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  • A Tale of Two Cities and Jaylen Brown, Minnesota’s Bet on LaMelo, Peterson Arrives and Mitchell Cashes Out

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jul 7
    A Tale of Two Cities and Jaylen Brown, Minnesota’s Bet on LaMelo, Peterson Arrives and Mitchell Cashes Out
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  • An Interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg About Turnarounds

    Thursday, November 13, 2025

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    An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg about a career focused on turnarounds, from EA’s KOTR to Zynga and now to Unity.


  • The End of AOL Instant Messenger, Innovation Versus Interoperability, Portability > Interoperability

    Tuesday, October 10, 2017

    AOL Instant Messenger is dead, and there is a new debate as to whether interoperability killed it. The answer is almost certainly no, but that doesn’t necessarily mean interoperability is a bad thing…or is it?


  • Verizon-AOL, Facebook Instant Articles, and the Future of Digital Advertising

    Wednesday, May 13, 2015

    Two seemingly unrelated stores — Verizon buying AOL. and Facebook offering publishers the option of Instant Articles — are actually very much connected: advertising online is undergoing a fundamental shift, and while there will be a few big winners, there will be a lot more losers.


  • Facebook and the Feed

    Wednesday, April 22, 2015

    In a week where much of the Internet was all atwitter about Mobilegeddon, Google’s pre-announced algorithm change that will favor mobile-friendly sites in mobile search results, a potentially far more impactful announcement was much more of a surprise: Facebook is tweaking the News Feed algorithm. This is a big deal for publishers in particular: according to…


  • Daily Update: Samsung and Qualcomm, AOL: Stuck in the Middle, New York Times Reports Strong Results

    Wednesday, February 4, 2015


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  • XBOX Cuts; Bundling and the Internet Solvent; Transaction, Coordination, and Sunk Costs

    Wednesday, July 8, 2026
  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • My Vibe Coding Adventure, The App and the Experience, Ten Takeaways

    Wednesday, June 24, 2026
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  • A Tale of Two Cities and Jaylen Brown, Minnesota’s Bet on LaMelo, Peterson Arrives and Mitchell Cashes Out

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jul 7
    A Tale of Two Cities and Jaylen Brown, Minnesota’s Bet on LaMelo, Peterson Arrives and Mitchell Cashes Out
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    Dithering | Jul 7
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  • 10 Questions on LeBron, Jokic, KESSLER, Blazers Points Guards and Offseason Chaos

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jul 1
    10 Questions on LeBron, Jokic, KESSLER, Blazers Points Guards and Offseason Chaos

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  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
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  • Hopes, Fears, and the Wizards
    Friday, June 26, 2026
  • Aura and the Lack Thereof
    Friday, June 19, 2026
  • Europe’s Final Warning
    Friday, June 12, 2026
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  • XBOX Cuts; Bundling and the Internet Solvent; Transaction, Coordination, and Sunk Costs

    Wednesday, July 8, 2026
  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • My Vibe Coding Adventure, The App and the Experience, Ten Takeaways

    Wednesday, June 24, 2026
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  • A Tale of Two Cities and Jaylen Brown, Minnesota’s Bet on LaMelo, Peterson Arrives and Mitchell Cashes Out

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jul 7
    A Tale of Two Cities and Jaylen Brown, Minnesota’s Bet on LaMelo, Peterson Arrives and Mitchell Cashes Out
  • AI UX

    Dithering | Jul 7
    AI UX
  • 10 Questions on LeBron, Jokic, KESSLER, Blazers Points Guards and Offseason Chaos

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jul 1
    10 Questions on LeBron, Jokic, KESSLER, Blazers Points Guards and Offseason Chaos

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Interviews

  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
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