Generative AI: Understanding the Technology and Its Implications
📘 from Chapter III.1 of my book: Generative AI: Understanding the Technology and Its Implications Platforms define the eras of technology. Each step (e.g., mainframe, PC, internet, smartphone, ...
No Wind? Row.
Mladen Popara / Unsplash.com When the wind fails, excuses multiply. The stillness becomes the enemy, a reason to stop, to wait for something outside your control. But waiting is the easy way out ...
AI eats Social Media
AI eats Social Media AI is taking the wheel, guiding our digital lives. It’s not just about ranking posts anymore; it’s about predicting, generating, and shaping content tailored for you befo ...
Speed is the Secret Sauce
Mathew Schwartz / Unsplash.com Speed is the Secret Sauce Things don’t really take time. The clock doesn’t lie, tasks are quick. What drags them out? Resistance. Hesitation. That inner dialogue ...
Customer Service in the Age of AI: from Transactional to Transformational
Customer Service in the Age of AI: from Transactional to Transformational It starts small, with basic chatbots handling routine requests and apps offering self-service for the simplest tasks. ...
Network Effects aka “The dance between growth and control”
Platforms thrive on a delicate dance between attraction and extraction, cooperation and competition. Early in their lifecycle, platforms are magnets: i.e. pulling users, developers, and creators ...
Working works
Free Nomad / Unsplash.com The more I work & write, the more I have ideas for more, confirming my old work ethic hypothesis: creativity feeds on action, not the other way around. Inspir ...
Good vs. Bad Strategy
Bhautik Patel / Unsplash Good strategy is elegant, precise, and unmistakably actionable. It identifies the critical problems, focuses energy where it matters most, and commits to coherent, del ...
Yes, Netflix can be free while also being the new cable bundle
Source: Unsplash Yes, Netflix can be free while also being the new cable bundle I have written extensively about Netflix and its possible free (ad) tier. Fast forward to today, the company ...
Apple’s strategy (2024 – ongoing)
Apple-iPad-Pro-Apple-Pencil-Pro-240507 Ipad Pro 2024 (Source: Apple) In a recent announcement, Apple unveiled its first AI-focused iPad and accompanying accessories + the ultra AI-capable M ...
Appel’s Vision Pro supply chain shows one thing = niche product
Source: Macrumors.com Ming-Chi Kuo (analyst) about the Appel’s Vision Pro supply chain: 1/ U.S. market demand Initially, Vision Pro saw a significant demand spike with pre-orders sellin ...
Open AI’s new market: text-to-video
Photo source: OpenAI Prompt: Prompt: Several giant wooly mammoths approach treading through a snowy meadow, their long wooly fur lightly blows in the wind as they walk, snow covered trees and d ...
Spotify might be a bad investment stock
Source: Spotify Spotify might be a bad investment stock despite reaching 236 million premium subscribers. Here are the key takeaways: 1/ Record growth in users and subscribers. Despit ...
Satya Nadella marked his 10th year as Microsoft’s CEO
Source: Finshots Satya Nadella marked his 10th year as Microsoft’s CEO His tenure as CEO of Microsoft, marking a decade of leadership, has been transformational for the company ...
Google introduces ‘Circle to Search’
Source: Samsung ⭕️ Circle (or highlight or scribble) to Search - by Google Hardware differentiation will never be Google’s strong point, but the software will. Here are some key ideas f ...
rabbit r1
Source: rabbit.tech At CES 2024 there was only one subject: AI on every device possible. What stood out from the crowd was the R1 innovative device trained on GUIs to make your life simpler ...
Xiaomi is officially in the EV business
Xiaomi.com The first time I saw their EV sedan called “SU7” I thought “Hey, look, a Porsche Taycan!”. There is no secret that Chinese companies are stealing design besides Intellectual pro ...
Apple Vision Pro launching on February 2nd.
Source: Snip of a post by Tim Cook on X Apple Vision Pro is launching on February 2nd! ???? Some take on the product and Apple's strategy: 1/ Patience pays off: Did you know that, on avera ...