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Greenlandia
What does popular culture look like when you’re in the Arctic, thousands of miles away from any major population centers? Let’s talk about Greenland and pop culture.Hey all, Ernie here with a pretty...
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A Clarifying Moment
In case you were on the fence about whether OpenAI was a positive force in the world, they sort of revealed their hand this week by leaning into a meme.Earlier this week, there was a bit of a debate...
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Severed Edits
Whether it was trying to or not, Apple exposed a huge flaw with its pitch to professional video editors with a new Severance promotional video.When it comes to Apple’s TV ambitions, it couldn't buy...
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The VCR’s Last Stand
It’s pretty much the answer to a trivia question at this point, but there was once a version of VHS that looked better than DVDs. Really.Hey all, held this one back slightly because we don’t celebrate...
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Gunkroad
The creator-economy service Gumroad decided to open-source its platform at a suspiciously convenient time. (And even “open source” might be stretching it.)In terms of unexplainable quirks I have as a...
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Where The Lede Gets Buried
At Tedium, we sometimes bury the lede intentionally, and it may seem strange, but sometimes it works.My last post, on Gumroad, took a very leisurely path to its primary point, and some people were...
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Ticker Tape’s Twirling Tail
As inventions go, the stock ticker was a turning point for the real-time world in which we live. It also made trading floors significantly less chaotic.Today in Tedium: Right now, the stock market is...
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Don’t Forget The Forgotten Tech User
Windows 10’s end-of-life points to the sheer neglect that computer users face when their world isn’t completely defined by technology.Hey all, Ernie here with another theme week. This time, we’re...
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Time To Buy Used?
With all the added uncertainty in the computing market thanks to tariffs, now would be an excellent time to turn into a savvy used electronics shopper.Hey all, Ernie here with a continuation on our...
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When Smart Goes Dumb
We now have a lot of examples of cloud-enabled smart devices that don’t work anymore. What we don’t have is a plan B that prevents old gadgets from becoming garbage.OK, last one in our series of...
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Blue Checkmark Revival
It took a little bit, but Bluesky found a way around its pesky extortion problem. That solution: The same one the former Twitter ditched just two years ago.I think a lot about the minefield I...
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8 Bits & Still Brewin’
As the NES nears the 40th anniversary of its U.S. release, the homebrew scene around it is still putting out some killer games.Hey all, Ernie here with a piece from David Buck, who isn’t posting as...
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Direct Color
It’s not unheard of to discover a new color, but we’re coming up with new ways to do so—including with frickin’ laser beams.Today in Tedium: You know something that’s been in the news a lot lately?...
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The Finance Team Lost One
For years, many of Apple’s most consumer-unfriendly decisions have felt like an extension of a revenue-optimization strategy at constant risk of backfiring. Thanks to a bracing legal decision, now it...
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No Sprouts
Why the fast-casual sandwich shop Jimmy John’s struggled with selling sprouts for so long, despite their obvious health risks.Hey all, Ernie here with a refreshed piece originally from 2021. It seems...
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Soup To Nuts
If we’re headed for a less-globalized technology industry, the desktop version of Huawei’s HarmonyOS offers an interesting preview.Hey all, on top of the below piece, I just want to point out a big...
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Wrong Merger, Wrong Direction
How MapQuest, a company innovative enough to kill road atlases in one fell swoop, was turned into an also-ran by a bad merger affected by an even worse one.Today in Tedium: Let’s talk about maps. When...
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Build Your Own Gumball
Considering how the user benefits when a mature project goes fully open-source—even one with the baggage of something like Gumroad.Two weeks ago, I found myself on an hour-long interview with a guy...
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The Comic Book Sales Team
Discussing the rise and fall of the “sales club,” a marketing tactic that gained extreme popularity with kids in the 1960s and 1970s. (Warning: This story ends kind of bleak.)Today in Tedium: It’s...
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Explaining The Vibes
AI gets a lot of hate these days, and it often frustrates me too, but let’s be clear about what it can realistically do. Here’s my attempt to explain by example.A few months ago, I wrote a post making...
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