In the early days of the web Craigslist’s horizontal listing based marketplace was all things to all people … Continuer la lecture de « The Evolution of Marketplaces »

Bitcoin confuses people. They don’t grasp what it is and how it works. The two presentations below are … Continuer la lecture de « Great presentations on Bitcoin »

It’s hard to describe why, but somehow I find the sensation of gliding in untracked powder quasi-spiritual. For … Continuer la lecture de « There is something magical about skiing in powder! »

Andy Weir’s book gripped me from the start. I typically don’t like books written in the first person, … Continuer la lecture de « The Martian is Robinson Crusoe on Mars »

It’s also the best book he co-wrote with Mark Greaney. I suppose the bar is not very high … Continuer la lecture de « Command Authority is Tom Clancy’s best book in years »

In The Case for Optimism I outlined both why we are better off than we have ever been … Continuer la lecture de « 50 reasons why this is the greatest time ever »

My good friend Saar Gur who is a general partner at Charles River Ventures just posted a brilliant … Continuer la lecture de « Fantastic presentation on customer acquisition »

I spent most of 2013 living with the consequences of the life changing decisions I made in late … Continuer la lecture de « 2013: The Dawn of a New Beginning »

We live in difficult times. Financial crisis, sovereign debt crisis, euro crisis, Syrian conflict, global warming. We are … Continuer la lecture de « The Case for Optimism »

Last year I finally resolved my internal cognitive dissonance between my profound optimism about humanity and my pessimism … Continuer la lecture de « Video of my LeWeb Keynote: The Case for Optimism »

Loic Lemeur asked Jeff Clavier and me to react to Arnaud Montebourg’s presentation at LeWeb and ask him … Continuer la lecture de « LeWeb 2013 Interview of Arnaud Montebourg »

I found a wallet on the floor in the Promenade des Anglais this Sunday. I was thinking of … Continuer la lecture de « Good karma »

For $99.99 per year you get the access to the full Office suite including Outlook, Publisher and Access. … Continuer la lecture de « Office 365 Home Premium is the way to go if you are in the market for Microsoft Office »

It’s that time of the year again, so I am sharing my recommendations for all gadget lovers of … Continuer la lecture de « 2013 Holiday Gadget Gift Guide »

I was an AT&T Wireless customers for years. They had worse reception in New York than Verizon but … Continuer la lecture de « If you travel internationally switch to T-Mobile »