- Why does it feel like its 1999 on the Internet? If you feel that your network is slower than usual, you are not alone. Everyone is experiencing the same thing. That said, the Internet is withstanding the pandemic as well as its original creators expected it to do so.
- Speaking of the Internet, how about taking a moment and appreciating the dusty old landline?
- You know who might be sick of you working from home? Your dog. Have you thought about that?
- What does it feel like to work for Instacart during a pandemic? Read this story, and then you will agree with me that we should take care of these folks. I remain skeptical of every gig economy company’s ability to do the right thing — especially when it comes to Instacart.
- Why are we obsessed with photos of empty cities? Maybe we think too much of ourselves as a species.
- The following observation comes from a must-read for today in Politico: “Humans don’t easily grasp the concept of exponential growth, but it’s exactly why coronavirus has gotten so hard to manage—and why climate change could to.”
- New Opportunities in Old Bad Space. Tom Choi, executive chairman of Airspace Internet Exchange, talks to Via Satellite and gives more context to the failure of OneWeb, the Softbank-backed low orbit satellite constellation, as well as the LeoSat shutdown that preceded it.