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Callum Booth
Personal blog · therectangle.substack.comculturedesign
Callum Booth writes The Rectangle, a personal blog at therectangle.substack.com about culture and design. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Adventures in digital culture.
What Hacker News says?
Submitted Old tech is haunted as a story · 101 points
HN discussionSubmitted Online Safety Act: What went wrong? as a story · 56 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sorry, iPads as a story · 36 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google Maps is ruining us as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted The AI Job Swindle as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why am I still on Twitter? as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Studio Ghibli AI Slop as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cheap earbuds got damn good as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Music Algorithms Failed Us as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tech's Reality Problem as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple removed the macOS Music app controller from the Watch as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ban Phones in Schools as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pocket's closure marks the end of an era as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Lightswitch Problem as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our Grotesque Era as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted We're not ready for smart glasses as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple and the End of Design as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Build a Social Network as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Video games need a "dad mode" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Microtransactions Are Beanie Babies as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Spiritual Failure of iPads as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What happened to sleepyti.me? The death of a popular web app as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The metaverse should be more like the Sony Walkman as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where are all the electronics repair shops? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Welcome to relatable Jeremy Strong memes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Quest for 2k Pints as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everything should be a BeReal clone as a story · 1 points
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