Computers and the Internet

May 13, 2020

Wait … What’s Getting You Through?

Image We spend a lot of our days chatting with each other about things we see online, trying to make sense of it all. This week […]
May 12, 2020

‘Double Rainbow Guy’ Paul Vasquez Is Dead at 57

Paul Vasquez, whose ecstasy at the sight of a double rainbow brought joy to tens of millions of viewers on YouTube, died on May 9 at […]
May 6, 2020

How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home

LONDON — On April 23, I started work at 8:49 a.m., reading and responding to emails, browsing the news and scrolling Twitter. At 9:14 a.m., I […]
May 4, 2020

Dogs in Chernobyl and Sheep in Scotland: Sampling Airbnb’s Online Experiences

In the Great Lockdown, two-way video has become our primary social channel. Meetings, parties, concerts, music lessons, exercise classes: Any interactions that can be adapted to […]
May 1, 2020

The Hunt for Moby Dick Moves Online

If these were normal times, Ger Tysk, a sailor, would be getting her tall ship ready for an expedition along the coast of New England. Instead, […]
April 24, 2020

How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens

If you’re like most people right now, you are spending a lot of time in front of screens. This makes sense: In a time of social […]
April 23, 2020

7 Things You Need for Better Video Calls

I’ve been sharing my home office with my daughter for the past couple of weeks, and I cringed at her first few eighth-grade remote-learning sessions done […]
April 22, 2020

Wait … Is Twitter Good Now?

ImageCredit…The New York Times We spend a lot of our days chatting with each other about things we see online, trying to make sense of it […]
April 15, 2020

The Virus Revealed Our Essential Tech (and Weeded Out the Excess)

It has been weeks since the coronavirus brought our lives to a halt, shutting down our schools, offices and gyms. Stuck at home, we have had […]
April 8, 2020

What Does Wellness Mean Now?

Image We spend a lot of our days chatting with each other about things we see online, trying to make sense of it all. This week […]