PinnedBeijing 2022: The International Launch for the Digi-YuanThe Winter Olympics will introduce global visitors to the state’s e-currency — The Winter Olympics begin this week, with Beijing becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter games. I took a look at the gender split in past Winter Olympics and there is a clear trend over the years:China11 min read
PinnedNetflix Originals Movies: An Exploratory Data AnalysisThe best, the worst, and the most surprising findings from 584 Netflix movies. — What’s a Netflix Original? movie Movies that had their original production commissioned by Netflix. They include documentaries, comedies, one-off specials, and a whole load of regional programming. How many movies are there? I’ve got 584 in my data set, so let’s say 584. The first went live in December 2014…Netflix7 min read
23 hours agoTogetherr is Fiverr’s Bet on the Future of AdvertisingIt’s “fantasy football” for the creative world — So I spoke to the founders to see how it works. We can likely all agree that the old-fashioned “retainer-based” business model isn’t fit for purpose in advertising these days. Everybody loses: 😭 The clients: Increased pressure on budgets; stuck with an “Agency of Record” that can’t adapt. Something has to give, and often that thing is quality. 😭 The agencies…Startup6 min read
Jun 13What Businesses Can Learn from Barcelona, the Smart CityIt’s an ‘Eixample’ for us all — I’m just back from Barcelona and, in the grand tradition, I’m going to bore you with stories about my holiday. Well, sort of. I actually had three draft articles about “Barcelona, the Smart City” partially written, from across the last few years. I kept reading about the new technology initiatives…Travel11 min read
May 29Can Technology Help Fix our Food System?Part 1: Introduction — I reckon I was 30 before I tasted a real tomato. I’d had thousands of them before then, but always from those plastic supermarket pots. Every tomato I’d ever had had looked the same, and that was by design. Supermarkets squeeze suppliers until there’s no juice left. So when I…Tech6 min read
May 16Part II: Building A Culture of Innovation, Interview w/ Tom GoodwinSee part I of the interview here. Below, you can watch part II or read the interview transcript. Some of the points I found very interesting from this part of the discussion: “Innovation is much less collaborative than we like to think.” “Innovation so often is about the theater of innovation.” “Data can only ever reflect the current reality.” And as a result: “a…Data16 min read
May 6Building A Culture of Innovation: Interview w/ Tom Goodwin, Part II always find it very illuminating to talk about the big topics with Tom, so I thought it would be great to record one of said discussions. I hope you enjoy. We’re talking about how to build a culture of innovation and in the first video, we focus on people…Innovation14 min read
May 3Introducing: The Reaction Man PhenomenonJust mediocre blokes spoutin’ bro-mides — I have to go on YouTube sometimes to check in on the hi, tech. channel. The YouTube homepage is an education in itself, if you’re as far removed from the zeitgeist as I am. There are so many videos of men “reacting” to whatever is in the news. I call…Free Speech6 min read
Apr 26Huawei’s Petal Search: 5 Key Differences with Google SearchHuawei has been busy developing its Harmony operating system, including a new maps product (I wrote about that here) and a whole new search engine (I wrote about that here). There is a slowly growing consensus that Google has taken its eye off the search ball, but it does still…Huawei4 min read
Apr 10My Trip to DecentralandIf this is the future, I’ll stick with the present. — I’ve been pootling about in Decentraland for a little while now, trying to figure out why anyone would think this is the future. Conversely, I’m finally starting to understand the appeal of nostalgia. See, the Web as we know it is a platform people can build on. This “metaverse” is…Metaverse7 min read
