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Stifling aggregation

Market domination puts the rest of us in cultural hot water while the big players buy and sell the hot tub.

One year on... what do you think?

I started this newsletter one year ago! Well, more than… but this is the 50th issue so I feel confident I’m definitely past the one year datestamp. I just double checked: it was April 26, 2019. I wish I had something poignant or exciting to say. 50 feels like

Business

At the speed of necessity

Progress has just had a very swift kick toward digital transformation.

Technology

Imagining the soundbar all over again with Sonos Arc

Anyone who knows me knows I'm a Sonos nut. Long time user, over a decade of digging on their various speakers and now there's one in every room of the house.

In the tunnel. Somewhere.

I’m seeing some of my contract workload slow down right now. Some other parts are picking up. And freelance journalism is slooooooow. So overall, it’s not entirely balancing itself out. But I know I’m still far luckier than many. My best guess is that we’re past

Technology

iPhone SE Review: a powerful new iPhone just like your old iPhone

If you want to stick to that familiar, comfortable old physical design, then the iPhone SE will be that next device to cling to for another 5 years to come.

Perfect Visibility

8K TV is a joke. But that means it also points to the fact a 4K TV is likely to be the longest lasting television purchase you'll make since the cathode ray era.

Infowars (good and bad)

Information is on every front line in this crisis: in health management, in overcoming isolation, and in the most unnecessary battle of them all – disinformation.

One day at a time

“How are you?” is too expansive and hard to consider clearly. But “today” is contained and easier to respond to.

Games

Godzilla and friends are coming to Magic: the Gathering

Wizards of the Coast and Toho Co have partnered to bring a special Godzilla series of cards to the next Magic: the Gathering premium card set.