New York Times technology correspondent
Former Newsweek technology writer
Author, Gearheads
Humongous Brad Stone, porn star
Chairman of Families Worldwide
Garden landscape equipment firm
Member, Sly and the Family Stone
Jennifer Granick, Executive Director Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society
Loki the Schnoodle, hedonist and layabout
Mr. Boodles, neighborhood security
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Unmasking Fake Steve, from the August 6th New York Times.
Web Site for Teenagers Has X-Rated Link, from the July 11 New York Times.
The Mystery of the Missing Car, from the August 2006 issue of Wired magazine.
Netflix Guilt, from the July 12th Plain Text on Newsweek.com.
This past weekend, Jen and I went to New Orleans to see friends, the first parades of Mardis Gras, and to witness the destruction left by Hurricane Katrina. I wrote about our trip in this week’s Plain Text.
Cypress Semiconductor CEO T.J. Rodgers has spent $25 million on a controversial and thus far unfruitful effort to make the best Pinot Noir in the world. My story appears in the enterprise section of this week’s Newsweek.
That’s what people are bound to say when they learn that I got to drive around for a day with the Geek Squad. And write about it.
Another Valentine’s Day, another opportunity to riff on how technology changes relationships. This year, I ask whether today’s complex gadgets are forging a dangerous codependency among couples and families. Last year, by the way, I had fun with the using email to woo women.
In this week’s Newsweek, I write about Jeff Bezos’s plans for a digital music and video service to compete with Apple’s iTunes.