David Churbuck

Freelance writer.; former tech reporter and founder of

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

The most chilling and depressing observation I've read in a long time from Om Malik:
"I’ve been an internet-first creative since the early 1990s, and I’ve learned that the internet’s metabolism makes no distinction between creative and non-creative work. https://t.co/7D6qKnWoFM via @om O

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

@LaptopRetrospe1 @Lenovo I'm jealous! That machine was a total tank, and the "side-screen" one of the coolest gizmos ever. Hands down the most lap-unfriendly laptop ever.

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

Spice Labs Announces Post-Quantum Cryptography Inventory Builder https://t.co/L27acs00sc via @ein_news

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

@dwhilldesign @LaptopRetrospe1 It was a joy to help you and a very, very good blog because it was actually interesting and out of the ordinary. You delivered some posts that have stuck with me for 20 years.

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

@LaptopRetrospe1 @dwhilldesign Thank you and thanks for helping David out with his well-deserved wikipedia page. Very well done.

[David Hill @dwhilldesign]

This week my newly created personal Wikipedia page published. It documents my design career & contributions to creating the ThinkPad legacy. Special thanks to Thomas Rogers of @LaptopRetrospe1 for working tirelessly with Wikipedia to make it happen! Enjoy. https://t.co/gYJiORXV8i

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

My client Spice Labs launched its first product today -- Surveyor maps applications, containers, virtual machines so infosec engineers and software modernization teams can see what open source dependencies and risk lie within. https://t.co/aJnntKxk7m

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

I'm proud to announce I'm being represented by @johnwrudolph of the literary agency Dystel, Goderich & Bourret for The Marginal Sea, my new book about shipwreck and survival on Siberia's Sea of Okhotsk.

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

https://t.co/xG4D42s1bX announces integration and partnership with SkyTab
https://t.co/IAqPwyVKDC via @ein_news

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Transcribing Maritime History: Whaling Logs and Google Earth https://t.co/BKIbbmrgGB

[David Hill @dwhilldesign]

#designoftheday Since 1846 the George Kirby Jr. Paint Co. of Bedford Mass. has been handcrafting the world's finest marine paints. Kirby offers a rich palette of beautiful vintage colors befitting your prized wooden craft & their label design is perfect. https://t.co/aybBdezr9A

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This Old Boat: Restoring a 76-year old Cotuit Skiff https://t.co/A5nUHyxeBX via @dchurbuck

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Summer restorative https://t.co/Js3dKJEER1

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Subscribe to Joe’s Substack https://t.co/HVW2XudKaQ

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This is a disaster for historians.
A Cape Cod online newspaper archive goes dark—for now https://t.co/ntaxgWpMlY

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

@dwhilldesign The rumor was the fire suppression system was so thorough that it would suffocate everyone inside, and in case of nuclear attack the entire structure would sink into the ground like a book bunker.

[David Churbuck @dchurbuck]

@NoContextHumans false. Kapok

[Laptop Retrospective @LaptopRetrospe1]

The @Lenovo #ThinkPad X1 Carbon and Txxxs both owe pieces of their design to the X300, which is one of the most important ThinkPads ever. Thanks to @dchurbuck for his blog which has some great bits of ThinkPad history included in its pages. #LenovoIN
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