What Eating Alone Reveals About a City
CultureOver the last year of travel, I have eaten alone in restaurants in twelve cities across four continents. What I thought would be mildly uncomfortable logistics turned out to rev...
Continue reading →The Labor Market Impact of Remote Work: A Five-Year Empirical Study
Labor EconomicsThis analysis examines labor market effects of remote work adoption using administrative employment data from 14 countries between Q1 2020 and Q4 2025. We focus on three outcome...
Continue reading →Why Subscriptions Are Reshaping Global Consumer Behavior
BusinessOver the past decade, the way consumers pay for digital services has undergone a fundamental transformation. Subscription models have moved from being a niche offering for softw...
Continue reading →The Unspoken Rules of Working from Cafés Around the World
CultureOver the past year working from cafés in a dozen cities across three continents, I have developed an informal anthropology of café working culture. The unwritten rules vary enor...
Continue reading →Password Manager Assessment: What Security-Conscious Users Need
SecurityWe evaluated five password managers across three dimensions that matter for security-focused users: architectural security, audit transparency, and operational usability. Featur...
Continue reading →AI Writing Assistants: A Critical Look at Current Options
AI ToolsWe evaluated AI writing tools across five task categories — technical documentation, marketing copy, long-form editing, translation, and summarization — using standardized promp...
Continue reading →Why Platform Accountability Deserves More Attention Than It Gets
OpinionWe talk about platform accountability a lot. Congressional hearings, op-eds, regulatory proposals — the discourse is voluminous. Yet what we actually do about it is limited. I w...
Continue reading →Beyond the Beach Photos: Honest Notes on Nomad Life
TravelDigital nomadism looks wonderful on Instagram. A laptop on a beach, video calls from a co-working space in Bali, weekends exploring ancient temples or urban markets. The reality...
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