A Beginner’s Guide to Media Whistleblowing.

The Hunt for the Perfect Sugar.

The quest for a zero-calorie sweetener is getting more urgent—and harder than ever.

Good question.

Why Don’t We Tip Flight Attendants?

Upspin is an experimental project to build a framework for naming and sharing files and other data securely, uniformly, and globally: a global name system of sorts.

It is not a file system, but a set of protocols and reference implementations that can be used to join things like file systems and other storage services to the name space. Performance is not a primary goal. Uniformity and security are.

Yours truly actually went up there. At noon. Without water.

The Masada Mystery – Decoding the ancient tale of mass suicide in the Judaean desert.

Have archaeologists proven the ancient tale of mass suicide in the Judaean desert or twisted science for political end?

Tools for Radicals – A forward-thinking approach to JavaScript Fatigue.

We cannot make this system less complex by adding to it. We cannot patch our way out of this; we need breaking changes.

Discover the mathematician within you with this simple problem.

As educators we are responsible for building as many entry points to understanding and engagement as we can.

Encouraging individual sovereignty and a healthy commons.

Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto outlines his vision for a centralised global colony ruled by the Silicon Valley oligarchy. I say we must do the exact opposite and create a world with individual sovereignty and a healthy commons.

Why Nothing Works Anymore.

The more technology multiplies, the more it amplifies instability. Things already don’t quite do what they claim. The fixes just make things worse. And so, ordinary devices aren’t likely to feel more workable and functional as technology marches forward. If anything, they are likely to become even less so.

The Failed Attempt to Create a Ten Hour Day.