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Have you ever had a conversation with yourself that goes something like this? “Okay, I need my wallet, my keys, and my phone.” You pat your pockets. Wallet, check. Phone, check. Keys… keys… where in the name of sensible shoes…
Have you ever found yourself in a standoff with your own television? You just want to watch that new documentary about garden gnomes, but your screen looks like the Las Vegas strip—a dizzying grid of apps you’ve never heard of,…

Have you ever been at a family dinner in a restaurant that sounds like it’s hosting a blender-testing convention? You’re trying to hear your granddaughter’s story about her soccer game, but all you’re getting is a wall of sound: clattering…

Remember the good old days? When “digital” meant flipping through a photo album and “shoebox” referred to an actual shoebox filled with faded snapshots under your bed? Ah, simpler times. Now, we’re drowning in a sea of digital photos, mystery…

Have you ever looked at your bank statement and felt like you’d been visited by a pack of tiny, invisible pickpockets? A charge for $9.99 here, $14.95 there. You see names you vaguely recognize—services you signed up for during a…

Printers are the undisputed drama queens of the technology world. You can have a computer capable of calculating the trajectory of a Mars rover, and a smartphone that can access the sum of human knowledge in three seconds. But if…

There is a specific kind of anxiety reserved for sitting in front of a computer screen, staring at a blinking cursor, and trying to write an email that actually matters. I’m not talking about forwarding a recipe for lasagna or…

There is a distinct scientific phenomenon that occurs the moment you turn 55. Your reading glasses, inanimate objects which theoretically have no motor skills, develop the ability to play hide-and-seek. And they are winning. You hear the “ding” of a…

Have you ever tried to have a nice, civilized phone conversation with your grandchild, only to feel like you’re communicating with an astronaut during re-entry? You ask, “How is college?” They reply, “KRRR-SHHH-coffee-shop-WHIRRR-exams-KRRR.” Or perhaps you’ve been on a video…

Do you remember the “International Point-and-Pray” method of travel? It usually went something like this: You are sitting in a charming café in Rome. You want a simple cup of coffee. You summon all the courage (and high school French,…