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Most software companies ignore user behavior
And other things that they do at their own peril. And how to be better about it.
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The electric car as a talisman of false hope
Electric cars give us a sense that we can have change without having to change. In 'solving' climate breakdown, they are a talisman of false hope.
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AI Update, Late 2019
It's been 7 months since my last commentary on the field, and as it became regular appearance in this blog (and in fact many people apparently enjoy this form and keep asking for it),
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Pioneer manipulates scores to pick winners
Pioneer paints a pretty picture of a fair tournament for ambitious people of the world. In reality though, the organizers will manipulate…
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The iPhone and Apple's Services Strategy
Apple’s annual iPhone event may have marked Apple’s true shift into being a Services company
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What I Learned at Activision
Realtime rendering and videogame programming mostly, but I love computer science and visuals in all their forms. This is a notepad of my ideas.
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The case for banning ads in social media
Social media has been at the center of a number of firestorms around everything from being intentionally addicting, to making people depressed, to gleefully spreading misinformation and destabilizing democracies around the world. While almost everyone can agree that something must be done, there’s not a lot of…
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How internet ads work
header bidding, DFP, GAM, cpm ... welcome in the world of ads, where everything is an acronym. Le me try to explain how everything works under the hood.
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How Badly Is Google Books Search Broken, and Why?
I periodically write about Google Books here, so I thought I'd point out something that I've noticed recently that should be concerning to a...
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If You Want to Go Broke, Listen to a Billionaire
I see that the chairman of another major private equity fund has graced us with his wisdom on investing. I’ll summarize it for you:
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Google: Please Stop Telling Lies About Me
People who search for me in Google see a Google-generated box which incorrectly says that I am Israeli. Google has ignored my complaints about this; they dont seem to care about the accuracy of the…
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Artifact: What Went Wrong?
Previously: Card Balance and Artifact, Artifact Embraces Card Balance Changes, Review: Artifact Epistemic Status: Looks pretty dead Artifact had every advantage. Artifact should have been great. Ar…
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We Never Paid for Journalism
In 2006 at around 4 am, a man appears at the door of a security booth in Downtown Los Angeles. He slowly opens the door, being careful not to be noticed. He grabs the key attached to a small crowbar h
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I Am the Cheapest Bastard in Indie Games
A Queen's Wish screenshot. Note that I use game art that I like to look at. This is necessary because I'll be staring at it for years, and...
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China, Leverage, and Values
If there is a new tech cold war, it is one with shots fired over a decade ago, largely by China. The questions going forward are about both leverage and values.
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Privacy Fundamentalism
The current privacy debate is making things worse by not considering trade-offs, the inherent nature of digital, or the far bigger problems that come with digitizing the offline world.
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Which Categories of Seed Startups Are Thriving? Which Aren't?
Discover which seed-stage sectors are booming in 2019: AI startups grew from 0 to 400, Blockchain surged 200x, while FinTech & Food tech show exponential growth.
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The New Dropbox Sucks
Link to: https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product-tips/new-dropbox
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The Buzzfeed Lesson
The lesson of BuzzFeed is that dominant Aggregators like Facebook have no incentive to act against their self interest and support suppliers.
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Would you accept cheaper rent in exchange for a monthly Amazon purchasing quota?
I’m sure many of you either have an Alexa-powered device in your house, or at least have played around with one somewhere. So it won’t be surprising to you that Amazon has been partnering with home…
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What Are the React Team Principles?
UI Before API.