No thanks Uber, I’m not signing your petition
So the ride-sharing app Uber is urging Vancouverites to sign a petition on its site to put pressure on the City to allow Uber to operate. An ad for the…
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Inequality for All
I watched Robert Reich’s film last summer on a camping trip. I woke up in the middle of a pitch-dark night and couldn’t fall back asleep. I tried a movie…
Tech on the Side: Airbnb vs Uber and the power of mobile
Airbnb and Uber are similar in many ways. They both use tech (particularly mobile) to solve a distribution problem and they are both market darlings with skyrocketing valuations. They are…
Tech on the Side: Airbnb vs Uber and the power of mobile
Airbnb and Uber are similar in many ways. They both use tech (particularly mobile) to solve a distribution problem and they are both market darlings with skyrocketing valuations. They are…
Tech on the Side: Airbnb vs Uber and the power of mobile
Airbnb and Uber are similar in many ways. They both use tech (particularly mobile) to solve a distribution problem and they are both market darlings with skyrocketing valuations. They are…
Tech on the Side: Airbnb vs Uber and the power of mobile
Airbnb and Uber are similar in many ways. They both use tech (particularly mobile) to solve a distribution problem and they are both market darlings with skyrocketing valuations. They are…
LHC Data Freely Accessible from CERN
The Large Hadron Collider run by CERN is making huge insights into the fundamental workings of the universe. Already it has found evidence the Higgs-Boson and other groovy particles in…
Surfing Oceanic Data
The ocean is massive and it’s experiencing massive change thanks to climate change and humans depleting its resources. We know this, but we don’t know the extent of the harm…
Robots, migration and the future of work (Briarpatch Magazine)
I have a longer read in the newest issue of Briarpatch Magazine, which is dedicated to the world of work. If you don’t know Briarpatch, be sure to check out…
Tech on the Side: Apple numbers: languishing iPad sales a function ofthe phone subsidy model
The ability to make phone calls on a modern smartphone is now just one app among many. For most people it isn't even close to the most used app with…
Tech on the Side: Apple numbers: languishing iPad sales a function ofthe phone subsidy model
The ability to make phone calls on a modern smartphone is now just one app among many. For most people it isn’t even close to the most used app with…
Tech on the Side: Apple numbers: languishing iPad sales a function ofthe phone subsidy model
The ability to make phone calls on a modern smartphone is now just one app among many. For most people it isn't even close to the most used app with…
Tech on the Side: Apple numbers: languishing iPad sales a function of the phone subsidy model
The ability to make phone calls on a modern smartphone is now just one app among many. For most people it isn’t even close to the most used app with…
Transportation After Fossil Fuels: A Decade Away?
Once upon a time, I rode the maglev at the Japan pavilion at Expo 86. Since then, I’ve come to see that that was the Commodore Vic 20 of high…
Clean Energy is Actually the $Trillion Sector, Not LNG
According to Analytica Advisors, the global demand for clean energy technology was estimated at $1.1 trillion in 2012 and projected to grow to $2.5 trillion by 2022. It also estimates…
Iranian Drone Can Help Lifeguards
An Iranian company has built a drone that can help lifeguards save lives. The drone can carry flotation devices to weak swimmers faster than a lifeguard can. It’s a good…
Tech on the Side: Amazon vs Apple
While Apple is a wildly profitable money printing machine that hoards its cash and returns billions to shareholders, Amazon makes no official profit. As Benedict Evans points out, this is…
Tech on the Side: Amazon vs Apple
While Apple is a wildly profitable money printing machine that hoards its cash and returns billions to shareholders, Amazon makes no official profit. As Benedict Evans points out, this is…
Tech on the Side: Amazon vs Apple
While Apple is a wildly profitable money printing machine that hoards its cash and returns billions to shareholders, Amazon makes no official profit. As Benedict Evans points out, this is…
Tech on the Side: Amazon vs Apple
While Apple is a wildly profitable money printing machine that hoards its cash and returns billions to shareholders, Amazon makes no official profit. As Benedict Evans points out, this is…