The Flip Phone Revival: Galaxy Z Flip and Nostalgia Engineering
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip3 brought the flip phone back from the dead, and using it feels like a conversation between past and future
- nostalgia
- personal
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Writing From Strangers to Founders
I am writing a book about the immigrant journey from arriving in America to building a life, and the story is more personal than anything I have published
- books
- personal
Facebook Becomes Meta: Visionary or Desperate?
Mark Zuckerberg just renamed his company and bet everything on the metaverse, and I have questions
- personal
The Flagship Phone Rotation: Samsung, Apple, and Pixel
I rotate between Samsung, Apple, and Google flagships every year, and the camera comparisons alone justify the habit
- nostalgia
- personal
Billionaires in Space
Bezos and Branson went to space within days of each other, and the discourse tells us more about Earth than about orbit
- personal
The Tesla Fleet Is Complete
With the Model X, every current Tesla model is in the driveway, and the journey to get here taught me more about obsession than cars
- nostalgia
- personal
The NFT Craze: Digital Ownership or Tulips?
Beeple just sold a digital artwork for 69 million dollars, and I genuinely cannot tell if this is revolutionary or insane
- personal