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An alternate video edit of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", featuring one of Prince's most-beloved guitar solos, was recently uploaded

25 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows 95. Lots of other people can talk about why it was technologically interesting, but I want to share a bit about why it

A reminder that may not be obvious: amplification on social networks has monetary value. Twitter’s algorithm counts it as engagement even if you shared a tweet to criticize it or

I know this makes me a cranky old man, but when I look up how to do stuff on the Internet, I want to read an article that’s maybe 600

For non-coders, a little explanation of why mobile apps from Google, Spotify, Apple, NYT, Venmo, Walmart and many others all broke for a little while this afternoon. (Short version: they

James Brown got his big break as a Little Richard impersonator. Hendrix got his start playing guitar in Little Richard’s band. The Beatles formed around his work. Bob Dylan and

It’s nice to see Carmen Electra trending. I‘ll spare you a lengthy, detailed thread about the music she & Prince created together, but in addition to a full album +

It is rank incompetence on the part of @JoeBiden & his campaign that they aren’t having daily COVID briefings with reliable information & trustworthy sources about how people can organize

Tonight’s #GRAMMYSalutePrince promises to be something special. I’ll be offering some notes and history here during the performances — you can mute this thread now if you’d order not

You know, it's something really special & rare when the #1 feature people ask for in a product is "Can I pay for this?" Today, I'm super excited to say

This is really great — @itsjoekent read the entire Apple/Google paper on how they want to do secure contact tracing, and he’s got a thoughtful analysis.https://joekent.nyc/google-apple-contact-tracing In short, it absolutely