Don’t get fooled by novelty disguised as utility.

A Galaxy Z Flip unfolding into hundreds of sections

Last month on The Verge, Allison Johnson reviewed Samsung’s latest flip phone, the Galaxy Z Flip 5. Since the reintroduction of the flip phone category a few years ago by companies like Motorola and Samsung (Samsung’s first Galaxy Z debuted in 2020), I have yet to see a compelling use case for this form factor. […]

Hockney

iPad drawing, Untitled 104 by David Hockney, 2010

David Hockney is an artist who continues to stay vigilant about his art. This dude is 85 years old and he’s promoting a new book of his drawing he made on his iPhone and iPad: In 2009 Hockney began “drawing” this view on his iPhone (above), with just his thumb. “There was great advantage in […]

Metavigilance

VR headgear in a world of garbage

I’m being vigilant at how bullshit Meta’s Metaverse is. I’m not talking about Fortnite’s metaverse, or Roblox’s metaverse, or all the other metaverses in existence. I knew how bullshit Meta’s version of the metaverse was before I watched RTGame’s video, “I Played Facebook’s VR Metaverse so you never have to”, but if want to see […]