Digital Age
Who Said It: Rush Limbaugh or Philly.com Commenters?
I’m not really sure why there is such an outcry over Rush Limbaugh’s latest remarks. After all, this is hardly something out of character. He […]
How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
Last Saturday night—Sunday morning, really—I was lying in bed, groggily listening to a couple fight in the middle of the street. “Who is she?!” a […]
Traffic App for iPhone and Droid: Waze Will Help You Beat the Schuylkill
Ever wish you could pick a route home based on how bad traffic will be 15 minutes from now? Waze, the GPS-based navigation app that […]
Comcast Presents its Netflix Competitor “Xfinity Streampix”
Yeah, that’s a lot of “x”‘s. But at least there isn’t an “!” in the name. Xfinity Streampix is Comcast’s streaming video service. It’ll cost […]
Who’s Ready to Tweet Lindsay Lohan’s Funeral? #SoSad
I don’t know if you heard, but Whitney Houston died. If by chance your response to that statement was, “No, I hadn’t heard,” please let […]
Ed Rendell Didn’t Think He Was Talking to a Reporter
When I was managing editor of Philadelphia Weekly in the largely predigital 1990s, readers frequently came by the office to give us tips. Some panned […]
Google Refuses to Help Temple Grad With Her Creepy Google Cyberstalker
Earlier this week in Philadelphia’s Federal Court, 25-year-old Temple grad Cailin Arena and her friend Patricia McWilliam of South Carolina sued a John Doe they […]
How You Know When It’s Time to Buy an iPhone
Last week, I missed out on The Darkness, a cheeky British glam-rock band who played a sold-out show at the Trocadero. As a small consolation, […]
Bitterness Loves Company on the Internet
The reviews are in. I wrote a story in this month’s Philadelphia magazine. Perhaps you saw it. It was a profile of a woman named […]
Do You Think Your Therapist Gossips About You?
Gawker has a new column featuring a Q&A with an anonymous therapist. In the first installment, the therapist is asked several questions that most of […]
A Dude’s Guide to Pinterest
So when I first heard someone talking about this new social network Pinterest, I thought it was, y’know, maybe a Foursquare for avid bowlers. Or […]
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Bunch of Women Scorned: Just Ask Susan G. Komen and SJU
I’ve never seen the women in my office more outraged than they were by the news last Tuesday that pink-ifying breast-cancer juggernaut Susan G. Komen […]
Google vs. Apple vs. Amazon: Where Should You Store Your Music?
One of the occupational hazards of spending most of one’s twenties listening to and writing about music (oh, and having most of one’s twenties fall […]
AT&T’s Shutdown of iPhone’s Unlimited Data Has a Bright Side
Perhaps you’ve heard tell of a missive that comes from AT&T in the deep of night, delivered by elves, that wakes you from your sugarplum […]
How Many More People Can Irresponsible Journalists Kill on Twitter?
Like J. Alfred Prufrock in a social-media world, I have heard the mermaids tweeting, but I do not think they will tweet to me.