Two new services from Google’s main rivals are poised to undercut Google’s ad revenue Figure 1: Credit – ZDNet; using 2013 financial data. More recent data looks even more extreme since Google’s sale of Motorola to Lenovo. Ad revenue subsidizes pretty much all of Google’s crazy adventures, from self-driving cars to creepy robots. Facebook and Apple fired two heavy […]
Pocket vs. Instapaper – sacrificing growth for revenue
About a year and a half ago, Instapaper was the app of choice for saving articles to read later. The service saved the article on your web browser, stripped away all the formatting and compiled it in one place for you to read when you actually had the time. Instapaper was super-convenient and innovative. They […]
a16z and dumb capital
Before I jump in, a quick preface. I’ve been meaning to start writing more in order to build a body of work as well as simply maintain/get better at writing. I’m going to write a post every day for the next 30 days. For the most part, I’m going to focus on tech/startup topics. The […]
Amazon should include “Add to cart” button next to search results
Looks like this now: Should look like this: I just searched for Robert Caro’s Lyndon Johnson books and want to add them all to my cart, but instead, I have to open up 3-4 tabs, go to each page and then hit add to cart, then close each page. If anybody should be minimizing clicks-to-cart, […]
Marty McFly, post-materialism, and the FUTURE! (of American growth).
I was watching Back to the Future 2 (the one that actually takes place in the future) in my pajamas last weekend, and after tuning in and out, began to pay attention when Marty asks – “Tell me about my future. I know I make it big, but do I become, like, a rich rock […]
Pace of innovation accelerating in Clean Tech
I came across these two articles demonstrating the rapid pace of technical improvement in clean energy. In spite of all the bad news from the debt deal (funding cuts for clean energy research), at least we’ll see returns from previous investments. A lot of the breakthroughs below come from innovation in academic settings. More and […]
Trade in The Beast for the Batmobile!
You’ve probably seen the video of the Presidential limousine getting stuck on a speed bump at the Dublin embassy. In case you haven’t: Popout Maybe he should trade the limo in for one of these. Popout Batman Begins – The Tumbler