Cell phones are boring. They are all rectangles, with touch screens. Every phone is the same. Think outside the box, phone companies.
How to Use a Gym
January 29, 2013 By 5 Comments
Josh Bowman gives some tips for all you gym rats. Etiquette, people. Etiquette.
Is It Lazy to Opt Out of Technology?
December 28, 2012 By 5 Comments
Do you feel like you have to be “plugged in” at all times?
An Email From My Father
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tom Fiffer longs to hear the ping of a new text message or email: the one that would let him know his father got his message and is replying.
Blackmail in the Digital Age
July 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
How would one conduct blackmail in the digital age, in which the idea of an ‘original copy’ is meaningless? Carl Pettit considers this theoretical dilemma.
A Letter to My Nephew Who Is Away at Summer Camp
July 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
Advice from Uncle Sean on drug use, growing up, New York City, and having your heart broken.
Gay Catnip
June 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
A straight Peace Corps Volunteer goes to D.C. Pride as an ally, never guessing at the support that would be reciprocated.
1990: When Mobile Phones Were the Size of Vacuum Cleaners and Stereotypes of Men were Just as Awkward
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We wish we could say we’ve come a long way, but have we?
Dear John: Condoms Pose Barrier for Relationship
May 2, 2012 By 6 Comments
This week Dear John advises about STD fears, cell phones on the road, and unpleasant surprises from exes.
Techno-Dad
April 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
Tom Matlack talks about trying to connect with his kids on a non-electronic level.
Technology: West African Mobile Phones Powering Music Culture
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Burnt Words
September 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
In red ink the letter asked, WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, WILL YOUR SIGNAL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT?
Can You Hear Me Now?
June 8, 2011 By 3 Comments
As the song ends, he launches into a whirlwind spin in the middle of the living room. Spinning and spinning, faster and faster, until…
Guestpost #44: Chas Cook – Ten things I've learned from using mobile phones in Canada
April 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
Note: I don’t know Chas personally, but my understanding is that he’s British. Bio: Chas is an upper middle 40′s musical nutcase brought up on a solid diet of The Clash, Stella Artois, Leeds United, designer football violence, hip shaking dance music and small scale civil disobedience, now ‘jailed’ in Toronto despite numerous failed escape [...]
Going the Way of the Dodo
March 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
Aaron Gouveia imagines all the low-tech things that will be extinct before his son ever knows them. Like rotary phones. And books.
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.