Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos is stepping down and will transition to executive chairman’s role in the third quarter of 2021. Andy Jassy, the chief of Amazon Web Services, will be taking over. With Bezos moving out of the CEO chair, the four largest (almost) trillion-dollar companies — Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft — … Continue reading An Amazonian Transition
Here are some stories that I found interesting and will be worth reading. The first modern pandemic and the scientific advances we need to stop COVID-19: Bill Gates lays out the strategy and makes an excellent case for listening to science and logic. Of course, we all have to live with the irrationality of politics … Continue reading [04.24.2020] SIGNALS
“The very last thing I want to watch on Netflix is an ode to Bill Gates. Gates was the Zuck of the 90s. He tried to put our freedom in a Microsoft box and sell it back to us, without the freedom.” Dave Winer, Software Icon. Continue reading Dave Winer on Inside Bill’s Brain
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote a heartfelt eulogy for his co-founder, Paul Allen, who passed away (earlier this month.) The eulogy has since been reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic and has been widely covered in other media outlets. He wrote: Paul foresaw that computers would change the world. Even in high … Continue reading Gates, Allen & Yesterday’s Terabyte
And just like that, the new year is nine days old. I guess, when you are having fun, you don’t notice how quickly time flies. It was fun to watch CES from afar. I think of it as a “consensus electronics show” and very few products showcased there have a real long term impact on … Continue reading 7 Stories to read this weekend (January 9)
Computers are for people. [Jason Kottke] The reading brain in the digital age: the science of paper versus screens. [Scientific American] Why we hate the new tech boom. [Salon] The “Breaking Bad” School. [The Economist] 3 reasons why comparisons between Zynga and King are flawed. [Eric Seufert] Microsoft directors have a lot of explaining to … Continue reading What I am reading today
