It has been a rather crazy and hectic week. I have struggled to find time to read. Usually I distill about 100 articles to roughly 10 — but this week, half my Pocket went unread. I hope to be more efficient next week. In the interim, enjoy these gems. Have a great weekend everyone! Continue reading “What to read this weekend”
Photos, photos and more photos! Photos are the atomic unit of social platforms. Photos and visuals are the common language of the Internet. It is hardly a surprise then, that we are going to upload nearly 900 billion photos to the Internet this year. Or that, Snapchat is worth tens-of-billions of dollars. What is more amazing is that we have only, barely scratched the surface when it comes to the potential of turning on the cameras. Here is a personal essay on why I am excited about photos, the visual web, computer vision and the far reaching impact of visual sensors. Continue reading “On visual web, a photo is worth more than a 1000 words”
Sorry Biz, Jelly isn’t really my jam. [Sarah Lacy] Dating in the expanded field. [The New Inquiry] Kids for Cash: A shocking juvenile justice scandal. [Democracy Now] Life, Death, Privacy & the Internet. Anonymity from the front line. [Kevin Abosch] Vente Privee seeks $11 billion in revenues with flash sales online [Bloomberg] Which Internet stock … Continue reading What I am reading today
It was less about drones and more about the growing importance of algorithm-augmented retail. It is also a pretty broad swipe at all local retail, especially big box retailers such as Walmart, Kmart and Target. Those other guys are fighting to get their services web and mobile ready, while Amazon (s AMZN) is fine-tuning what … Continue reading Real meaning of Amazon Drones
