Bits: The Byteside Blog
Infowars (good and bad)
Information is on every front line in this crisis: in health management, in overcoming isolation, and in the most unnecessary battle of them all – disinformation.
One day at a time
“How are you?” is too expansive and hard to consider clearly. But “today” is contained and easier to respond to.
Godzilla and friends are coming to Magic: the Gathering
Wizards of the Coast and Toho Co have partnered to bring a special Godzilla series of cards to the next Magic: the Gathering premium card set.
It's time for 5 minute default meetings
The 30 minute default must die. Cut the defaults to 5 minutes to show the time vampires that enough is enough, especially in the coronavirus crisis.
Cut yourself some slack
It's chaos all the way down. Give yourself a break. It's OK to take a breathe right now.
Tech Has (Some) Answers
A lot will change permanently from here – especially around this tech adoption. Platforms like Zoom will be here to stay.
10 Years of WFH: My Experience
I've worked from home for about 10 out of the past 16 years of work life. There is no template for perfection, but here's some tips for how to find a system that works for you.
The Bright Future Edition
Woah. Like, WOAH. It’s been a rough start to 2020. So it’s time for a special “Look At How Amazing The World Can Be” week. I actually spent more time this week stepping back from social media (because while I’ve mostly-quit Facebook I’m still an avid
The Trouble With Presence
Is there a way to make more active remote presence a possibility beyond the bounds of a viral outbreak?
Such a tool
It’s been 8 years since Douglas Rushkoff wrote Program Or Be Programmed, one of the clearest discussions of the whole question of the good/bad of technology in society today. Or rather, why that’s the wrong binary to consider. Rushkoff instead explores ten ‘commands’ we need to understand
Facing Reality
There's a lot of social and cultural shifts that need to happen to prepare for more remote working activity.
Our Weirdly Mediated Mainstream
While reality TV shows get dissected in microscopic detail, game culture is relegated to the kids table regardless of how big it has become.
Privacy vs permission
In the debate over privacy vs permission, perhaps Creative Commons licenses should be baked into our choice of how we share things freely online - to allow general use but stop commercial exploitation.
What Is Time Worth To Me?
Avoid the false economies where you can by thinking ahead to how long you want a piece of tech to last.
Galakrond's Awakening: the Hearthstone adventure (spoiler-free review)
Let's start at the end. Looking back on Hearthstone's Year of the Dragon, for the general mid-tier player (like me), the game has had its best year yet.
We Can't Do Everything
Give up on trying to fit everything in. It's not going to happen. Embrace what that really means.
Decade-level thinking
Too much tech keeps aiming to solve small problems. We need big solutions for the world and in our homes.
LIFX smart lighting co-founder Marc Alexander chats with Byteside
LIFX is one of the biggest names in the world around smart lighting. Big enough that a lot of folks might not realise they're an Australian brand!
10 tech resolutions for a new year and a new decade
From specifics like email to backups, to big issues like reading deeper and rediscovering boredom. Here's 10 ways to fix our tech usage in the 2020s.
How Bob Ross saved my sanity
After an accident last year, Seamus couldn't sleep for months. Bob Ross's Twitch channel was just what the doctor never ordered.
