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My greatest story, never much told: Nokia Cloud
In early 2004, I joined the small Nokia Lifeblog team to lead sales and marketing. Over the roughly 18 months I was with the team, I learned so much about the fusion of internet and mobile, became the...
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Jammin’ to the venture beat. And my first patent thrown in for good measure.
Back at the end of 2002, if I recall correctly, Nokia set up an internal Venture Challenge – a challenge to have folks submit ideas, find some promising ones, and get small teams to build and validate...
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It’s time we hack the shit out of this virus
The subvariant, known as XBB, accounted for about 52.6% of all cases in New England during the period of time between Dec. 18 and Dec. 24, according to CDC data. The week before, it accounted for...
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When the myth of the visionary founder flounders: push back!
Tesla has announced it’s phasing out its cars’ use of ultrasonic sensors (USS) to sense objects in the world around them. It’s part of the company’s shift towards its camera-only Tesla Vision...
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Will adding AI to note-taking apps make us better thinkers?
Casey Newton from The Verge has an interesting ‘state of note-taking apps’ article. Prompted by the arrival of generative AI, he looks back at his use of note-taking apps and ponder the use of...
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Going with the reflow: building my own oven for Level One Manufacturing
A while back I read an interesting article that placed hobbyists making things (Level 1 – 1-100 units) on the same axis as big manufactures (Level 3 – 5000+ units) [as an aside, the writer now has a...
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What do you think of Humane’s AI-powered wearable?
It’s a gadget designed for interacting with large language models, not apps, and for talking instead of typing. But it’s not yet entirely clear what you’re supposed to use it for. Source: Humane...
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Did SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google? – The Verge
Just wanted to say: this is a really good article. The article is a great snapshot of where we are in SEO, with insights from the start many decades a go. Great quotes from interesting characters,...
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Make. Smaller. Cars.
I think part of the reason Ford is having issues is that their EVs are or are going to be gigantic. Ford’s been riding the trend of bigger and bigger trucks and SUVs such that they’ve built themselves...
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The Fediverse – and why I feel like Cassandra
Been meaning to make this whine-post for some time. Yes, I was excited with all the discussion last year of the fediverse, the rise of Mastadon (even tho it’s been around for while), the general...
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