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With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure. That’s partly a problem of data and definitions, but it’s really a question about what this is going to be.
Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined markets. But what kind of disruption are we talking about ?
It matters that Apple’s new Siri will be late, and it matters more that Apple didn’t realise. Is it more than that?
OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it breaks. But it breaks in really interesting ways.
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Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.
A year after merging with local giant Tokopedia, TikTok’s business model is alienating sellers, forcing many to join rival platforms.
Checking in on some countries I wrote about a few years back.
Zuckerberg on rebranding Facebook, spinning off Instagram, antitrust regulation, and more.
