What did mobile look like before the iPhone, what did we think was going to happen, and what does that tell us about predicting the future?
Read MoreAll curation grows until it requires search, and all search grows until it requires curation. So how does curation scale to the internet? Does it need to?
Read More16 themes for understanding what's happening in mobile, with links to everything I've written in the last two years.
Read MoreThe tech industry spent decades trying to get to the TV, but now that it's finally happening, it turns out not to matter much.
Read MoreWhat does it mean when you don't understand technology?
Read MoreHow do the quirks and drawbacks of the San Francisco area shape the companies created here? How do they skew ecommerce?
Read MoreWhen we say 'mobile' we don't mean mobile just as when we said 'PCs' we didn't mean PC. This isn't about the screen size or keyboard or location or use. Rather, the ecosystem of ARM, iOS and Android, with 10x the scale of Wintel, will become the new centre of gravity throughout computing.
Read MoreSmartphones are internet platforms in a way that PCs never really were, and they're not neutral - the platform owners keep reshaping them, and reshaping how user acquisition works.
Read MoreIt's never been easier to write or harder to get read. Thoughts on blogging, distribution, platforms and ad-tech
Read MoreBy financing iPhones directly, Apple locks in iPhone users to a rolling subscription, enters the second-hand market in a big way and removes a piece of mobile operators' relationship with users
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