like I’m carrying around a baby monitor, constantly listening out for the gurgling of an inbox or the wailing of an unread RSS reader.
So it felt very strange indeed to shut down my computer, as [...]

Knowing meme, knowing you

November 20 2 Comments Category: Technology

Quick question, pop quiz fans: What do I have in common with Rick Astley, Snakes on a Plane and a golf club-wielding fat kid? No, it’s not that we’d be terrible company on a long-haul flight (I may look like a terrorist in all my hirsuteness, but I couldn’t hijack a second bag of peanuts).
The [...]