Technology

A collection of 32 posts

Technology

How to commercialize open source

If software is eating the world, open source is eating software. OSS projects have more opportunity than ever before.

Technology

Solving the last mile, just not with scooters

Scooters are the craze du jour, littering the streets of our cities. Why then are VCs pumping hundreds of millions into scooter apps?

Technology

Tiny #1 in G2 Crowd Summer Grid Report

Very proud of the marketing team at Tiny. TinyMCE remains the #1 WYSIWYG editor in G2's Summer Grid Report.

Technology

Another TinyMCE update v5.0.5, improves i18n

Here's a very brief post I wrote about the latest update to TinyMCE, including internationalization (i18n) improvements.

Technology

Blockchain for new media content rights and creators

Is the music industry learning, or not, from past mistakes resisting new technologies like blockchain?

Technology

Blocked by the Great Firewall of China

A small claim to fame, the time when I was blocked by the Great Firewall of China. Exactly how controversial were my opinions?

Creativity

Why I migrated from WordPress to Ghost CMS

WordPress is an amazing project and I happily blogged with it for a long time. In this post I explain why I switched to Ghost for my personal blog.

Technology

Periscope and the future of "broadcasting"

Imagine rebroadcasting disparate users at a live event, or a location over time. I share my vision for the future of live, social video broadcast.

Technology

On Spotify's Family Plan #fail

Spotify went half way with their new Family Plan, and it presents an opportunity for Apple.

Technology

Google brilliance! Talking with computers

Short and fascinating Google production on the science of talking with computers. Well worth your time to help understand where we're going.

Business

TSLA overvalued, but not because it's a car company

Is Tesla really worth it's current valuation? Depends if you see it as a car company, or an energy company, or something else entirely.

Technology

Brian Chesky nails the non-disruption disruption

Technology disruption is very relative. If in a society where people regularly share car rides, services like Lyft and Uber disrupt very little.

Technology

Listening to a16z's two Bens discuss Amazon

a16z's Ben Horowitz and Ben Evans explain everything you need to know about Amazon. Great insights into Amazon's future.

Technology

Why I hope Uber crushes the Aussie taxi business

A recent trip to Australia is why I support Uber in breaking the monopolistic taxi industry. Here's my experience.

Business

Are app devs now facing the musician's dilemma?

For more than 15 years I made a living in the copyright industries. A great frustrated is listening to those who complain that a $10 ebook costs too much, or that a 99 cent song is too expensive, while simultaneously burning $100 on a boozy night out.

Technology

Adobe drops ownership for access model subscription

Adobe is killing off its Creative Suite as it moves to the cloud. The future is here and the naysayers are wrong.

Technology

Funniest app review I've read in a while

A laugh-out-loud moment from the Mac App Store, a customer review of the OSX app Memory Clean. Major points for getting Cheez Curls into a review.

Technology

B&W P5s

The new headphones have arrives. B&W P5s. Unbelievable good.

Music Business

Pandora caps free listening hours

Pandora has capped free listening to 40 hours per month, apparently slightly more than the average listener uses.

Technology

SF MusicTech 2013 outs tech angst towards rights licensing

I attended my first SF MusicTech Summit yesterday at the Hotel Kabuki in Japantown. One of the huge benefits of relocating from Australia to the States is being able to easily, and relatively inexpensively, attend conferences like this. It was a great experience.

Technology

Will we ever see a Google Store?

Google is reportedly about to enter the retail space. Here's what I hope their stores look like.

Business

SF MusicTech

I'll be at the SF MusicTech summit tomorrow, which will be my first and looks like being quite a lot of fun. If you're also attending and interested in social commerce and/or the convergence of entertainment/media/tech, let's connect.

Technology

Elon should keep it personal, forget the data

Pando Daily writer Hamish McKenzie believes Tesla founder Elon Musk "should stop whining and let his data to the talking". Here's why McKenzie is wrong.

Technology

Was Amazon really just granted a patent on 'secondhand'?

When a patent is granted for a secondhand market it becomes clear there's a major problem with the patent system.

Technology

Amazon moves to establish global currency

Amazon has taken one of several steps toward what I presume is a vision for a global currency.