After reading today’s horror stories about Iraq (both here and abroad), I’ve decided to discontinue this little series of banal tales about little apps. While I applaud those who are working to make computing better and easier, I can’t wholeheartedly provide positive reflection about it right now.
I sometimes admire folks like Aaron Swartz, who wrote a post today called All News is Bad News. Despite its slightly cynical tone, he’s right about the placebo effect news and news-saviness has on one’s reading one’s own life.