Fast Company global technology editor. Boy journalist. Bon vivant. Lefthander. Westcoastian. 🇺🇦 Sign up for my free Plugged In newsletter: https://www.fastcompany.com/section/plugged-inhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvm57czz3223Hero. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm57czz3223https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvltwwgitk2gTell him no. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvltwwgitk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvleyqlxrh26That’s especially hard to pull off on a 1980s Mac. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/business/employee-ai-use.html15 Sep 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvleyqlxrh26https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvkvkggxqj2rWhat a pointless unforced error that decision was and is. https://macdailynews.com/2026/09/15/gm-capitulates-on-apple-carplay-ban-brings-back-system-later-this-year/15 Sep 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkvkggxqj2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvkkv6plc52jI’m arriving at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in NYC, and hope to see some of you here this week!15 Sep 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkkv6plc52jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvihkoyhei2jI feel so much better.14 Sep 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvihkoyhei2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvi4sgnlfk2kWell, he’s the son of a public servant, so I can see how money would be tight. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi4sgnlfk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvi434rtu52rSaw a guy at SFO wearing a Virgin America sweatshirt, and now I miss it all over again.14 Sep 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi434rtu52rhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvheqnmhqs26This is the best AI startup billboard I’ve seen. Maybe also the only good one, period.14 Sep 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvheqnmhqs26https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvgkkysm2s2hI forgot to share my Plugged In newsletter, which is partially about the iPhone Duo but also about John Ternus’s comments during the keynote video—which were meatier than Tim Cook’s usually were. https://www.fastcompany.com/91604665/iphone-duo13 Sep 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgkkysm2s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvbooo3vxl2zPowering 43% of the web (including most of the sites I’ve written for over the past 19 years) is amazing and laudable. But it argues for proving yourself not to be a loose cannon. https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/matt-mullenweg-tells-automattic-staff-in-slack-hes-back-in-control-after-ceo-ouster/11 Sep 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbooo3vxl2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvaqm7ojxq2gAn email I received on the morning of 9/11.11 Sep 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaqm7ojxq2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvapzgb23t2cThe PCWorld.com homepage on September 14, 2001, still dominated by news outside our normal wheelhouse.11 Sep 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvapzgb23t2chttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mvapqjkqhx26On 9/11, I saw the name Mark Bingham on a list of the Flight 93 passengers on TV and thought it probably wasn’t the Mark Bingham I knew. Then I realized it might be. I still had email from him in my inbox. https://web.archive.org/web/20010915061557/http://pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,61884,00.asp11 Sep 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvapqjkqhx26https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv7eowht2k2cI’m sorry to hear this. The rare political writer whose work was laugh-out-loud hilarious. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7eowht2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv7bwndilc2uUnlike many Trump cabinet members, Burgum had a reputation before he torched it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7bwndilc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv6xniuhkk26I know I’m a nerd, because the first thing I noticed about this photo is that it included a copy of a how-to book about Caligari TrueSpace 2. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6xniuhkk26https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv4le44m2l26OK, what specifically prompted this? https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence/09 Sep 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4le44m2l26https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv4f7v2zvc2bAccidentally took a photo of an iPhone Duo using an iPhone Duo.09 Sep 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4f7v2zvc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv4ezpa2fs2lMaybe a precursor of how Apple will approach AirPods with cameras? [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ezpa2fs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv473ii4v72jThe multitasking works well, and the vertical dock makes for an experience that feels meaningfully different than other iPhones in ways that go beyond the fold. The under-glass camera is noticeable and, at first blush, a tad distracting.09 Sep 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv473ii4v72jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com/post/3mv46nc5y7o2bThe squat folded screen is quite nice. I wonder if there’d be a market for a non-folding iPhone in this form factor. Sort of like a Nintendo 2DS.09 Sep 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:xpu5e52rhk6a3efljymgnmz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv46nc5y7o2b