technology
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Resonant Thoughts: Tim Berners-Lee’s “This Is for Everyone” (2025)
“What I was beginning to see was that information was meaningless in isolation. Instead, what truly mattered was the relationship between one piece of information and the next. Context…” (59). “What you wanted, instead, was to encourage new and unexpected relationships between pieces of information to flourish. And, to do that, you had to let Continue reading
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Art As Search
(Rembrandt, A Scholar in his Study, c. 1640s) In 1998, when Google introduced their proprietary Internet search engine, the definition of the word search shifted. Searching had long been a laborious process of seeking carefully and thoroughly for information and insight on a topic. It took a lot work, usually by an individual with a Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Samuel Arbesman’s “The Magic of Code” (2025)
“Enchantment and the belief in nonsense never disappeared in our modern scientific age. Similarly, the worlds of enchantment—or really, wonder—and disenchantment have existed alongside each other in the realm of computing. The utilitarian road of staid and corporate coding has always run beside the path walked by those delighted by the marvels of these machines, Continue reading
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On Shameless Plugs: Evernote
For a long time I used the yellow note pad app on my Apple phone to write these blog posts. But every once in a while I deleted notes accidentally. The problem: that little trash can icon is right next door to the email icon! Touch the trash by mistake and your note is gone–without Continue reading
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