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Scale
An annotated collection of 2 articles on scale, spanning 2014 to 2022. Featuring works by Adam Davidson, Joanna Stern — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.
Thinking Outside the (Big) Box
Adam Davidson, 2014 · The New York Times Magazine
Davidson writes economic journalism in a register that is rare and useful: he takes a specific industry or firm and walks through why it looks the way it does, with numbers concrete enough to argue with. This piece belon…
The Owner of This iPhone Was in a Severe Car Crash — or Just on a Roller Coaster
Joanna Stern, 2022 · The Wall Street Journal
A short piece of reporting that works as a case study in unintended consequences. Apple's crash detection was a celebrated feature at launch; within weeks it was dialling 911 from rollercoasters and ski slopes. Stern's p…