by James J. Ward

Anonymous Schanonymous

Everybody loves a fad. You can pinpoint someone’s generation better than carbon dating by asking them what their favorite toys and gadgets were as a kid. Tamagotchi and pogs? You were born around 1988, weren’t you? Coleco Electronic Quarterback and Garanimals? Well well, an early X-er. A fad is cultural currency and social lubricant at… Read More

by James J. Ward

Analog Thinking in a Digital Age

Okay, There’s An App For That. Why? Ho boy.  The Iowa Caucuses were…they happened.  And they happened in a way that was both completely unprecedented and utterly, exhaustingly predictable.  It’s a story line that’s becoming, frankly, a little boring: people use old process, someone decides that an app (or AI) will be better, lots of… Read More