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I love Twitter, and I am not embarrassed to say that I spend a lot of time on it. It has made my life better; I think it has improved my journalism; and — to make this a little less about me — I think it has, overall, made British journalism sharper, quicker and more democratic. I have been on it since 2008, thanks to a couple of tech-savvy people who helped expand

If you’ve ever considered self-hosting a server to run one or more services instead of using existing web-based providers, you’ve likely pondered if it was worth the hassle. Here’s why it is.

Googles executives are pushing for a "Simplicity Sprint" and clamping down on experimentation and unprofitable projects. Stadia is just one casualty, and Googles brand will suffer for it.

Analyzing predictors of Google abandoning products; predicting future shutdowns

No one trusts Google. It has exhibited such poor understanding of what people want, need and will pay for that at this point, people are wary of investing in even its more popular products.

Business is a game of winners and losers. And unfortunately, some of our most-loved tech products end up on the “loser” list. After decades of watching products meet their demise, it’s time to highlight the most disappointing downfalls of modern technology.

Previously: The Story 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008. Podcast 11.0A, Podcast 11.0B, Podcast 11.0C. Aesop Rock, Zero Dark Thirty THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG THEY HAD BEEN THERE By my reckoning, the first college football blog was either Every Day Should Be Saturday or an unnamed pink thing on blogspot that I'm pretty sure was run by a girl in middle school. Her blog was probably the reason that my reaction to The Horror was to make a pink thing on blogspot an...

The financial advice guru discusses his time-management hacks, the benefits and limitations of direct indexing, and the myth of fee compression in the advice space.

The financial advice guru discusses his time-management hacks, the benefits and limitations of direct indexing, and the myth of fee compression in the advice space.