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  • Open Letters and Weights

    Dithering | Jul 28
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  • An Interview with Joanna Stern About Creating Content (and the Apple Vision Pro)

    Thursday, February 1, 2024

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    An interview with Joanna Stern about her journey to the tech columnist position at the Wall Street Journal, reviewing the Apple Vision Pro, and what it takes to create content on the Internet.


  • An Interview With The Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel About Building a Destination Site

    Thursday, September 15, 2022

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    An interview with The Verge EIC Nilay Patel about building a destination site, his background and how that connects to his career in tech journalism, The Verge’s business model and approach to journalism ethics, and a bit of a debate about moderation and net neutrality.


  • The Idea Adoption Curve

    Monday, November 23, 2020

    Mapping the technology adoption curve to ideas gives insights as to which business models work on which parts of the addressable market.


  • SBNation and AB5, Understanding SB Nation, AB 5 and the Internet

    Tuesday, December 17, 2019

    SB Nation is a publishing company that was only ever possible because of the Internet. That it has to change its model because of AB 5 shows why AB 5 is fundamentally flawed.


  • Faceless Publishers, Take 2; Internet Trends 2017

    Thursday, June 1, 2017

    Defining faceless publishers is perhaps easier by describing what they are not; then, my favorite slides from Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Trends Report


  • Faceless Publishers

    Wednesday, May 31, 2017

    The missing piece when it comes to the future of media are faceless publishers. Vox Media’s deal with The Ringer shows the way.


  • Bill Simmons to Launch ‘The Ringer’; More Media Notes on Yahoo, BuzzFeed, Vox

    Monday, February 22, 2016

    Bill Simmons’ new site looks to take an integrated approach to money-making. Plus, strategies for content creators with examples from Yahoo, BuzzFeed, and Vox


  • Vox Acquires Recode; Stars, Money, and Reach; The Apple Car and Jony Ive

    Thursday, May 28, 2015

    Recode has sold to Vox, and while everyone involved is putting a happy face on the matter, it seems highly likely that Recode failed as a business. Understanding how content businesses work show where they went wrong, but what does that mean for someone like Bill Simmons? Also, Jeff Williams spoke at Recode, and he just…


  • Daily Update: Facebook to Host Media Content, Vox’s Facebook Strategy and Keywee, Bill Simmons’s Next Move

    Tuesday, March 24, 2015


  • Blogging’s Bright Future

    Monday, February 2, 2015

    Blogs may not be the only means of expression on line, but they are a more viable as a business for writers focused on niches than ever before.


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  • OpenAI Hacks Hugging Face, What Happened, Alignment and Paper Clips

    Wednesday, July 22, 2026
  • Netflix Earnings, Is Netflix Washed?, Additional Notes

    Tuesday, July 21, 2026
  • IBM Misses, IBM’s Mainframe Moat, IBM’s Many AI Problems

    Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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  • Open Letters and Weights

    Dithering | Jul 28
    Open Letters and Weights
  • Emergency Pod: LeBron to the Sixers??? LeBron to the Sixers.

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jul 24
    Emergency Pod: LeBron to the Sixers??? LeBron to the Sixers.
  • (Preview) An OpenAI Model Escapes Sandboxing, Intelligence Will Be a Commodity Market, The Chinese Model Conundrum

    Sharp Tech | Jul 23
    (Preview) An OpenAI Model Escapes Sandboxing, Intelligence Will Be a Commodity Market, The Chinese Model Conundrum

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  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
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  • Two More Cents on the NBA’s Second Apron Era
    Friday, July 24, 2026
  • Is Netflix Washed Now?
    Friday, July 17, 2026
  • Online Insanity and Its Counterpoint
    Friday, July 10, 2026
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  • OpenAI Hacks Hugging Face, What Happened, Alignment and Paper Clips

    Wednesday, July 22, 2026
  • Netflix Earnings, Is Netflix Washed?, Additional Notes

    Tuesday, July 21, 2026
  • IBM Misses, IBM’s Mainframe Moat, IBM’s Many AI Problems

    Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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  • Open Letters and Weights

    Dithering | Jul 28
    Open Letters and Weights
  • Emergency Pod: LeBron to the Sixers??? LeBron to the Sixers.

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jul 24
    Emergency Pod: LeBron to the Sixers??? LeBron to the Sixers.
  • (Preview) An OpenAI Model Escapes Sandboxing, Intelligence Will Be a Commodity Market, The Chinese Model Conundrum

    Sharptech | Jul 23
    (Preview) An OpenAI Model Escapes Sandboxing, Intelligence Will Be a Commodity Market, The Chinese Model Conundrum

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Interviews

  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
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