tech

19 Jun 2017

The Long History of Furries in the Bay Area

Behind The Fur: The Long History of Furries in the Bay Area The SF Bay area has a very special place in furry history.  Hi, I’m Smash, and I’ve been a part of that history for 20 years. This column will be your insider’s guide to bay area furry fandom. 

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
28 Aug 2015

Why It’s So Important to Vote if You’re New to San Francisco

 image from Bloomberg I was in a Lyft Line the other day. Since Lyft Line is the company’s carpool service, there was another stranger in the car, other than the driver. We’ll call her Madison since I don’t recall her name. Madison works in tech and I was telling her how

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
29 May 2015

#MyNameIs Rally at Facebook HQ on Monday

If you go by ‘Bunny’, ‘Kitty’, ‘Queen’ or some other nickname, you’ve got to fight for your right to go by ‘Bunny’, ‘Kitty’, ‘Queen’ or some other nickname on Facebook. That’s why the #MyNameIs campaign is organizing a protest at Facebook headquarters on Monday, June 1, taking the real names

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23 Feb 2015

Win Tickets to REAL 2015: ART+SCIENCE+TECH @ Fort Mason!

The site describes this event as a place “Where The Sensor Meets The Creator. A groundbreaking convergence of art, architecture, entertainment, engineering, health, heritage, media and manufacturing exploring the future of 3D, from reality capture to augmented reality, 3D digitization to 3D printing.” But, I honestly got distracted by the

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21 Feb 2015

How to work in tech and still be a “good san franciscan”

I saw this image on my friend Tuffy’s Facebook page. He had taken it somewhere in the Mission and decided to share it. I thought “well this is gonna stir some shit” and then posted it on the Broke-Ass Stuart FB page. I had no idea just how much shit it would

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
22 Nov 2014

Uber Sabotages Dozens of Tech Companies with Plot to Monopolize News All Week

Early Friday morning, Aereo, the tv streaming company that has battled long and hard against television networks to steal and re-resell programming to users, filed for bankruptcy. In the past, the company has captivated the attention of gossip-hungry readers everywhere. But after a week of world-class PR from the team at Uber,

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24 Sep 2014

Ello: Ad-Free Empowerment in the Era of Social Networking

Yesterday Stuart invited me to try out a Beta version of this new site Ello. My knowledge went no further than a pal mentioned he had applied to join. I thought that sounded rather official for a social networking site, so I decided to investigate. Ello was started in early July

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