‘Our Unevenly Distributed Future’

Allen Pike: As I understand it, my first experience in a self-driving car was typical: Minute 1: “How safe is this? Will it notice that cyclist? What about those construction cones?” Minute 10: “This is wild. It’s driving so calmly and safely. I love it.” Minute 20: (Bored, check … | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 1 month ago

The Curse of Dialup World

inside story of a wildly mismanaged dialup ISP in the late '90s , the billing process alone made me scream # | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 1 year ago

Giving a shit as a service

A mental model for service businesses. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 2 years ago

The Burgeoning Need for Focus

How increasing resources can decrease effectiveness. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 2 years ago

The Persistent Gravity of Cross Platform

Coordinating a large product org is hard. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 3 years ago

Books Are a Seed You Can Plant

Why every diet could use the occasional book. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 3 years ago

The Secret Rules of iOS Development

Undocumented rules make for unpleasant surprises. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 4 years ago

Explain Like I'm 3

A new germ turns things upside down. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 4 years ago

Guide to the Cold-Industrial Complex

A primer on making sense of cold medicine. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 4 years ago

The Coming Supremacy of AR

How augmented reality is far more than a phone on your face. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 4 years ago

iTunes: An Error Occurred

Like all good things, iTunes comes to an end. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 5 years ago

Navigation Should Be Boring

Apps should be interesting, but not like that. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 5 years ago

The Canadian Cheese Cartel

Cheese please. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 6 years ago

Easy Steps to Expanding Your Mind

A long Instapaper backlog meets its match. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 6 years ago

The Great Bug Hunt

A crashing Xbox proves hard to debug. | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 6 years ago

A JS Framework on Every Table

Most programming languages support a small number of popular, stable application frameworks. Objective-C and Swift apps use Apple’s excellent Cocoa … | Continue reading


@allenpike.com | 9 years ago