Whatever made you think it was your data anyway?
Some people are saddened at the abrupt removal of Google Reader’s sharing tools, and the social history that represented for those who used them. But this is only the latest example of a regular and...
View ArticleArrows of desire
Many allegorical readings of The Hunger Games have been essayed — most recently by no less an intellect than Stanley Fish in the New York Times today. But no one, as far as I’m aware, has understood...
View ArticleKeyboard shortcuts for real life
CTRL-S rescue child SHIFT-CTRL-S rescue child while wearing a certain superhero costume CTRL-A I want everything CTRL-C, CTRL-V become a renowned writer, like Johann Hari or Jonah Lehrer CTRL-Q...
View ArticleSkullduggery
A few of the appreciative commenters on my New Statesman essay about neuroscientism have concluded that popularized neuroscience is “the new phrenology” or “phrenology 2.0″. It didn’t make it into the...
View ArticleThe foodocalypse begins
An extract from my new book, You Aren’t What You Eat, was published in the Guardian; another one at Hazlitt magazine; and another in the Herald. It is out now in the UK & Eire, Australia, and North...
View ArticleIn most continents
According to his bio, the Wall Street Journal writer and professional foodist Bruce Palling has “an intense relationship with food”, and “indulges his passion for fine food and wine in most...
View ArticlePretty badly
In this week’s New Statesman comes more saddening evidence that foodists have trouble understanding any text longer than a menu or a recipe. Self-confessed foodist William Skidelsky’s review of my...
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Against chrome: a manifesto
Recent news suggests an internal war at Apple over its “skeuomorphic” interface designs: making software visually resemble real-world physical objects. I here republish my anti-skeuomorphist manifesto...
View ArticleShoot first, ask questions later
Out now: Trigger Happy 2.0 Why can’t a wargame be anti-war? Why does “gamification” spit on the downtrodden? And why do so many videogames take the form of boring jobs? Investigating the aesthetics,...
View ArticleWho Touched Base In My Thought Shower?
A Treasury of Unbearable Office Jargon Do you hate going forward? Do you shudder when a colleague wants to reach out? Are you disgusted by low-hanging fruit, sick of being on the team, and reluctant...
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