I can’t let the ending of “The Umbrella Academy” pass. There are just too many physics problems to ignore. Let me explain.
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2019/04/30/the-broken-physics-of-the-umbrella-academy-finale/
The GIF Survey is complete. In just under a week, 1,457 people gave their answers on how they pronounce the acronym, and their perceptions of the rightness of that pronunciation. I thought th...
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2016/11/08/results-of-the-gif-survey/
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Facebook, in terms of compassionate design decisions.
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2015/10/16/a-more-compassionate-facebook/
Software may be eating the world, but we are shaping it. What we do now — what we build, how we act, what we tolerate — will profoundly influence how society develops over the next ...
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2015/09/02/the-shape-of-things-to-come/
Facebook is emotionally smarter than we give it credit for, though perhaps not as algorithmically smart as it could be.
Emergent patterns are happening entirely outside our control, and we’re not even thinking about the ways we thoughtlessly cede that control.
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2015/05/05/warning-hashflags/
This coming Monday, as has become tradition, a significant fraction of the Twitter user base will send out Star-Wars-themed tweets tagged #maythe4th or #maythefourthbewithyou, because saying the ...
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2015/05/02/time-and-emotion/
Not too long ago, I got Step Nined on Facebook. If that didn’t parse as regular English for you, Step Nine is part of the twelve-step program offered by Alcoholics Anonymous. It states, with ed...
Twice I walked away from a loved one lying in a hospital bed. Twice something went terribly, horribly wrong.
This is what I really want to see a mainstream movie, preferably with stars in the lead roles.
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2013/07/10/if-harry-befriended-sally/
That was the moment when I realized that Google Glass is inevitable.
In which we consider the web, history, and podcasting.
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2012/09/11/the-web-behind/
After the blackout on Wednesday, it seems that the political tides are shifting against SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act. Now prepare for the much longer battle.
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2012/01/20/vigilance-and-victory/
Though I certainly do not support SOPA or the PROTECT IP Act (the complete contrived acronym of PIPA), I will not be blacking out meyerweb. Find out why.
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2012/01/18/standing-in-opposition/
I had planned to spend yesterday goofing off, as is my tradition for the day after I return from a conference and don't have anything immediately pressing on my plate. Instead, I watched and docu...
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2010/11/05/memetic-epidemiology/