Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing

Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times. Although NeXT failed to sell its elegant and infamously buggy black box, Jobs’s fundamental insight—that personal computers were destined to be connected to each other and live on networks—was just as accurate as his earlier prophecy that computers were destined to become personal appliances. Now Jobs is making a third guess about the future. His passion these days is for objects.

Author: Gary Wolf
Source: Wired
Published: Feb 1, 1996
Length: 24 minutes (6,169 words)

The Data-Driven Life

What happens when technology can analyze every quotidian thing that happened to you today.

Author: Gary Wolf
Published: Apr 28, 2010
Length: 22 minutes (5,748 words)

Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess

At times it has occurred to people that the problems with craigslist could be solved by appealing to its eponym, Craig Newmark. Newmark is under lots of pressure these days.

Author: Gary Wolf
Source: Wired
Published: Aug 24, 2009
Length: 21 minutes (5,416 words)