Category: Apps

Most people approach productivity like they’re trying to assemble a complicated Swiss watch without a magnifying glass or a steady hand. They download these massive, bloated software suites, spend three…

I spent thirty-four years watching students stare at chalkboard equations as if they were written in a dead language, but nothing frustrates me quite like the modern obsession with “productivity…

I spent thirty-four years teaching physics to teenagers who would rather be anywhere else, so I have a very low tolerance for things that claim to be “automatic” but are…

I was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when my phone let out that insistent, digital…

I was sitting at my workbench yesterday, squinting through my loupe at the tiny, rhythmic dance of a 19th-century escapement wheel, when my grandson asked me why his favorite game…

I spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at Newton’s Second Law, waiting for a magic answer that wasn’t coming. They wanted the result without the derivation, and honestly, I…

Last Tuesday, I was hunched over my workbench, squinting through my loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when my phone buzzed with a notification from a…

I spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that if you can’t see the gears turning, you’re likely being sold…

I was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when it hit me: we treat our smartphones…

Last Tuesday, I found myself hunched over my workbench, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock. As I nudged a tiny brass gear…