OK, I’m being a bit dramatic. But seriously, the internet is not a safe place. Techstars NYC Managing Director Alex Iskold teaches us basic precautions to avoid being an easy target. After reading this, I realize how un-good my security […]
A Farnam Street article about Batesian Mimicry. This gets into a bit of biology, a bit of evolution, and a lot of thinking. | learn more
On the same topic as above, feedback is probably the most important part of being a good manager. | learn more
The author of this post makes an interesting, albeit premature (in my opinion), claim that retailers should be threatened by the changes that Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality will make to the shopping process. I see home furnishings as a […]
Jason Fried, founder of Basecamp, writes straight from the heart and discusses why it’s so easy to be a bad manager. This hits one of the biggest challenges I see people struggle with in business. | learn more
Founder David Hall originally started Velodyne to make speakers with great bass, but pivoted (before the word was cool) to making the best LIDAR on the market. The business is at the epicenter of technology powering the autonomous vehicle movement. | learn […]
This excellent memo from NYC’s Notation Capital provides some worthy thoughts about how to capture value from blockchain. The memo was originally written for internal use of their limited partners. | learn more
I don’t recall where, but somewhere I heard good things about Matt Ridley’s books. This one didn’t disappoint. He calls himself a Rational Optimist – meaning he’s optimistic about the future of humans and the prospect for our prosperity. There […]
The WSJ explores the poor and less-literate users that will make up the next consumers of the internet. The safe prediction is that they’ll be using video and voice to interact with devices, rather than reading and typing. Note: the WSJ […]
A study published in Nature Energy quantifies the climate and air quality benefits of wind and solar energy. It’s important to be skeptical of these calculations, but also worth reading the argument. | learn more