Nostalgia is when you want things to stay the same. I know so many people staying in the same place. Jeanne Moreau Technology is becoming increasingly complex and is rapidly changing our lives. Even experts in the field struggle to fully comprehend the extent of these changes. Wh … | Continue reading
Charlie Munger, the impressive other half of Berkshire Hathaway partnership, recently passed away. His death prompted folks within the Tech Twitter ecosystem, in what is an all-too-familiar theater of virtue signaling. The adulation of Munger from a region that has turned “grin-f … | Continue reading
…we have a generation that is growing up with modern computing interfaces. Instead, we are still pushing the “classic” models onto them. Why? If computing has to become modern, then we have to use modern models for everything. That’s me in May 2021. Amazon, according to the inte … | Continue reading
Today is Black Friday, and while many associate it with shopping, for me it’s a day to wake up early and play with my inks, swatching them and deciding which one to use for the next few months. Of course, I don’t expect you to do the same. Instead, I imagine you’ll be doing more … | Continue reading
The OpenAI Drama’s Season One is over. Now it’s time to go back to work or, better yet, spend time with our families over the long Thanksgiving weekend, instead of binging on every rumor, nuance, and hiccup. i love openai, and everything i’ve done over the past few days has been … | Continue reading
Why is Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella investing so much time and effort in unraveling the OpenAI mess? It can’t be the prospect of losing a $13 billion investment— peanuts for a company with a market capitalization of nearly $3 trillion. Here’s my analysis of why he’s working overti … | Continue reading
In part two of my podcast with Maykel Loomans, we discussed my creative process and the reasons behind my approach to photography. We talked about some of the challenges we all encounter in the creative process and what he looks for when making photographs. I was especially inspi … | Continue reading
The shake-up at OpenAI has exposed a massive and obvious foundational risk in placing all bets on a single entity. Everyone should take note, focusing more on this than on the comings and goings at a fast-growing startup — no matter how important these might be to the company. | Continue reading
The 5G Home Broadband is booming. However, the journey of fixed wireless access has neither been simple, easy, nor cheap. This recent boom teaches us a big lesson: the unpredictable and often arduous journey of technology breakthroughs. | Continue reading
Happy Diwali everyone. Diwali is the Festival of Lights. It symbolizes the spiritual ‘victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.’ We could all use some light in these dark times. | Continue reading
A conversation with Imran Chaudhri, a former Apple designer and co-founder of Humane about the future of personal computing in the age of artificial intelligence. | Continue reading
If you think of Humane’s AI Pin as just another device, it is easy to shrug your shoulders. However, when you place it in the context of the development of computing, you can see we are at the start of thinking about computing differently. | Continue reading
A week after Apple announced its M3 Chip, it unveiled a range of computers powered by this latest version of Apple Silicon. As previously explained, with the M3 chips, Apple has finally embraced a shift toward ‘artificial intelligence,’ a move that has long-lasting implications f … | Continue reading
Former Facebooker and designer Mykael Loomans interviewed me for his podcast, Full Stack Whatever. In Part 1 of the podcast, we talked about the evolution of technology and the internet from its early days to now. We chatted about how it has moved from connecting information to c … | Continue reading
“....the rich were kept in power by the connivance of the educated classes, who encouraged the People to vote into office the lickspittle frontmen of the Elite who would make promises they had no intention of keeping and assure the People that their votes would bring better times … | Continue reading
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX and Alameda Research, has been found guilty and is likely going to spend time in jail. There is no shortage of hot takes and explainers about SBF and his crimes. However, when I think about SBF and FTX, this story—more so than that of Elizabe … | Continue reading
A long time ago, I participated in a workshop with one of my favorite photographers, Michael Levin. We had a morning session where we captured photos of cormorants. It was a really bright Californian morning, and as a result, I initially didn’t want to edit the photos from that s … | Continue reading
Apple has released a new lineup of Macs, including MacBook Pros and the 24-inch iMac, all powered by M3 chips with a new GPU architecture, once again outpacing rival chipmakers. With these new products, Apple is finally embracing AI, in the way it knows best — through hardware an … | Continue reading
Tony Fadell, one of the creators of Apple’s defining product, the iPod, recently reminded us that the music player was launched on October 23, 2001. As I was in the process of moving back to New York, I bought one from a local Apple dealer. Soon, I observed an interesting social … | Continue reading
There is nothing like October in San Francisco. While the rest of the country is settling into the “fall” weather, San Franciscans experience and enjoy their Indian Summer. And that often means gorgeous, languid sunrises and long, beautiful sunsets. I have already written about t … | Continue reading
It’s strange how, even if you’ve never met someone, you can still feel profound sadness and mourn their loss. This is precisely how I felt upon learning about the passing of Bishan Singh Bedi, an icon of Indian Cricket. Bedi, in his late seventies, had been grappling with health … | Continue reading
Markets are driven by sentiment. So, what might be driving the sentiment? My good friend, Barry Ritholtz, tries to answer this question in his recent report. Read it here. What the hell happened to NFTs? Not that you really care! How AI reduces the world to stereotypes. There are … | Continue reading
One of the biggest problems with old people is that they forget that they were young once, or that they were easily bored and did things that annoyed their parents, or that they had their own creative ways to deal with boredom and wasting time. And that is why I am a bit sanguine … | Continue reading
For the first two decades of the new century, the “web” was organized around people and social connections. What appeared to be a social utopia has now transformed into an algorithm-driven profit machine. The social web has transitioned into social media and thrives on engagement … | Continue reading
For the first two decades of the new century, the “web” was organized around people and social connections. What appeared to be a social utopia has now transformed into an algorithm-driven profit machine. The social web has transitioned into social media and thrives on engagement … | Continue reading
“History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme,” Mark Twain may have once said. I was reminded of this when watching the very end of a game of cricket earlier this month. While the game and its outcome will be forgotten in a few days, it dredged up bittersweet memories, r … | Continue reading
For most of my photographic work, I primarily use two focal lengths—50mm and 90mm. As a result, I am comfortable seeing the world with a mid-telephoto lens. However, since I received an iPhone 15 ProMax loaner from Apple, I have been utterly captivated by the new telephoto lens. … | Continue reading
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are two of my favorite places in America, especially in winter. I tend to avoid them during the summer and even the fall. As someone who adores the minimalism of winter, I eagerly anticipate returning there with all my camera gear. Howev … | Continue reading
We need someone to contextualize this transition in a way that is less self-serving, less dystopian, filled with empathy, and most importantly — human. | Continue reading
Every morning is a chance to enjoy the beauty of natural gradients in the sky – a silent dance of colors during sunrise and sunset. An enchantment of celestial hues. | Continue reading
After being away for a few weeks, I finally caught up on Apple’s keynote event for the launch of the iPhone 15 series. I suspect I didn’t miss much. They followed a script that blends style and rhythm that some might deem formulaic. There were parts that were slightly awkward, pe … | Continue reading
Transitioning from traditional tools to cutting-edge AI technologies, my new workflow unveils how ChatGPT and modern AI tools will change personal workflow & boost personal productivity. | Continue reading
In a world perpetually online, I found solace in Arctic silences. Bookended by sleepless nights and jet lag, my journey led me to question: What truly matters when we unplug? Beyond the glare of screens, between journal entries, I rediscovered forgotten joys and the insignificanc … | Continue reading
Over the years, I've shown unwavering loyalty to various products and companies, championing them based on personal experiences that attested to their value. However, that loyalty is not reciprocated. Platforms like Pocket, which I've used religiously, are altering and, to a larg … | Continue reading
I’ve wanted to rekindle my love for using the iPhone as a camera, so for the past month, I’ve left my traditional camera at home. Using the iPhone as my primary camera has been refreshing, reminiscent of reconnecting with an old friend who has matured and become wiser. Here are a … | Continue reading
It has been a few months since Mark Zuckerberg & Co. decided to launch a direct attack on Elon Musk and the anti-social network formerly known as Twitter. Threads, which was bootstrapped off Instagram’s social graph, became one of the fastest-growing consumer Internet services, t … | Continue reading
So you think you know everything about electricity? Are you sure? Let’s find out. “A problem becomes a crisis when it challenges our ability to cope and thus threatens our identity. In the polycrisis the shocks are disparate, but they interact so that the whole is even more over … | Continue reading
The history of the server industry serves as a reminder that when scale, affordability, and connectivity converge, they can disrupt the established order. We've seen this with mobile phones, media, and taxi services. And it is gradually unfolding in the camera business. | Continue reading
“I subscribe to so many Substacks, and I read zero of them,” quipped Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley on one of his social accounts (I honestly can’t recall which one). This perfectly encapsulates the issue with the newsletter ecosystem. Email newsletters were intended to add … | Continue reading
As a kid, I never imagined a day when an Indian spaceship would land on the moon. The most I dreamed of was an Indian as part of the crew of Star Trek. India landed an unmanned spacecraft and a robot in the South Pole region of the moon. It is literally the dark side … | Continue reading
A cyber attack takes down important telescopes/Science.org Large media outlets (insert any name) are always keen to lament the changing direction of society away from science and the scientific method. Yet, the same media establishment seems uninterested in covering a story with … | Continue reading
The technology press is once again in an uproar over half-truths and incendiary comments by Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter. He indicated that he’s going to remove the “block” feature from Twitter (formerly known as X) and instead will force users to opt for “mute.” The bigger qu … | Continue reading
In 2020, around this time, I noticed that a pair of seagulls had made a nest in our apartment complex and were spending time in the communal pool. And they had a baby — who hung out around the small fountain in front of our building. I shared this story with the readers — those w … | Continue reading
A decade ago, I became an American citizen. While years have flown by, what hasn’t changed is my joy of living in this country. Every single day, I am grateful for the privilege. Every day I appreciate the gift that is to be American. In a British television show, The Hour’s prot … | Continue reading
Sean Gourley, a good friend of mine, once told me that the best approach to information is not that different from fast food: if it takes longer to eat than it takes to create, then it is not worth it. I was reminded of that during my recent break from writing and abstaining (as … | Continue reading
“The number of foggy days over the city is never reported, reportedly. But take it from me— there’s enough to satisfy everyone, and dissatisfy somebody.”— Herb Caen One of San Francisco’s great joys is that while the rest of the country (and most of the world) is baking, we are o … | Continue reading
These are dangerous days. To say what you feel is to dig your own grave. Sinead O'Connor/Black Boys on Mopeds Maybe it the general state of the world (as viewed through the lens of news and social media) made me feel a little less hopeful this morning. Maybe it is a realization t … | Continue reading
When you pay billions to buy something, you can do anything with it, including self-mutilation and brand destruction. It doesn’t mean you entirely understand it or can bend it to your will without breaking it. I fear that we are at a point of complete value destruction of Twitter … | Continue reading