A historical collection of our writing.
Tonight I will be participating in a panel discussion about Universal Basic Income. One of the key arguments for UBI is that we need to decouple people’s ability to meet their basic needs from traditional work because of the rise of automation. This is the case I make in my TEDx talk. But there is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
We spend a lot of time in tech inventing and building new things. Some people are perfectly happy doing so without needing a deeper reason — some simply want success, others wealth, and many are excited about the potential to make the world a better place. Still I am struck by an undercurrent of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This past Saturday was Video Hackday in New York City. It had been organized by the team at Ziggeo with the help from many others, including a great roster of sponsors. I enjoyed participating and wrote a little hack that you can see here. Even though I am pretty rusty as a developer, I managed […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A couple of days ago there was a much favorited and retweeted tweet by the often funny Startup L. Jackson Now I happen to think that this is wrong in an important way but right in another and it is important to pick those two apart. Let me start by how it is wrong. Coding […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Technology companies have a tendency towards the quantitative. We like to measure things. And there is a lot that can be measured from page load times to net promoter scores. Even in board meetings the question “have we A/B tested that” is common. But the quantitative can only take you so far. Here […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Over 30 years ago when I first started to program I was quickly fascinated by the potential for computers to become smart. I remember writing my own version of Eliza and buying the Winston’s book on Artificial Intelligence. It seemed like anything was possible and thinking machines would be just […] Read more
