Commentary

E-commerce is growing like an alien blob — where will it stop? This week, Naseem looks at the growing number of commodity Web services that put small players on big fields....

Why don’t developers and users always get along? This week, Byron takes a look at the two major responses to new features and user ingenuity — “way cool!” and “shouldn’t do that...

Would you call your surroundings a cube farm? If there are more than two bicycles in the copy room and a video of “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” or something like it in the bathroom, you may work in a Midwest technology environment....

I went to this interview because somebody called my mother and told her he wanted to hire me. As near as I could tell, the job involved convincing one’s family and friends to take out new mortgages. If I took this job, I would spend...