Living in an AR world
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Hyper-Reality
This video caught my eye this week. It’s a short film made by Keiichi Matsuda. He describes it as [...]
Tech
Keep that in mind when you fundraise
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VCs are not always on your side
Last week, there was much debate in tech about an article from the NY Times. It was about a movement of not taking [...]
Asking my kids
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YouTube or Netflix?
This weekend, I was chatting with my kids about online streaming video. They’re 6 and 9 years old. They barely watch regular broadcast TV if ever. To them, video means streaming. It’s the only thing that counts. I asked them if they had to choose between YouTube and Netflix, what would they prefer? The answer […]
Toeing the line
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Apple app store antitrust case with SCOTUS
Today, SCOTUS will start hearings on a lawsuit brought against Apple’s practices to limit distribution of apps to their IOS devices and leaving the only option to distribute through Apple with a 30% surcharge. I’ve written in the past that Apple’s walled garden is going to be problematic for them in the long run. With […]
The internet is not nearly done
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Let’s do everything else
This morning, I watched a presentation by A16Z’s top analyst Benedict Evans titled “The end of the beginning”. I always enjoy his analysis and this one is no exception. Using market sizes Ben extrapolates that we’re just scratching the surface on disrupting global industries – we’re maybe at 5-10% of leveraging software and the internet […]
Let me annoy you for a second
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Every website in 2018
The video in the tweet below sums it up. It’s a mess again. The pop-ups, pop-overs and pop-unders are back! Now implemented in CSS. Every website in 2018 pic.twitter.com/Gm7jhfuuUO — Daryl Ginn (@darylginn) October 20, 2018
The platforms of the many turn into platforms of the few
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Local stardom
One of the most interesting trends of the internet in the last decade, is what I like to call local stardom. Not everyone is the same on the internet and it is caused by algorithms. I call it local stardom. The amount of content we need to consume is so vast, we use algorithms to […]
Slow disruption
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When was the last time you visited your bank?
Sometimes disruption happens fast and is very visible like the introduction of the smartphone. Other times it happens very slowly. I came across this article that HSBC put a cute robot in their flagship (who knew that’s a thing for banks?) branch on Manhattan. Obviously the idea is to increase foot traffic. It’s a good […]
We love to be entertained
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Smartphones: The Dark Side
The BBC made this great documentary called “Smartphones: The Dark Side”. Obviously the smartphone and its apps are made to draw you in and entice you to spend more time on them. The ecosystem financial rewards are driven by you using it. It’s pretty much the same reasoning we used to have about TV. The […]
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Facebook “unbundled”
Around two years ago, I deleted all my social media apps and just visit through their websites. I stopped posting or otherwise engaging with any of them. This also changed my visiting behavior. I settled for once per week for Facebook and Instagram and just use Twitter and LinkedIn when I want to look up […]