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Straightforward discussions on why often we disagree with the current hype, without filters or buzzwords.

Advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable

Advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable

In a seminal keynote from 2011, Robert Stephens, founder of Geek Squad, became instantaneously famous – or infamous, depending on your current job description – by stating that advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable. The keynote is all over the place and more a stream of consciousness rather than

As predicted... Microsoft Fabric

As predicted... Microsoft Fabric

Just a quick pat on the shoulder here as Microsoft just announced they would move from ChatGPT-like solutions in the browser to the real disruption: running private instances of their AI/LLM solution on industrial customers data lakes. And boy, are they full in on this! They don't

After more than a decade, Internet 3.0 might be booting up in ways that are vastly unpredictable

After more than a decade, Internet 3.0 might be booting up in ways that are vastly unpredictable

I spent a decade listening to numerous prophets and gurus explaining how, after social (web 2.0), the web will reach its next paradigm: web 3.0. During this decade, what would redefine the web has been a wave of dead-on-arrival ideas and technologies. The Semantic Web, the Internet of

You don't beat Google with technology

You don't beat Google with technology

Neeva is a search engine launched in 2019 that raised $77.5 million of funding from VCs such as Greylock and Sequoia Capital. The project was simple and effective: beat Google at its own game by implementing a better crawling and ranking algorithm (that allows you to find the best

Apple glasses? Here we go again...

Apple glasses? Here we go again...

While the rumor mill is spinning like crazy about Apple AR, VR, or XR glasses that are supposedly soon-to-be-announced, it's worth remembering that no one knows anything about this launch. Or even if there will be a launch. Apple secrecy makes it so that tech journalists – and when

🟢 So long, and thanks for all the chirps

🟢 So long, and thanks for all the chirps

I was on Twitter for 14 years and five months. I canceled my account yesterday. Is there anything to say that hasn't been said these last few months? Should I have waited for the new CEO (or the one that will come after her) to turn things around?

Andreessen Horowitz, or how the new economy got old

Andreessen Horowitz, or how the new economy got old

An excellent article from The Verge on Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and how the most influential venture capitalist firms in Silicon Valley and beyond shaped 'tech.' Andreessen Horowitz saw the future — but did the future leave it behind?Disruptors, disruptedThe VergeElizabeth Lopatto As the model of social networks seems