When a product tries to do too much, it often sacrifices quality and reliability in the process. In fact, as soon as you hear of a product doing more than one thing, you’re inclined to think it’s merely passable at one and pretty terrible at the other. If...
Sometimes, in order to see the bigger picture, you have to zoom in. In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a young girl is assigned to write an essay. She only needs to write 500 words and can pick any topic. But she’s stuck. She struggles to come...
The Sony Walkman was a game-changer when it hit the market in 1979. It was the world's first portable tape player, allowing people to listen to music on the go. But before it even launched, it sparked controversy. It had no recording function. It may be hard to...
If you've ever relied on a satellite navigation system (or "Sat Nav") to get you from point A to point B, you may have noticed that they're not always the most intuitive. Sure, they'll usually provide the fastest route on average, but...
The human brain can occasionally be a little too powerful. We often think we're in the driver's seat, making conscious decisions about our actions and beliefs. The truth is that our conscious mind is often just a bystander, hastily constructing post-rationalizations to make ourselves feel like...
As a fountain pen nerd, I'm no stranger to the delicate art of coaxing a reluctant pen to write smoothly. And if you haven't used a pen in a while, you'll have to flush out the nib, running warm water through it to clear...
