A historical collection of our writing.
Yesterday Hilary Clinton mentioned the “gig economy” in a speech. She said This is of course a topic I have been speaking and writing about a lot. Like Fred, I think that this is a discussion we need to have. I think the framing though of the question has to be quite different. We need […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
There were two tweets about Uber recently that I found myself disagreeing with somewhat. Paul Graham tweeted And on the same day Chris Sacca (who is an investor in Uber) tweeted What do I not like about them? Equating Uber with the much larger idea of using technology to efficiently connect people […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Last week I had the opportunity to cross something off my bucket list: sailing faster than the wind. Now at first this sounds like a preposterous idea – if the wind is pushing you, then how could you go faster than it? It seems the equivalent of the Baron Munchausen pulling himself from a swamp […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I remember well debating the concept a single European currency with my Dad when I was growing up in Germany long before the Euro was actually introduced. As a teenager I was fervently in favor and he was deeply skeptical. I am now watching with fascination how the very concerns my Dad had at the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds but the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote goes on to refer to Pythagoras, Socrates and Newton and so may it doesn’t refer to logical consistency but rather to the ability to learn from new information and form a new opinion based on that. Be that as it may […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I have been meaning to write this post ever since I read about Tim Cook’s speech on how Apple protects its customers’ privacy. Since then there have been posts arguing that Google’s (and others’) approach has merits because it allows for creating a better customer experience and also because it […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
