Are Computers Still a Bicycle for the Mind?

Steve Jobs had an enormous appreciation for the computer, believing it was the greatest human invention, and he commonly likened it to a bic...

Tech Book Face Off: Physics of the Impossible Vs. The Physics of Star Trek

It's been a while since I've done a Tech Book Face Off. The idea here is to review a couple of books together and compare and contra...

Tech Book Face Off: The Shallows Vs. Thinking, Fast and Slow

After my book review on Pragmatic Thinking and Learning and How the Brain Learns , I received a recommendation to read another book, The Sh...

Less Friction Generates More Waste

Last week I explored how reducing friction could increase choice, thereby actually increasing friction in the end, giving us a paradox of c...

Finding Optimal Friction

In the last twenty years, the Internet and mobile devices have reduced or eliminated friction in numerous industries. Obviously the communic...

Leaf Mileage Update with 14 Months of Data

It's time for my bi-yearly update on my Nissan Leaf experience. I'm on my second Leaf, having owned a 2012 Leaf SL for two and a ha...