Author: Paul Ford

The software industry makes amazing tools for itself, while doctors and scientists are stuck with old…

When people build a database to manage reading lists or feed their neighbors, that’s coding—and culture.

They aren't just petroleum and extruders and cargo ships. You and I are part of them…

Software tools simulate work. They should really let us put on a show.

Tomorrow has no use for our monuments. It needs our data—and warnings.

Immense changes show us, year after year, that we are basically the same as ever, just…

Technology is just another human creation—like religion or government or sports or money. It's not perfect,…