Albert Wenger’s DLD talk: abundance and its consequences

Since everything will cost zero, and therefore we will have lots of everything… The talk and video here // My summary // Marginal cost to zero. That’s the trend Closed to open –> Linux, Creative Commons, Flickr cc, Khan Academy,

Albert Wenger’s DLD talk: abundance and its consequences

Since everything will cost zero, and therefore we will have lots of everything… The talk and video here // My summary // Marginal cost to zero. That’s the trend Closed to open –> Linux, Creative Commons, Flickr cc, Khan Academy,

The high ground in the Android wars

Xiaomi and Oneplus and the Chinese Androids are having a breathtaking impact. A year ago they had a pretty cheap, good Android clone. Now they have… A phone, tablet, mini tablet, fitness band, TV box, HDTV box, amazing headphones, and

The high ground in the Android wars

Xiaomi and Oneplus and the Chinese Androids are having a breathtaking impact. A year ago they had a pretty cheap, good Android clone. Now they have… A phone, tablet, mini tablet, fitness band, TV box, HDTV box, amazing headphones, and

Unchanging styles, or, “Will the Apple Store ever change?”, and, bravo @kurtanderson

This Vanity Fair piece from two years ago is still soooo true. It’s about how nothing much in our style culture has changed since roughly 1990. Still true. Go to the link to be convinced (bottom). Men’s fashion, music, movies,

Unchanging styles, or, “Will the Apple Store ever change?”, and, bravo @kurtanderson

This Vanity Fair piece from two years ago is still soooo true. It’s about how nothing much in our style culture has changed since roughly 1990. Still true. Go to the link to be convinced (bottom). Men’s fashion, music, movies,

Two philosophy ideas that pop culture meditation (as in “Om”) fans need to hear

First a little passage from the great Russian cognitive psychologist and theorist of learning Vygotsky: Did that appear in the right spot in the blog post? Anyway. Lots of non-philosophers say this seemingly deep thing — consciousness is the essence

Two philosophy ideas that pop culture meditation (as in “Om”) fans need to hear

First a little passage from the great Russian cognitive psychologist and theorist of learning Vygotsky: Did that appear in the right spot in the blog post? Anyway. Lots of non-philosophers say this seemingly deep thing — consciousness is the essence

Apple is innovating too fast?

Kind of amazing that the last two weeks people have been complaining that Apple ships too fast, with too unpolished releases. Here is something that is missing from the commentary, which is summarized well here: http://daringfireball.net/2015/01/apple_eras_of_flux The missing bit is:

Apple is innovating too fast?

Kind of amazing that the last two weeks people have been complaining that Apple ships too fast, with too unpolished releases. Here is something that is missing from the commentary, which is summarized well here: http://daringfireball.net/2015/01/apple_eras_of_flux The missing bit is:

What’s a Facebook Page worth?

Via DF: // Regarding the quality of Facebook traffic: “On thing we gradually noticed, however, was that maintaining a Facebook page was pretty much a waste of time by the end of 2014. While Facebook sends lots of traffic to

What’s a Facebook Page worth?

Via DF: // Regarding the quality of Facebook traffic: “On thing we gradually noticed, however, was that maintaining a Facebook page was pretty much a waste of time by the end of 2014. While Facebook sends lots of traffic to

Consciousness, inner voices and what about deaf people?

On the “self awareness being tied to language” note, I found this quote from Helen Keller interesting: “Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world. I

Consciousness, inner voices and what about deaf people?

On the “self awareness being tied to language” note, I found this quote from Helen Keller interesting: “Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world. I

Remote engineering, teams, management, work via @stevesi

Also via Steve Sinofsky, this package of posts merits some attention. http://blog.learningbyshipping.com/2014/12/30/why-remote-engineering-is-so-difficult/ http://paulgraham.com/95.html http://ma.tt/2014/12/how-paul-graham-is-wrong/ Part of why it requires this attention is the whole Code As Cards approach we have been using to design and build and ship Knotable with

Remote engineering, teams, management, work via @stevesi

Also via Steve Sinofsky, this package of posts merits some attention. http://blog.learningbyshipping.com/2014/12/30/why-remote-engineering-is-so-difficult/ http://paulgraham.com/95.html http://ma.tt/2014/12/how-paul-graham-is-wrong/ Part of why it requires this attention is the whole Code As Cards approach we have been using to design and build and ship Knotable with

Digital literacy

If computing is like writing, then what is the equivalent of literacy for the digital age? A thousand years ago, writing was a technology enjoyed by an elite few: rulers, clerics, scribes. This technology offered the power to store information

Digital literacy

If computing is like writing, then what is the equivalent of literacy for the digital age? A thousand years ago, writing was a technology enjoyed by an elite few: rulers, clerics, scribes. This technology offered the power to store information

Tools, the means of production via @stevesi

Here’s a great snippet via the legendary toolsmaker Steve Sinofsky of Microsoft software fame: From these tweets It’s true and it has an origin in the far weightier philosopher pre-Kuhn who makes this argument: Marx. The superstructure of culture and

Tools, the means of production via @stevesi

Here’s a great snippet via the legendary toolsmaker Steve Sinofsky of Microsoft software fame: From these tweets It’s true and it has an origin in the far weightier philosopher pre-Kuhn who makes this argument: Marx. The superstructure of culture and