From Benedict Evans: “In the last 5-6 years, machine learning has gone from ‘crazy idea from the 1980s’ to ‘software’. That has come with several waves of deployment and several waves of company creation, as we work out what to […]
David Sacks, the original COO of Paypal and now a VC at Craft Ventures digs in to the difference between tech startups, which are mainly software, and tech-enabled startups, which operate in meat-space (my term, not his). While the former […]
This post presupposes that you know what Ethereum 2.0 is (a big upcoming software release, which includes a switch to proof of stake). | learn more
When I was a youngster, I would labor at the keyboard of our family computer trying to make it do as I said. You might say I “taught myself” how to program. What does that really mean? It means I […]
“Most people think of tools as designed around their material, not materials around their tools. But in practice, tools and materials are constantly reshaping each other.” | learn more
As I peel back more layers of the health care system onion, I really appreciate some of the nuances that this industry has developed. In this case, it seems that a lot of the big Electronic Health Record software vendors […]
I had always suspected there was a structural problem causing governments to stay behind the times on technology. This article shed a little light on it for me: modern software can’t be treated as CapEx, so the expenses must come […]
Nisarg Patel writes an interesting post that discusses how healthcare is evolving as a tech-enabled consumer business. “A swath of chronic diseases desperately need integrated, end-to-end solutions that seamlessly integrates pharmaceuticals, software, and support services in a single package.”
Ever wonder how much tech jobs pay? With a couple years of work experience, the engineer received job offers from Facebook, Google, Lyft, Dropbox, and other big tech companies. | learn more
Sanjiv Kalevar, a venture capitalist with Battery Ventures, worked as a dishwasher, truck driver, telemarketer, and more. Now he’s investing in software aimed at making blue-collar work easier and more productive. | learn more