Scott Galloway on the break up of big tech – notes and video from DLD18
I’ve been mostly travelling since the DLD conference, so just catching up on my notes and reflections now. Scott Galloway was one of the people …
Taking back the future – DLD18 notes from Day One
I’ve already posted about Paul Daugherty of Accenture’s session on AI – the following are some themes and notes I picked up through the rest …
Walking in Marseilles, by Google
This is a rare treat. A walk through Marseilles, with an artist talking you through the street art, detail on some pieces, panoramas of views, …
Words, actions, privacy.
Image: My medieval public identity… It used to be when users kicked up a fuss, social networks quaked and gave way to their demands. Then …
Google’s “Yay” vs. Twitter’s nuanced view
A Broadstuff post about the Summly acquisition by Yahoo! looks at the story as a test for how well Google works as a search engine …
Think clusters, not websites
Adam Tinworth thinks that Google Authorship’s evolution could be another major step in Google stepping away from the website as the core unit of the …
Long term trends: The Ngrams Viewer
“A database of intentions” is how John Battelle described Google. It is a thrilling concept, at times unsettling, that you can see into the searching …
Google’s Art Project
image: Detail from The Great Day of His Wrath, by John Martin If you haven’t seen it already, take some time to go and explore …
Causes and contexts: Arab Twitter revolutions and the origins of the First World War
Image: A troop train in the First World War (cc) drakegoodman @avschlieffen: Is anyone srsly suggesting trains caused the biggest war of all time? WTF!?! …
Blogs become mainstream media
In the hype-sphere the chatter is all about Foursquare and Facebook: blogging doesn’t get much of a mention. While I still prize blogging as a …