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  • Apple and the Frontier Labs

    Dithering | Apr 14
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  • EV Charging Standards, Tesla’s Strategy, Tesla’s Reward

    Wednesday, June 21, 2023

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    It increasingly looks like Tesla’s standard for charging will be the standard for the industry. Why did Tesla seize this opportunity, and why do they deserve to profit from it?


  • Ford Fires CEO, Car Companies and the Future, Anthony Levandowski vs. Google

    Wednesday, May 24, 2017

    Ford has a new CEO, and it probably doesn’t have much to do with the tech industry. That said, what car companies are best placed for the future? Plus, 100x engineers and the problem of culture.


  • Google, Uber, and the Evolution of Transportation-as-a-Service

    Wednesday, August 31, 2016

    The competition between Uber and Google has broken out into the open: who has the advantage in the evolution of transportation-as-a-service, and who will likely win?


  • CES 2016, Augmented vs Virtual Reality, The Resilience of Video Games

    Monday, January 4, 2016

    I continue to think that CES is getting more interesting, thanks to the maturation of the smartphone. Then, the differences between augmented and virtual reality, and how that explains the resilience of video games.


  • Differentiation and Value Capture in the Internet Age

    Wednesday, November 19, 2014

    The implication of the Smiling Curve is not only that aggregators have increased economic power, but that differentiated suppliers do as well; Omni Software is an example.


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  • 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
  • OpenAI’s Memos, Frontier, Amazon and Anthropic

    Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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  • Apple and the Frontier Labs

    Dithering | Apr 14
    Apple and the Frontier Labs
  • 2026 Awards Picks, Early Playoff Thoughts, Play-In Previews and More

    Greatest Of All Talk | Apr 13
    2026 Awards Picks, Early Playoff Thoughts, Play-In Previews and More
  • An End of Year Mailbag: Fox Feelings, Pistons Hate, Hartenstein Sliding Doors, SGA Meets His Hero, and Lots More

    Greatest Of All Talk | Apr 10
    An End of Year Mailbag: Fox Feelings, Pistons Hate, Hartenstein Sliding Doors, SGA Meets His Hero, and Lots More

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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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  • Hormuz, Rushmore and a Sam Altman Story That Missed the Story
    Friday, April 10, 2026
  • A Snap of Oversteer
    Friday, April 3, 2026
  • Tilting at Windmills
    Friday, March 27, 2026
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  • 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
  • OpenAI’s Memos, Frontier, Amazon and Anthropic

    Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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Podcasts

  • Apple and the Frontier Labs

    Dithering | Apr 14
    Apple and the Frontier Labs
  • 2026 Awards Picks, Early Playoff Thoughts, Play-In Previews and More

    Greatest Of All Talk | Apr 13
    2026 Awards Picks, Early Playoff Thoughts, Play-In Previews and More
  • An End of Year Mailbag: Fox Feelings, Pistons Hate, Hartenstein Sliding Doors, SGA Meets His Hero, and Lots More

    Greatest Of All Talk | Apr 10
    An End of Year Mailbag: Fox Feelings, Pistons Hate, Hartenstein Sliding Doors, SGA Meets His Hero, and Lots More

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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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