The Oatmeal Strikes Again
This is another great cartoon from The Oatmeal and exactly describes my relationship to email every day. Click through to see the whole thing at his site.Filed under: cartoon Tagged: cartoon, email,...
View ArticleThe Case for Slow Programming
Originally posted on Nature...Brain...Language...Technology...Design: My dad used to say, “Slow down, son. You’ll get the job done faster.” I’ve worked in many high-tech startup companies in the San...
View ArticleFBI Official: Malware in Sony Attack Would Have Gotten Past 90% Of...
Steve Banfield:…and 100% of Sony’s apparently non-existent defenses. Originally posted on Variety: An FBI official underscored the unprecedented nature of the hacking attack on Sony Pictures...
View ArticleTop Google Play Songs, Movies and Apps for 2014
Which ones do you have?Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: android, google, infographics
View ArticleDisappointed
I found out yesterday that the three people, two men who were formerly members of the Seattle Fire Department and one woman, were found not guilty in the assault on a homeless man in Pioneer Square....
View ArticleBeware: Downloading the hacked Sony Pictures docs could bring the feds to...
Steve Banfield:Which is one of the challenges for those of us who believe our data is included in the breach — can we legally go look for our own private information to protect ourselves if doing so...
View ArticleMy Mobile App-etite
End of the year means it’s time to do another mobile tech experiment on myself. Instead of going laptop-less/tablet-only as I did a couple of years ago, I’m going to track the number of times a day I...
View ArticleSony Hack: A Timeline, So Far
Steve Banfield:I’ll be posting my take on whether or not the emails and business information should be fair game for journalists soon, but here’s Sony’s sad, sad timeline. This thing has gone on for...
View ArticleExclusive: 29 Instagrams That Defined the World in 2014
Originally posted on TIME: As Instagram hit a milestone this month, with its number of monthly active users ballooning to 300 million, TIME, in association with the photo-sharing app, takes a look...
View ArticleSony Hit With Class Action Lawsuit by Ex-Employees
Steve Banfield:It was only a matter of time. I’ve already been approached by another colleague who is working with a different firm. Originally posted on Variety: Sony Pictures Entertainment has been...
View ArticleSomeone at Sony actually thought this was a good idea
Steve Banfield:Someone in Tokyo has been working on this for years and will push this out to be demonstrated at CES if for no other reason but to justify the existence of their R&D group. Sony used...
View ArticleSony Should Stream The Interview — Now
Steve Banfield:There’s a long distance between “should” and “will”. Originally posted on TIME: The hacking of Sony and the threats against theaters planning to screen The Interview is arguably...
View ArticleRepost: Why The Interview Release Debate Explains Everything Wrong with Sony
(reposting this from Medium) There are a lot of posts (here, here, here are a few examples) in the last day about whether or not Sony Pictures might seize the day in the midst of their current hacking...
View ArticleMy First Post on Medium
I have wanted to try out Medium as a publishing platform for some time, but couldn’t find the right topic. Tonight I did with a post titled “Why The Interview Release Debate Explains Everything Wrong...
View ArticleAndroid Users Can Now Get On-Demand Therapy With ‘Talkspace’
Steve Banfield:Isn’t this what people use Secret and Whisper for? Originally posted on Betabeat: Talkspace is now available in the Google Play Store. (Google Play Store) Stressed because your parents,...
View ArticleMoto X (2014) attaches to a drone and shoots 4K video around San Francisco
Originally posted on Deepak verma: What does it look like when Motorola hands their Moto X (2014) over to a pro drone pilot to shoot 4K video of San Francisco? Come check out the video to see....
View ArticleHackers Trick Way Into Icann Computers
Originally posted on Unico Technologies: The private agency that acts as a gatekeeper for the Internet on Wednesday said that hackers tricked their way into its computers. A “spearfishing” attack...
View ArticleHow An Average Mobile Users Spends Time
From Business Insider here’s a chart about how the average user spends time with their smartphone. Given my post earlier this week about tracking my mobile app usage I thought this was worth sharing....
View ArticleGoogle’s ‘email killer’ Inbox just got even better
Steve Banfield:I want to like Google’s Inbox compared to Dropbox’s Mailbox, but making it hard to actually delete an email vs archiving it and the lack of support for Google Apps accounts makes it...
View ArticleMedium Is Large
Last night I finally made my first post to Medium talking about the Sony hacking situation and their choice to shelve the movie The Interview in the face of hacker threats. At the same time I posted...
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