Archive - The Rectangle

The great AI job swindle

Or how the balance between cost and convenience will forever ruin work

Aug 15 •

Online Safety Act: What went wrong

Or how regulators are continually messing up technology laws

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Building a PC #1: Why bother?

What's the point of actually making my own computer?

Jul 19 •

Or how I have a brand new video game obsession.

Jul 12 •

How the written internet died

Pocket's closure marks the end of an era

Jul 4 •

June 2025

The Lightswitch Problem

Or how Big Tech is running out of ideas.

Jun 28 •

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 •

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