Rank accomplishment

6 January 2015

Promotions using military ranks are a strange way to recognize employee contributions. Read

The act of photography

4 January 2014

Even as smartphones take over photography, there will always be room for other ways of shooting — even your Velvia slide film. Read

Flat interface style in the retina age

21 January 2013

Don’t give up on shadows and depth just yet — the artifice is part of the affordance. Read

The value of a subscriber

8 October 2012

So wait: you will subsidize my online subscription if I subscribe to that big heavy Sunday print edition? Read

Simple isn’t enough

22 August 2012

Simplicity is an end, not a means, and don’t confuse it for the feeling of effortlessness in complex tasks. Read