So @photomatt  is “becoming more wary of any hardware that requires an app, just because of the natural decay of non-open source software. @VanMoof  bikes are beautiful, but will they still connect well when Bluetooth has been removed for security reasons?”

We need to figure out a level of abstraction here which makes the need for apps less necessary. And more importantly as @davemark  said not everything needs to be connected.

At the start of 2021, tech finds itself in the crosshair of social and political upheaveal. This has been long time coming. h/t @jilliancyork  @TimothyDSnyder  @peterwsinger 

Sony is going to do drones! And the first video (photos too) look amazing. Watch out @DJIGlobal 

“TT3 blood test results were so inaccurate, it was essentially a coin toss whether the patient was getting the right result. The data was devastating.” No wonder the company nuked the database. @TheRegister 

“We are here, at our collective present, because even well-intentioned companies have consistently failed to prioritize the fact technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum.” From my new blog post.

The pandemic enforced an isolation which led to finding the essence of my photographic work. A visual essay, in case you missed it.

Vincenzo Perugia (sometimes spelled “Peruggia”), a handyman who had previously installed glass cases around the artworks at the Louvre stole the Mona Lisa in 1911, and that’s when da Vinci’s masterpiece became a legend. @CrimeReads 

Bitcoin has lost that loving feeling (or something like that.) A great piece by one of my favorite financial writers @JamesSurowiecki  that is worth your time today.