By 2100 there could be 4.9bn dead users on Facebook. So who controls our digital legacy after we have gone? As Black Mirror returns, we delve into the issue

Helpful discovery mechanism or a shot in the Platform Wars?

Medium is cancer. A trojan horse. It’s Facebook. But for blogging. A walled garden behind which all your favourite content lives, and yet you are forced to login via their shitty UI, or worse still pay for access. When did reading stuff on the web be ...

This is a system I only somewhat tongue in cheek refer to as “The Fully General System For Learning To Do Hard Things”. It’s a useful conceptual framework for how to get better at things that you currently find difficult.

This proof of concept, which is a side project from a Netflix data engineer, needs to find its way into real stores.

Selling a gadget isn’t enough anymore. Creators need to find a way to keep revenue coming in, even after they sell a device. Companies like Peloton sell the hardware, but also a service to go along with it. Ashley Carman reports on recurring revenue ...

So I have previously published pieces about the advantages of Medium (here) and later published a piece about the advantages of using it as a syndication platform, which mostly still stands...

American food supplies are increasingly channeled through a handful of big companies: Amazon, Walmart, FreshDirect, Blue Apron. What do we lose when local supermarkets go under?

We project the future accumulation of profiles belonging to deceased Facebook users. Our analysis suggests that a minimum of 1.4 billion users will pass away before 2100 if Facebook ceases to attract new users as of 2018. If the network continues exp ...

Would we feel less envious, shameful and competitive if Instagram didn’t tell us how many Likes a post received? That’s the idea behind Instagram now hiding Like counts from both a post’s viewers as part of an experiment in Canada.

Not a week goes by when I don’t get an email or a phone call with an “I don’t know what to write about” statement from an author. Some who are in the newbie realm; others who have been publishing for years. The subject could be a blog. Adding to the ...

Events and groups are taking center stage.

It's not the best layout, so why do most of us still use it?

Get ready to binge-listen. We’ve hand-selected awesome writing podcasts for creators of all kinds.

In his latest installment, Benjamin Buchholz shares his tried-and-true tips for battling the blank page.

The subscription podcast service launches, but some major content is missing.

It's been 6 months since the start of my blogging journey so I felt like reflecting on what I learned so far, hopefully helping someone out in the process.

A transparency tool on Facebook inadvertently provides a window into the confusing maze of companies you’ve never heard of who appear to have your data.

After receiving abuse online, I made a podcast celebrating diverse voices, says the actor and writer Tracy Ann Oberman

Confidence is a heavily misunderstood concept. Confidence cannot be faked. You can fake and manufacture motivation, excitement, or even passion at the moment. Unlike motivation and other emotional states which are more surface level, confidence is ...