My good friend Chris Michel recently photographed George Dyson, thinker, historian, and writer. The topic of “AI” came up, and I found this worth noting. He’s less concerned about the usual apocalyptic fears and more interested in a quieter erosion: that “Good AI,” the kind that works too well, might slowly displace our capacity to …

Camera reviews are not only pointless, but are also kind of rigged. And there is no better testimonial for this camera hype machine than the “review” of Fuji X half camera by PetaPixel. Fuji X half camera is a camera that has vertical optical viewfinder and a vertical rear LCD. It has an 18-megapixel one-inch …

My phone has been pinging non-stop since yesterday. Everyone wants to know the backstory of the biggest acquihire in Silicon Valley history: Sam Altman’s OpenAI buying Jony Ive’s io Products for $6.5 billion. I have a few more clues. It’s why I’m updating my piece on the deal from yesterday. In their video announcing the …

OpenAI, made the biggest acquihire in  Silicon Valley’s history. Sam Altman and his crew  bought Jony Ive and his coterie of ex-Apple hotshots for a whopping $6.5 billion. It is an all-stock deal for io Products, a 55-person company that is building an “amazing AI device.” It is hard to say what that device is because …

Meet the Monster: a fountain pen so ambitious that it holds enough ink to write a short novel. The pen is a symbiosis of precision engineering, material science, and bold design choices. It is also the story of a young designer's journey.