I recently pulled out my old iPod classic and started using it again. I love streaming (I use YouTube Music) but have been wanting to get off my phone more, and a dedicated music player sounded appealing. I found some great communities that still love iPods and modernize them through software and hardware mods. The first thing I noticed when plugging…

I was having lunch with a dear friend of mine. The kind of guy who could talk to anyone and made quick friends wherever he went. Gregarious, confident, extroverted. "How's the new job going?" he asked me. "Well, I wanted some advice," I replied. I had just pivoted in my career as a corporate IT guy and started working at a…

A very old article about slowing down access to addictive apps.