Non-Fiction
The streaming wars to come — "After years of speculation and hype, major players in Hollywood and Silicon Valley are getting ready to challenge Netflix." (TechCrunch, January 4, 2020)
Reading Isaac Asimov at 100 — "So for me, it’s not simply a question of separating the art and the artist. It’s about acknowledging that so much of what’s admirable in Asimov’s writing seems to emanate from the man himself — and that, like or it not, he did more to shape my worldview than any other single writer." (TechCrunch, January 2, 2020)
Ten years later, ‘Sunshine’ remains one of the bleakest and most beautiful sci-fi movies ever made — "Even more than the plot and its big questions, what I’ve carried with me for the past 10 years are individual moments, like the quiet beauty of Mercury passing in front of the sun, or the sight of Michelle Yeoh weeping while the ship burns around her." (TechCrunch, September 4, 2017)
Fans celebrate Star Trek's 50th anniversary — "Don’t get me wrong — the stories were fun, but you get the sense that they’d been told plenty of times before." (TechCrunch, August 15, 2016)
The Talented Ms. Hornstein: How @Shirls Fooled The Valley — "But there's a difference between hustling and flat-out lying, and when people deceive company after company, it's time to call them out." (TechCrunch, August 28, 2012)
Reading Isaac Asimov at 100 — "So for me, it’s not simply a question of separating the art and the artist. It’s about acknowledging that so much of what’s admirable in Asimov’s writing seems to emanate from the man himself — and that, like or it not, he did more to shape my worldview than any other single writer." (TechCrunch, January 2, 2020)
Ten years later, ‘Sunshine’ remains one of the bleakest and most beautiful sci-fi movies ever made — "Even more than the plot and its big questions, what I’ve carried with me for the past 10 years are individual moments, like the quiet beauty of Mercury passing in front of the sun, or the sight of Michelle Yeoh weeping while the ship burns around her." (TechCrunch, September 4, 2017)
Fans celebrate Star Trek's 50th anniversary — "Don’t get me wrong — the stories were fun, but you get the sense that they’d been told plenty of times before." (TechCrunch, August 15, 2016)
The Talented Ms. Hornstein: How @Shirls Fooled The Valley — "But there's a difference between hustling and flat-out lying, and when people deceive company after company, it's time to call them out." (TechCrunch, August 28, 2012)