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Evolution of Technology

  • The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence

    What is artificial intelligence? Is it really any different than technology? In my estimation machine learning is truly something new, and the effects on society will be significant.

  • Manifestos and Monopolies

    Facebook has long had too much power, but Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed willingness to use said power for political ends means it’s time to consider countermeasures.

  • The Ten Year Anniversary of the Apple TV

    Today is being marked as the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone; it is a footnote of history that it is also the 10-year anniversary of the Apple TV. It’s a reminder that we don’t know what innovations matter until they occur.

  • Alexa: Amazon’s Operating System

    Money is made at chokepoints, and the most valuable chokepoints are operating systems; Amazon is building exactly that with Alexa.

  • The State of Technology at the End of 2016

    The annual Stratechery review of the state of technology, and call to build products that unlock human potential

  • OpenAI Universe and DeepMind Lab, Amazon Go

    OpenAI and DeepMind released broadly similar products that speak to their different approaches, but what is most interesting from a business perspective are products like Amazon Go.

  • Fake News

    Facebook is under fire for fake news and filter bubbles; they are a problem, but most of the proposed solutions are far worse.

  • Slack and the Macintosh, Microsoft Teams, Slack’s Ad

    Slack made Microsoft’s Teams announcement much more exciting with a taunting ad in the New York Times, an echo of Apple’s ad welcoming IBM to the PC. That may not be the precedent that Slack wants.

  • Chat and the Consumerization of IT

    What does the consumerization of IT even mean? Workplace by Facebook, Skype Teams from Microsoft, and Slack offer three definitions.

  • Oracle’s Cloudy Future

    Larry Ellison has declared that Oracle is a cloud company, but their customer offering seems more suited to the world that was.