Back to making #Content in hopes someone might see it and then read the book. Does it work? I don’t know. But despite my discomfort, it is fun working with Linda (not on this site) to make tiny videos.
Gabe Bullard
@gbullard.bsky.social
Journalist and critic. I'm writing a book about convenience. I'm on the radio. Everything is at gabebullard.com. Basel, CH.
This was such a good discussion. Thank you for hanging out with me and @johnnygamber.bsky.social, @gbullard.bsky.social!
The Erasable Podcast @erasable.us · 3d agoEpisode 243 is up! 📻 erasable.us/243 This is a fun episode. We talk to @gbullard.bsky.social about his new book "Against Convenience". It's not a nostalgic treatise on why we should use analog tools. It actually goes deep on the modern conveniences in our lives and what we give up when using them.
Finally I get to talk pencils with people who really know. (I'm sorry to all of my followers who I know IRL, but I've seen you nodding off as I get into the details of graphite core grading.)
The Erasable Podcast @erasable.us · 3d agoEpisode 243 is up! 📻 erasable.us/243 This is a fun episode. We talk to @gbullard.bsky.social about his new book "Against Convenience". It's not a nostalgic treatise on why we should use analog tools. It actually goes deep on the modern conveniences in our lives and what we give up when using them.
"Where can we look today, amid cultural stagnation, for American art not just evincing but capacitating the good life, for aesthetics of majoritarianism against authoritarians, for flourishes of freedom against fascism?" - must read from @annakornbluh.bsky.social
Emily Watlington@keys-wallet-phone.bsky.social · 4d agovital & necessary, from @annakornbluh.bsky.social www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
Here it is next to my grandparents’ Kodak Brownie.
Gabe Bullard@gbullard.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat moves books? Pictures of them with analog tech, I assume. Does this do anything?
What moves books? Pictures of them with analog tech, I assume. Does this do anything?
"exploring how platform-driven news, analytics, and changing media habits have contributed to the decline of original reporting, arts criticism, and local news." Via @niemanreports.org
@funkygiesing.bsky.social@funkygiesing.bsky.social · last wk.Got an angry email about how I fail to mention things in the “lightly sourced” book. Then the person declared they didn’t finish it. I shouldn’t respond to these things, but I just sent page numbers for the things I failed to mention, then the page range for the citations.
For folks curious about the book…I narrate the audiobook. You can hear me place emphasis on words!
Erin E. Worrel 👻@erinerex.bsky.social · 2w agoI started the audio version this morning. I'm one chapter in but I love it already. I've had scramblings of thoughts on friction and technology; this is the book I've been waiting for.
I don't just write about failed technology. Sometimes I write about fun things like yodeling. Here I am on 99% Invisible chasing yodeling from the Alps to U.S. country music and back.
Tootle of a Devilish Song - 99% Invisible
The sounds of yodeling have been echoing through the Alps for at least 400 years, likely more. But its origins are shrouded in mountain mist. The eerie, warbling sound might have been first used by ca...
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reading @gbullard.bsky.social's Against Convenience really made me think about how many of our beloved conveniences come at the cost of our relationships and community--so I wrote about it: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Convenience Is Lonely
Far too many innovations keep us from other people.
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In “Against Convenience,” @gbullard.bsky.social NF '15 examines whether modern technology is actually improving our lives — and what we’ve lost in the pursuit of convenience. niemanreports.org/gabe-bullard...
Seven Takeaways on Convenience and News - Nieman Reports
In “Against Convenience,” Nieman Fellow Gabe Bullard delves into modern media consumption habits
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"The public commons is a place people stop at on their way somewhere else. Everyone eats the same value meal because there’s nothing else to eat." Read our excerpt from @gbullard.bsky.social's new book, AGAINST CONVENIENCE: longreads.com/2026/09/15/c... @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social
Eating Alone - Longreads
Soggy fries, ghost kitchens, and a $19 bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich: what we've actually gained on the path to convenience.
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I got an invite from a professor who asked if I'd be on his podcast, but could not guarantee it would drive any sales of the book. Not to undercut my mission here, but folks, there's nothing I would like more than to be on your academic, obscure, or niche podcast. I'll go on the big ones, too.
We’re back with @gbullard.bsky.social who wants to make everybody’s life more difficult. Fair enough! pca.st/podcast/d99c...
Serious Nonsense
Would you rather die in space or the ocean? Is it OK to leave an apple in an office and eat it after fourteen months? What is the scariest building in the world? These are all the unimportant question...
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At @literaryhub.bsky.social, I wrote about the conveniences I used to write Against Convenience. lithub.com/the-convenie...
The Conveniences I Used to Write a Book About Inconvenience (Definitely Not AI)
After a few months, I got used to the sarcasm. If I told a friend I was writing a book called Against Convenience, they’d ask whether I was planning to write it by hand, whether I’d use spell-check…
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My book, Against Convenience, is out today in the UK/Europe. Next week in the U.S. againstconvenience.com
Making videos to promote the book and I captured what most of my friends have been seeing for the last year.
I think I'll see real success in my critical work as soon as I take an idea that's existed in theory for decades and rebrand it using modern slang. The tasteslop strivecels are buy-maxxing.
My complaint with Axios has always been that it so clearly doesn't respect the readers' intelligence. It's babying in its framing and "brevity." It purports to break down complicated issues, but it really just says no issue is actually that complicated.
Gabe Bullard@gbullard.bsky.social · 2mo agoPeople are dunking on this, but is from Axios, a website founded on the idea that paragraphs are too much. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
People are dunking on this, but is from Axios, a website founded on the idea that paragraphs are too much. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
Robot book club
Reading books with an AI partner
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I got so fed up with a fashion faux pas I had to make a video. www.youtube.com/shorts/qJK_X...
Guys keep making this one mistake when dressing
YouTube video by Gabe Bullard
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There was a chord change in the 639-year John Cage performance yesterday. I was there. Here's my story from the last change. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/588-...
As Slow As Possible - 99% Invisible
In February, everyone who went to a concert in the old medieval town of Halberstadt, Germany, showed up 23 years late. This is also concert from which everyone walks out early. The performance is of a...
99percentinvisible.org
I would buy this anyway to support Gabe but I will definitely be reading this. bring back friction! (I should take my own advice!)
Gabe Bullard@gbullard.bsky.social · 5mo agoAfter two years of research and writing, my book is now available for pre-order. It's a critique of technology, a brief history of chores, a critique of streaming and of the news business, and a few thoughts on what to do next. www.harpercollins.com/products/aga...
I don't understand the attitude here. He's more popular than other channels musicians appear on (allegedly—it's not really accurate to compare straight YouTube views against multichannel outlets like the NYT), but poor him because these stars don't come on? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocuf...
Why Paul McCartney Won't Be On My Channel
YouTube video by Rick Beato
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