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I’ve never been very good at taking tests.
My A.D.D. usually kicked in after the fourth of fifth question and I had more fun daydreaming about how I could land a plane if the pilot suffered a stroke, saving hundreds of beholden passengers, than plodding through a list of multiple choice questions.
This all changed in the summer of 1992. Continue reading
Nick Bilton is a New York Times technology columnist and lead blogger for The New York Times Bits Blog. His background spans design, user interface, journalism, hardware hacking, and more. He previously worked as a researcher in The Times R&D Labs, looking at the media landscape 2-10 years out. In addition to The Times, Nick helped co-found NYCResistor, & is an Adjunct Professor at NYU. Continue Reading…
Upcoming TalksI’ll be giving a keynote talk at the NY Web 2.0 Expo in September. Continue reading
08.17.2010Speaking about mobile and location based content at DLD 2010 in Munich, Germany. Continue reading
08.16.2010I’ve never been very good at taking tests.
My A.D.D. usually kicked in after the fourth of fifth question and I had more fun daydreaming about how I could land a plane if the pilot suffered a stroke, saving hundreds of beholden passengers, than plodding through a list of multiple choice questions.
This all changed in the summer of 1992. Continue reading
Last week I wrote a story for the Bits Blog about 4Food, a new “healthy fast food” restaurant that’s opening in New York City in September.
I know what you’re probably thinking: “Huh, you’re don’t write about food for The Times, you write about nerd-stuff.” The reason I wrote about 4Food was because of the way it’s connected to the Web and allows a new kind of social integration with you lunch, integrating with Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. Continue reading
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bilton@nytimes.com
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