The Internet changed how media competes to focus and quality, but quality is defined by your niche.
Articles
Dust in the Light
The Internet ends gatekeepers and increases transparency, which has world-altering effects — both good and bad.
Platforms in an Aggregator World
Facebook Shops are good for Shopify merchants, but bad for Shopify; the answer is to push more into the real world.
Chips and Geopolitics
TSMC showed the power of modularization, and now they are core to the U.S. national security strategy.
Dithering and Open Versus Free
Announcing the new Dithering podcast, and why it is important to fight for the open ecosystem that Spotify is trying to aggregate.
The Anti-Amazon Alliance
Google Shopping is changing its model, suggesting Google is joining the Anti-Amazon Alliance; 3rd-party merchants should do the same.
How Tech Can Build
Marc Andreessen has written (another) seminal essay: It’s Time to Build. What does that mean for tech and venture capital?
The NBA and Microsoft
The NBA and Microsoft are announcing a new partnership. The news, some brief analysis, and an interview.
Coronavirus Clarity
The coronavirus crisis is making clear just how powerful tech companies are; hopefully this leads to a much more productive conversation about how that power should be utilized or regulated.
Apple, Amazon, and Common Enemies
It is tempting — and useful — to look at Apple and Amazon’s deal in a bilateral context. It probably makes more sense, though, in the context of Netflix and the future of video.