Archive - The Rectangle

The Lightswitch Problem

Or how Big Tech is running out of ideas.

11 hrs ago •

A new series emerges

Jun 13 •

What's a number?

Or how Apple renaming its operating systems is actually Really Quite Clever

Jun 6 •

May 2025

Scratch scratch scratch

Or why it hurts so much when you damage a new gadget

May 30 •

You're dead, Duolingo

Or how language learning apps make everything worse

May 16 •

Cloud save magic

Little moments that lead to big, bursting joy

May 9 •

A newsletter to keep you going until I'm back

May 2 •

April 2025

Can an e-ink handset help my phone addiction?

The old "yes and no" response.

Apr 18 •

Why am I still on Twitter?

Really though, why?

Apr 11 •

March 2025

Studio Ghibli AI slop

Dark signs of dark times

Mar 28 •

Cheap earbuds got damn good

An audio upside in tech's world of downsides

Mar 23 •

Who wants AI-written fiction?

SPOILER: freaks and losers

Mar 14 •

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