Birchtree is 16 years old today (and the nicest thing someone said to me this year)
Today marks 16 years since my first post on Birchtree. I was a scrappy 24-year-old who was stuck in a mindlessly uninteresting and low-paying job, but I loved technology. 16 years later, I don’t exactly know why I pulled the trigger on creating this blog, but I definitely know I’d
All the Switch 2 pricing questions I had last week are answered
Last week I wrote 2 main posts in reaction to the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, and today we have new info on some of the open questions that lingered waaaay back then.
Game-key cards
I saw a remarkable amount of arguments against this new "physical" purchase option based on factually incorrect beliefs
Yesterday's 'golden age' turns into today's mess
Nick Timiraos for the Wall Street Journal: Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress
Investors were caught flat-footed by Trump’s animus toward Canada, which wasn’t a part of last year’s election campaign. Global markets were then roiled by the fallout from the Oval Office
I keep telling people Google TV is better than you think
Jason Snell: Who’s the Laggard? Comparing TV Streamer Boxes
In short: Google TV is tasteful, well done, supports live streaming decently if not perfectly, and is a great extension of the Google ecosystem. As someone who does use YouTube TV and YouTube Premium, if I had to stop using my Apple TV tomorrow I’
Before you burn it down…
I enjoyed this quote from Casey Newton on today's Hard Fork podcast:
Even as somebody who generally likes technology, I think some of these tech oligarchs have this extremely know-it-all attitude that "our tech is better than your tech, yours sucks," and they sort of bluster in and they
