Bustr Bensn: The interface to our subconscious -
You know how sometimes you’re hungry and you start wondering to yourself, “What am I in the mood for?” This process of one part of the brain asking another part of the brain a question is something we all do a lot, and it struck me the other day that there was actually something really interesting…
Surely there’s an Apple ad in here somewhere.
(via Webomatica via Mail Online)
“The whole idea of using the physical store to drive online traffic is pretty interesting,” said Keith Anderson, senior analyst at RetailNet Group, which first reported on the stores.” — Walmart begins ‘pop-up’ store experiment - FT.com (via rafer)
(via rafer)
“I predict that health monitoring will be the next substantial phase of cyborg evolution.” —
Scott Adams Blog: Our Cyborg Evolution 11/08/2011
I agree. Sounds creepy taken out of context, but not in the context of the entire post. Also, the blog of Scott Adams should not be missed.
(via davidhoffman)
(via davidhoffman)
“The New Luddites are back, and they’re packing heat. The mighty Economist writes of “the disturbing thought” that “America’s current employment woes stem from a precipitous and permanent change caused by not too little technological progress, but too much … A tipping point seems to have been reached, at which AI-based automation threatens to supplant the brain-power of large swathes of middle-income employees.” The New York Times chimes in: “technology is quickly taking over service jobs, following the waves of automation of farm and factory work.” At which those of us lucky enough to be software engineers burst into derisive laughter, of course. We’ve heard all this before, more than a decade ago, when ‘outsourcing to India’ rather than ‘automation’ was the threat that would destroy our jobs. Obviously this is more of the same kind of nonsense. Right?” — What If This Is No Accident? What If This Is The Future? | TechCrunch (via new-aesthetic)
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While I was still at TechCrunch, I would often get asked what startup excited me the most. That’s a massive question. There are a ton. But for the past year and a half, one was always at the forefront of my mind: Square.
Now that I’m a VC, the question is flipped: terms aside, what company would I love to invest in? The answer is the same. Square.
Of course, they don’t exactly need my money — they’re now at the stage where behemoths like Visa are doing strategic investments. And they’re closing $100 million rounds at billion-plus valuations. But I think back to May 2009, when Mike and I were working together to break the news about Jack Dorsey’s new project, then codenamed Squirrel. If only we had the CrunchFund back then…
Of course, at that point, the idea was still more of an intriguing, but somewhat crazy-sounding dream. It wasn’t until Square launched seven months later that it became apparent that this could really be a massive disruptor. And they haven’t disappointed.
