Me and Mister Rogers
There’s not much I can say about Fred Rogers himself that others haven’t written more eloquently. But it’s true what they say: his real-life personality was very similar to the one he projected for the TV audience.
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My favorite Black Friday tradition? Complaining about Black Friday.
A few years ago, I surrendered any right to sneer at Black Friday shoppers; I became one of them.
Detecting CTE—before it’s too late
Football is irredeemably brutal. A new test may help us confront that fact.
Why Apple’s retail stores make me nervous
I grew up shopping in dingy, cavernous, fluorescent-lit warehouses. But Apple outlets resemble high-end, big-city fashion boutiques, more than they do the Rust Belt K-Marts of my youth.
Conspicuous consumption and the iPhone X
A device as expensive as the iPhone X serves as a negative status symbol among our friends and family.
My media consumption habits vs. the average American’s
How do your media habits compare to the average American's?
Read-It-Never: Instapaper and therapeutic self-delusion
Clicking ‘read later’ isn’t about bookmarking great content. Rather, it’s my way of ignoring how little great content I actually read.
iPhone X and the Apple “access economy”
The "Apple access economy" incentivizes problematic journalism.
iPhone X and hidden fiddly bits
Some future iPhone will inevitably ditch all ports and buttons, leaving only the screen accessible to the end user. It will be beautiful, glossy—and permanently sealed
I’m a bad Uber rider
Why had Uber drivers given me bad ratings? I had thought I was a model rider.