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The Russian brain drain

The Russian brain drain

Fascinating tweet from Johannes Wachs a few days ago: Preprint day: I measure developer brain drain from Russia since the invasion. Comparing @github data Feb21vsJun22 I find many RU devs are abroad (8.6%) or obscure their loc (11.3%). Leavers were more active and central in the collabnet. Feedback

Do we need more Silicon Valleys? (No)

Do we need more Silicon Valleys? (No)

Historically, I have been doubtful of reproducing innovation models imported from other cultures and ecosystems – I've been very polite. In my experience, the main fallacy is that such things as "Silicon Valley" are a model to start with. If anything, they are a complex construct that

The Verge redesign matters (for us, too)

The Verge is among the most famous consumer electronics and technology news websites. As of yesterday, they entirely redesigned their website and, more importantly, changed how they feed their audience news. Let's see why this might be big news. The Verge was launched in 2011 and is owned

🟢 [ Looking back at ] 15 years of mentoring

🟢 [ Looking back at ] 15 years of mentoring

Mentoring is now a wide-spread practice that is more or less loosely understood, but that is always of great promise. After working on this subject for about 15 years and obtaining a PhD on the very subject in 2012, I thought it would interesting to look back and reflect.

Does an AI have the right to produce art?

Does an AI have the right to produce art?

Two weeks ago, a composition won the first prize at the Colorado State Fair. This composition wasn't produced by an artist but by someone using Midjourney (a now notorious AI that generates images from text prompts). Scandal ensued. TL;DR — Someone entered an art competition with an AI-generated

Sales are a vanity metric

Sales are a vanity metric

In the context of a looming recession, most governments think again that maybe big tech should start paying a fairer amount of taxes. Prepare for talks on e-commerce and social media regulation to fire up all around (except in China, where they brutally clamp down the sector). Given the legal

The iPhone is wiggling

The iPhone is wiggling

This August, I translated and updated an article from 2013 about how innovation is a cycle of reimagination, diversification, and reduction. The core thesis is that, as innovators, we understand and expect the reimagination/diversification cycle quite well, but we nurture a massive blindspot in the reduction phase. 🔴 The Romanesco