Cord Jefferson

  • Google Glass And The Golden Age Of Creepshots

    Google Glass And The Golden Age Of Creepshots

    The early criticism of Google Glass — that it’s for arseholes, that it will lead to a dystopian Panoptican nightmare — is mostly well-founded. But what everyone has glossed over in their opening salvos is, I think, the most immediate and obvious problem Google Glass will precipitate: once these things stop being a rich-guy novelty…


  • Why The Celebrity Headphones Trend Is Idiotic

    Why The Celebrity Headphones Trend Is Idiotic

    At the end of December, a PR agency representing American footballer Tim Tebow’s new signature line of Soul brand headphones — model number SL300, $US299.95 retail — emailed us to invite us to a CES event at which Tebow himself would be showcasing his headphones and “speaking with the media”. The event was total bullshit.…


  • Where The World’s Horrible Crap Comes From

    Where The World’s Horrible Crap Comes From

    I am a man well versed in tacky shit; I spent the lion’s share of my formative years in Tucson, Arizona. If you haven’t been there, Tucson — like most mid-sized touristy cities with a lot of retirees — is filled to the top of its cacti with the kind of poorly made trinkets old…