Now that Google has added a 6” phone to their lineup with the announcement of the Nexus 6 yesterday, the two biggest names in the smartphone industry are selling phablets. Many people think phablets are ridiculous but I think they’re only going to get more and more popular. The first…
Apps for the next 3 billion people
One of the most important things that will happen in the next 5 years is that another 3 billion people will be getting a smartphone. They will join the already 2 billion people who currently use one. This is HUGE. It can’t be stressed enough what a big opportunity this…
Apple Pay and the move to digitize money
a16z put out a podcast (see below) a few days ago highlighting everything from Apple’s announcement on Tuesday. It’s a great review of everything but I wanted to focus on something they briefly cover. While they were talking about the new Apple Pay system and what it might mean for…
What it’s like being an engineer at a startup
This post was originally seen on Tech In Boston, a community about sharing learnings on building a company, product, sales, marketing and more in the Boston area. Tech startups and engineers go hand-in-hand. At the core of any tech startup is a group of engineers. Engineers are the ones that…
September 10th is the Internet Slowdown
I, like many others across the internet, am participating in the September 10th Internet Slowdown day. This is a very important cause I believe in and think everyone should participate in. For more information about what this is all about, check out this site. I hope many of you will participate and…
The Essence of Design: Charlie Rose with Jony Ive and Marc Newson
News came out today that Apple has hired legendary industrial designer Marc Newson. Now with Ive and Newson, it should make an already world-class design team that much better. For a sense of how they work together and what design means to them, I have included an interviewed they did last year…
Tweetstorm on GMOs
Yesterday I did a tweetstorm on the topic of GMOs. There is a lot of debate going on about this topic so I wanted to voice my opinion on it. Below is my tweetstorm: Also if anyone knows a better way to post a long twitter conversation in WordPress, I’d really love…
Rethinking mobile apps
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. – Sir Isaac Newton I think we are starting to transition into what I will call Apps 2.0. Apps 1.0 was from the first iPhone till about now. Most apps during Apps 1.0 consisted…
Change is good
If you have been following my blog, you’ll notice I have made a lot of changes recently. I just finished moving everything onto WordPress. My blog used to be hosted on Svbtle, the free blogging service platform created by Dustin Curtis. It’s a great service and I am still keeping…
Why it’s probably a good thing to have a stupid or small idea
There’s been a lot of responses lately in the tech community to the popular sentiment that people aren’t working on challenging enough ideas. Marc Andressen had a tweetstorm on the subject which spurred a conversation on the topic. Instead of regurgitating his argument in this post, I want to dive…