Why We Spend Our Brief Lives Indoors, Alone, and Typing →

Writing about writing feels like a cliché (and one particularly endemic to Medium), but this may be one of the best pieces of writing I’ve read so far this year.

Timothy Kreider has quickly become one of my favourite modern essayists, and in this piece he wrestles with his responsibility as a teacher. Is it fair, he wonders, to “lure guileless young people into squandering their passion and talents on a life of letters?”

The Olympus E-M1 Mark III is Coming

The market seems to have forced Olympus to reconsider its 4-year lifespan of the flagship E-M1 Mark II. We find ourselves anticipating the E-M1 Mark III a year early, which leaves me wondering what we can realistically expect.

The Enduring Appeal of Apple News+

When I was a kid, I used to get lost in National Geographic each month. My family had a collection going back many years, and for quite a while I maintained a subscription to the magazine so I could devour each new issue as it arrived.

The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Flickr →

Flickr’s plight is heartbreaking. It missed the boat on becoming a major player in the social media space (perhaps thankfully), but it remains an important part of the internet’s foundations that’s suffered tremendous damage from neglectful owners.