The Humane AI Pin: A Case Study in Poor Strategy and Poor ExecutionThe Humane AI Pin is a wearable voice controlled device with a digital assistant that aims to replace your smartphone for a number of…Apr 24, 20244Apr 24, 20244
Disruption Comes to GoogleThe tech industry is extremely dynamic and the only constant is change. Companies that once appeared to be invulnerable can be regularly…Mar 3, 2024109Mar 3, 2024109
5 Things I Learned About Leadership from the Death & Rebirth of MicrosoftIn 2007 Paul Graham, the founder of Y-Combinator, penned an essay titled Microsoft is Dead. The thesis of the article was that Microsoft…Feb 4, 2024157Feb 4, 2024157
The Difference Between a bunch of APIs and a Platform“A platform is when the economic value of everybody that uses it, exceeds the value of the company that creates it. Then it’s a platform.”…Jun 16, 20211Jun 16, 20211
Privacy is Like an ElephantThe story of the blind men and the elephant tells a visual story of how humans can perceive the same thing very differently based on their…May 30, 20214May 30, 20214
Wired is Wrong: The problem with social media isn’t ads, the real problem is right there in the…This morning wired published an article titled YES, BIG PLATFORMS COULD CHANGE THEIR BUSINESS MODELS which argues that ad driven business…Dec 18, 20182Dec 18, 20182
This Time isn’t Different: The Facebook Era isn’t OverI was recently called out on Twitter for dismissing this post titled The Facebook Era is Over which pointed to a number of trends working…Nov 17, 2018Nov 17, 2018
Strong Opinions, Weakly Held: Lessons from Mark Zuckerberg & Steve JobsI’ve often seen the phrase “strong opinions, weakly held” used to indicate both a focused approach to achieving an outcome but also…Nov 2, 2018Nov 2, 2018
Growth at any Cost: Social Media has Made the World a Worse Place, Here’s How To Fix ItDan McComas, former head of product at Reddit, gave a very candid interview about why he thinks modern social media sites like Reddit have…Oct 14, 20181Oct 14, 20181
A Plan for Eliminating Toxic Users on Twitter using Artificial Intelligence & TrustworthinessTwitter as a service is widely known for the toxic behavior of a subset of its users. In addition, the company has done a worse job than…Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018
