Nov 2, 2023 | augmented reality, books, bruceb, virtual reality
Fear not! Bruce is still writing, now at arrgle.com. Read the articles, subscribe to the newsletter, buy the books! There’s a story behind the name “Arrgle.” In our books, the future belongs to Arrgle. Arrgle is a giant tech company. Thirty years...
Apr 28, 2023 | books, bruceb
The best time to read Ray Bradbury stories is when you are thirteen years old. The second best time is right now. When I was 13, I read The October Country, a collection of some of Bradbury’s earliest published short stories. When I was 14 and 15 and 16 and every age...
Dec 18, 2022 | audio, bruceb, Spotify
Here’s my 2022 Spotify Top Ten playlist. You’ve never heard any of my top songs. With one or two exceptions, you’ve never heard of any of the artists. That’s okay. I’ve never heard any of your favorite new songs, either. We no longer share anything. We each follow...
Sep 10, 2022 | bruceb, domains, Google, news
On September 11, 1997, I registered the domain name “bruceb.com.” Four days later Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the name “Google.com.” I expect Google will congratulate itself on its anniversary later this week, like it did five years ago. Pfft. I know who the...
Sep 6, 2022 | books, bruceb
Every month I buy a piece of fine art. I order a book from Suntup Editions. Paul Suntup has been publishing beautifully crafted books since 2018 – “editions that are crafted by book artisans such as letterpress printers, hand bookbinders, paper makers and...
Jul 20, 2022 | augmented reality, books, bruceb, humor
Uncommon Scents is a novel by – why, it’s by me! And by Jim Rowson, a former Google software engineer, who has joined me in writing a a cautionary frolic that has more humor and 80% less dystopia than the average near-future thriller. Jim should not be held...