A feature article about a $50,000 challenge issued by DARPA and its solutions, including quotes from the First and Second Place winners.

A column for Issue #4 of “Drupal Watchdog”, a print magazine distributed at DrupalCon Munich.

A feature article about modern applications of speech recognition, in particular how they’ve combined with complementary technologies to produce such consumer products as Siri.

A column for Issue #3 of “Drupal Watchdog”, a print magazine distributed at DrupalCon Denver.

A very brief article about a U.S. Government report on whether high-performance computing is cost-effective using cloud-computing techniques.

A short online-only article about how supercomputer developers are teaming up with application specialists to make the hardware’s power more useful.

A news report on the Privacy Identity Innovation conference in Menlo Park, November 2011, which focused largely on how social media are changing the landscape for consumers.

An article about vision systems that recognize actions, rather than just objects.

A column for Issue #2 of “Drupal Watchdog”, a print magazine distributed at DrupalCon London and later made available online.

A review of Asia’s recent ascendency in the Top500 list of the world’s leading supercomputers, and the supercomputing field generally.

Article about advances in electronic displays that can bend, be made in irregular shapes, and be produced through a print-like process.

A column for Issue #1 of “Drupal Watchdog”, a print magazine distributed at DrupalCon Chicago. (Content not available online.)

This article compares the three CMSes in terms of user base, code maturity, richness of plug-ins, and business acceptance. Commissioned by Peachpit Press to support my recently published book, Drupal 7: Visual QuickStart Guide.

Abstract: “A presidential report asserts the value of U.S. government investments in the cross-agency Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program and specifies areas needing greater focus.”

News story about the Association for Computing Machinery’s expansion into China. (Published in Communications of the ACM.)

Feature story about sensors to monitor energy consumption and other environmental data in residences. (Published in Communications of the ACM.)

Article about “e-heritage”, digitization of large-scale historical sites such as the Bayon Temple in Cambodia.

Article written for the publisher of my book, Drupal 7: Visual QuickStart Guide. I wrote it at a time when Drupal 7 seemed primed for imminent release, but it ended up taking a year more. The article is still fairly accurate, though.

Article about “claytronics” — ensembles of tiny robots that self-assemble into larger functional units.

Reporting on a three-day conference about technology policy. This was my biggest case of preparation overkill: 12,000 words of notes went into a 575-word article.

Short, online-only news article about brain-machine interfaces — or, as I call it, “MONKEYS CONTROLLING ROBOTS WITH THEIR BRAINS!!!”

A review of the productivity and life-tracking app, OmniFocus.

As the registered company Geller Guides, I found, oversaw, coached, and edited subcontracted writers for a couple of technical articles that appeared on the Apple Developer Connection section of Apple’s website. (I’ll provide copies of the articles on request.)

A feature article about the perceptual gap between images of real human faces near-human representations.

Abstract: “What makes some near-human characters scary while others are merely laughable? More important, why do some human and humanlike characters fail to arouse our sympathy? Visual artists and roboticists face these questions as they seek to alternately frighten and endear. Recent attempts to create accurate human replicas have brought these questions to the fore with increased urgency.”

Rediscovered this forgotten interview with me by an unnamed reporter. Fun!

Review of the productivity and personal-tracking application, OmniFocus (known at the time as “The Omni Group Omnifocus”).

The third part in a series of three articles about the death (and rebirth) of cities, particularly in the U.S. Rust Belt. (Note: As of August 2013, these articles are incorrectly attributed to another author in the byline, but are correct in the footer.)

The second part in a series of three articles about the death (and rebirth) of cities, particularly in the U.S. Rust Belt. (Note: As of August 2013, these articles are incorrectly attributed to another author in the byline, but are correct in the footer.)

The first part in a series of three articles about the death (and rebirth) of cities, particularly in the U.S. Rust Belt. (Note: As of August 2013, these articles are incorrectly attributed to another author in the byline, but are correct in the footer.)

An article for the Apple Developer Center (ADC) about how someone created a popular developer’s tool using Apple technologies. (Article is no longer on ADC; available by request.)