better doing

The cybernetic teammate.

Don’t let this title intimidate you. This post shares the results of very interesting field research among 776 professionals at Procter and Gamble, the consumer goods giant. The upshot: teams do better work than individuals. Yet, individuals with AI do […]

tech, startups, internet

USV’s slow hunch.

A rare interview with Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham. “Since founding USV in 2003, Fred and Brad have backed companies like Twitter, Etsy, Cloudflare, and Coinbase while developing an investment thesis focused on enabling new forms of value creation through […]

tech, startups, internet

AI is stifling tech adoption.

Of course AI assistants lower the bar for who can code and how quickly, expanding the universe of people who can create software. Yet as more code-writing comes through this pipeline, it also creates a choke point for the underlying […]

tech, startups, internet

How to build, scale and win in hard tech.

“Those that succeed are focused from day one on developing technology and building companies that deliver real economic value per dollar spent, not by leaning on government crutches, rich subsidies, or vague promises of economies of scale. They develop and […]

fun facts

Everyone knows your location.

So many apps secretly collect geolocation data without user consent. This developer decided to try and track himself through this backdoor data. He stopped short of buying his data in the database due to the hefty pricetag. “But still, I […]

staying thirsty

Texas is running out of water.

“For most other Texans, however, the extent of their knowledge of where water comes from is the kitchen faucet and backyard hose. But behind every drop is a complicated system of sources, laws and management challenges.” ~ learn more