Michael Crider
News, reviews, and short-form videos for PCWorld.
Formerly Android Police, Review Geek, How-To Geek, Digital Trends.
Opinions are my own.
I have a personal website, almost never updated: thegumshoe.com
I write fiction: amazon.com/author/crider
- Poking around with gaming PC builds, trying to find value, and failing. But it's a "good" time to buy a pre-built, I guess? www.pcworld.com/article/3050...

- "Return to the office is rarely about team cohesion and productivity, and is mostly about control and a need to make use of expensive office space" It's also a massive don't-call-it-a-layoff, as people "quit" because it's now impossible for them to go back to an office. No severence, cha-ching.
- Ubisoft fires team lead for criticising stupid return-to-office mandate: aftermath.site/ubisoft-montre...
- The shell games will continue until the rickety table collapses.
- Spent the last week or two making changes to my phone provider, ISP plan, streaming, etc., to save some money...and it was all gobbled up and then some by my power bill. Up 40% from the same (also very cold) month last year. Thanks, AI! Making life more miserable in a bunch of little ways.