The Intersect (Page 2)

Working From Home

By Nathan Liu in Work on 07 Jun 2020

Working from home in an epidemic has been hard. On the surface, I find it boring, I struggle to motivate myself, and I’m less effective. But I hear from my colleagues that they want more of this, that they are _more_ productive, _more_ engaged and not looking forward to returning to the office. For

How Smartphones Control the Police

By Nathan Liu in Politics on 01 Jun 2020

In London, there is one CCTV camera for every fourteen people. But there are at least eight million residents with smartphones. When police brutality escalates in Hong Kong, and the murder of a black man is filmed by passers by in the US, they look like our greatest defence.

Podcasts: The Internet’s Greatest Achievement

By Nathan Liu in Technology on 24 May 2020

My love of podcasts comes in waves. In a virus laden world where walks outside are the only sense of normality available, I am once again in love with the internet’s most underrated medium.

The Cloud Storage Conundrum

By Nathan Liu in Technology on 19 May 2020

If I fill my iCloud storage, I have two options: pay up or have my personal data deleted. It shouldn’t have to be this way.

How to Sell an ARM Mac

By Nathan Liu in Technology on 12 May 2020

The challenge won’t be in building, it’ll be in storytelling.

A Touch of Social Distance

By Nathan Liu in Mental Health on 08 May 2020

We have been educated how to make a face mask and shop with distance. We have not been taught how to survive without touch.

A New iPod: An Exercise in Focus

By Nathan Liu in Technology on 02 May 2020

As our technology does more and more, as the power at our fingertips becomes unwieldy and under-utilised, our expectations grow higher. But to be perfect, to do one thing extremely well, we have to drop those distractions.

The Government That Doesn’t Want Trust

By Nathan Liu in Politics on 26 Apr 2020

Britain needs leadership that treats a crisis with the weight it deserves, not as political opportunity. We need leadership that will apologise not manipulate.