The XX Factor : technology

Let Us Now Praise Helpful Wives

Liza Mundy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:35:00 GMT

It would have been so much easier for me to find the time to write this post if I had voice-recognition software, a sophisticated self-built database with all my contacts including my Double X blog posting instructions, which I keep losing, and most of...(read more)

Communicating Despite Technology

Ann Hulbert — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:10:00 GMT

Can this marriage be saved? Yes, it can—through letters. Check out yesterday’s Op Ed in the Times by a military wife facing marital strains, who turned to an old-fashioned remedy... (To read the rest of this post , visit our new website DoubleX.com !...(read more)

Recession Entertainment: Watch Other People Buy Things

Kerry Howley — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Via Flowing Data , I see that Zappos.com will now show you who is buying what from where in real time. Thus I can sit in front of my laptop, stare at pictures of shoes superimposed on a map of the United States, and make wild generalizations about regional...(read more)

Is Blogging While Female Really So "Perilous"?

Susannah Breslin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:03:00 GMT

On the occasion of a zillion geeks descending on Austin for SXSW, the Austin Chronicle considers the so-called "perils of being a female blogger." According to the article, while the blogosphere is rife with chicks everywhere you click, the "professional...(read more)

In the Future, You Will Twitter to Your Own Face

Kerry Howley — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:56:00 GMT

H Plus , my very favorite transhumanist quarterly, has just released its spring issue . You'll all be very interested to read about the coming spray-on female nano condom (or some such) detailed on Page 14. I'm just as excited about subcutaneous digital...(read more)

Smartphones, Dumb Stories

Noreen Malone — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:49:00 GMT

Why is the New York Times still flummoxed by the idea that women might embrace technology? The paper's Technology section today ran a "trend" story marveling at how women are expected to buy the new iPhone in record numbers (sample quote: "'Companies...(read more)

Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

Ann Hulbert — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:25:00 GMT

Two articles about the latest surveillance technology available to the modern family-- you can read here in the Guardian about a new jacket with a GPS chip in it, and here in the New York Times about new GPS-equipped cell phones—have left me feeling more...(read more)