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  • Play-In Chaos and Knueppel Slippage, Anyone But the Thunder, Title Picks and Awards Resolution

    Greatest Of All Talk | Apr 17
    Play-In Chaos and Knueppel Slippage, Anyone But the Thunder, Title Picks and Awards Resolution
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  • An Interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg About Turnarounds

    Thursday, November 13, 2025

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    An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg about a career focused on turnarounds, from EA’s KOTR to Zynga and now to Unity.


  • The End of AOL Instant Messenger, Innovation Versus Interoperability, Portability > Interoperability

    Tuesday, October 10, 2017

    AOL Instant Messenger is dead, and there is a new debate as to whether interoperability killed it. The answer is almost certainly no, but that doesn’t necessarily mean interoperability is a bad thing…or is it?


  • Verizon-AOL, Facebook Instant Articles, and the Future of Digital Advertising

    Wednesday, May 13, 2015

    Two seemingly unrelated stores — Verizon buying AOL. and Facebook offering publishers the option of Instant Articles — are actually very much connected: advertising online is undergoing a fundamental shift, and while there will be a few big winners, there will be a lot more losers.


  • Facebook and the Feed

    Wednesday, April 22, 2015

    In a week where much of the Internet was all atwitter about Mobilegeddon, Google’s pre-announced algorithm change that will favor mobile-friendly sites in mobile search results, a potentially far more impactful announcement was much more of a surprise: Facebook is tweaking the News Feed algorithm. This is a big deal for publishers in particular: according […]


  • Daily Update: Samsung and Qualcomm, AOL: Stuck in the Middle, New York Times Reports Strong Results

    Wednesday, February 4, 2015


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  • TSMC Earnings, New N3 Fabs, The Nvidia Ramp

    Monday, April 20, 2026
  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

    Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • Amazon Buys Globalstar, Delta to Add Leo, The Apple Angle

    Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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  • Play-In Chaos and Knueppel Slippage, Anyone But the Thunder, Title Picks and Awards Resolution

    Greatest Of All Talk | Apr 17
    Play-In Chaos and Knueppel Slippage, Anyone But the Thunder, Title Picks and Awards Resolution
  • Vibe App Quality

    Dithering | Apr 17
    Vibe App Quality
  • (Preview) Six Questions on Frontier AI Labs, Messaging AI to a Skeptical Public, Amazon (and Apple?) Ramps Up Competition with Elon

    Sharp Tech | Apr 17
    (Preview) Six Questions on Frontier AI Labs, Messaging AI to a Skeptical Public, Amazon (and Apple?) Ramps Up Competition with Elon

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  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

    Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • An Interview with Asymco’s Horace Dediu About Apple at 50

    Thursday, April 2, 2026
  • An Interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas About Selling Chips

    Thursday, March 26, 2026
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  • What the NBA Needs Right Now Is Anyone But OKC
    Friday, April 17, 2026
  • Hormuz, Rushmore and a Sam Altman Story That Missed the Story
    Friday, April 10, 2026
  • A Snap of Oversteer
    Friday, April 3, 2026
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  • TSMC Earnings, New N3 Fabs, The Nvidia Ramp

    Monday, April 20, 2026
  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

    Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • Amazon Buys Globalstar, Delta to Add Leo, The Apple Angle

    Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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  • Play-In Chaos and Knueppel Slippage, Anyone But the Thunder, Title Picks and Awards Resolution

    Greatest Of All Talk | Apr 17
    Play-In Chaos and Knueppel Slippage, Anyone But the Thunder, Title Picks and Awards Resolution
  • Vibe App Quality

    Dithering | Apr 17
    Vibe App Quality
  • (Preview) Six Questions on Frontier AI Labs, Messaging AI to a Skeptical Public, Amazon (and Apple?) Ramps Up Competition with Elon

    Sharptech | Apr 17
    (Preview) Six Questions on Frontier AI Labs, Messaging AI to a Skeptical Public, Amazon (and Apple?) Ramps Up Competition with Elon

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Interviews

  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

    Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • An Interview with Asymco’s Horace Dediu About Apple at 50

    Thursday, April 2, 2026
  • An Interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas About Selling Chips

    Thursday, March 26, 2026
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