Category: Explainers

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching teenagers nod along to formulas they didn’t actually grasp, and I see that same glazed look whenever people talk about modern electronics.…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, surrounded by the tiny, brass guts of a 1950s mantle clock, when my grandson asked why his new phone died so much…

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching students stare blankly at physics equations, waiting for the moment the “magic” finally clicked into something real. People tend to treat modern…

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching teenagers stare blankly at diagrams of light refraction, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that marketing departments love…

I remember sitting in my old classroom, watching a bright-eyed student stare at her camera manual as if it were written in ancient Sumerian. She was frustrated because the textbook…

I spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at physics equations, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that people love to hide a lack of substance behind…

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching bright-eyed students believe that bigger numbers always meant better results, and frankly, the camera industry is doing the exact same thing to…

I spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare at circuit diagrams like they were reading ancient hieroglyphs, and frankly, the tech industry hasn’t gotten any clearer. They…

I spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at physics equations, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that people love to hide complexity behind expensive marketing jargon.…

I spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching bright-eyed students stare at a spec sheet like it was a holy text, only to realize they had no idea what…