Human relationships rely on trust, which is why the true history of authentication extends back long before the first written documents referencing it. I suspect that as early as humans… Read More
OK, digital denizens, this one’s on you. The primaries in the U.S. are done next week. The general election lies ahead. You live in a democracy. You need solid information to… Read More
If your idea of a good time reading is to do it with your ears, you’re in good company. Digital audiobooks are outpacing even ebooks in sustained growth. Long gone… Read More
The stereotypical stuffy art museum experience is a thing of the past. At least, it can be if you don’t mind using a smartphone or VR headset to enhance your… Read More
It doesn’t matter if it’s on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter. The biggest, most preventable threat to the privacy of your online content may be your own stupidity. As more… Read More
The future of content in education is … robots? Well, not really. But it was easy to get that impression if you were walking the exhibit hall at the huge… Read More
Convenience. Portability. Access. All are reasons that consumers have embraced digital content. The ability we have to rapidly find an unimaginable variety of reading, viewing and listening material, and easily… Read More
In the ongoing discussion about whether tablets or textbooks are better for students, the kids have a lot to contribute. That was clear in a citywide debate involving elementary school… Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. — What is “content?,” I mused while my stomach rose and fell in jerky counterpoint to the Big Thunder Mountain runaway rail car in which I was riding.… Read More
Smart home hub. Streaming music source. Dad joke repository. But Amazon’s Alexa has one skill that dates back to the introduction of the Echo, one that many rely upon every… Read More
Ebook sales are dying. Ebooks are insanely popular. If the short definition of cognitive dissonance is holding two contradictory ideas to be true, ebooks are about as dissonant as digital… Read More
As the arm reached across to block my entry, I looked up, surprised. “I have a conference badge,” I recall saying, struggling to keep up with my former edtech industry… Read More
When I was a kid, I loved Disneyland for the rides. But as I grew older, I appreciated the original Disney park in Anaheim for the 3-D immersive reality. From… Read More
It’s OK to be confused about what the hot markets will be for digitally extended reality. Because figuring out which uses will become popular next — whether that reality is… Read More
In the battle against fake news, is it finally time to certify journalists? It’s a divisive question, but one that is becoming more interesting by the day. As a media… Read More
In streaming music, Spotify gets the celebrity. Spotify gets the global reach. Spotify gets the IPO. Yet the music service originally known as Rhapsody was the streaming pioneer. It had… Read More
Library lending is increasingly going digital. And that global expansion of technology-based borrowing is being led by library systems serving Seattle and surrounding King County. This new series by contributing… Read More
If you’re going to have your lunch eaten, perhaps it’s best to have some say about the table setting. This new series by contributing writer Frank Catalano examines the evolution… Read More
It’s natural to look for a scapegoat after something terrible happens, like this: If only we could read encrypted communications, perhaps the Paris terrorist attacks could have been stopped. It’s natural, but it’s… Read More
Tomorrow sucks. That, in a nutshell, seems to be the assessment of many film reviewers and even the box office receipts when it comes to the futuristic Disney release, Tomorrowland. Expected… Read More
It’s been a most-frenzied spring of conferences in the new hotbed of startup and investor tech opportunity, education technology. And “frenzied” isn’t too strong of a description. At one point… Read More
It’s great that more folks are backing up their files using cloud-based services like Dropbox. While hacker and virus writers get all the headlines, I think hardware failure is really… Read More
Seattle’s only street paper is reinventing itself with an app. Real Change, the non-profit $2 weekly sold by street vendors who struggle with poverty and often homelessness, today launched a… Read More
Comcast has my TV business. And despite the deep emotional satisfaction I might derive from cutting that particular cable, it is keeping that business. Despite the fact it’s Comcast. It has… Read More
There are ways to email people so things get done, and ways to email people so things stall, backtrack or get awkwardly ignored forever. The productive emailer accepts one thing… Read More
Last week I asked people on Facebook a question. “If you had to sit on a bench in a park alone for a half hour without your phone, or tablet,… Read More
Of all the ways we think using social media is stressing us out, only one is real, according to a new study by the Pew Internet Project. Not the fear… Read More
Commentary: The past 24 hours have seen the Sony hack attack take us even further into new, uncharted territory. With Sony announcing it is withdrawing the movie “The Interview” and the United… Read More
I’ll never forget the gift I unwrapped last Christmas. It came by digital delivery: A colorful package of incendiary words from an anonymous giver, conveyed with the care one would… Read More
Dear Santa Tech, I won’t humblebrag: I’ve been good this year. Very good. I didn’t click on links in email sent by people I don’t know, I maintained unique passwords… Read More