Jim Karpen

“Alexa, what’s the weather?” “I seem to be having trouble connecting to the Internet. Please…

You may think outsourcing is the sole province of corporations wanting to take advantage of…

On the morning of June 27, 2017, trucks were arriving as usual at the shipping…

It seems possible to know that a child has lived and died. There’s a birth…

If you sit down at a restaurant to eat some wild-caught salmon from Alaska, you’d…

I’m looking at a photo of a parade on 5th Ave. in New York City…

As I write this, it’s the 25th anniversary of the release of Mosaic—the very first…

It was 2016 and my friend “Matt” was doing some volunteer work for the Rand…

I’m embarrassed to admit that I got fooled online. I thought I was buying a…

You probably haven’t thought much about what happens when you make a phone call. Neither…

You may remember the February 2015 column about my failed bitcoin mining experiment. Over the…

It’s that time of year—when I share my technolust. If you’re looking for a gift…

I’m happy to tell you that I have everything figured out. What’s the issue? That…

Protesters who were involved in attempting to disrupt President Trump’s inauguration were a bit nervous…

As I write this on January 3, 2015, I have now mined a total of…