At least a couple of times a month I’m hyping something new about the metaverse. How companies are preparing for life in the metaverse, restaurant menus in the metaverse, how workplaces are being uploaded to the metaverse. That’s because it’s one of the bets I continue to stand by. People frequently ask me what the… Continue reading Why Artists are the Key to Creating the Metaverse
Alexa, Find Me A Job
Name a technology and I’ll tell you how it’s been used for job-hunting. Maybe not all technologies. But there are so many different mediums in which you can search for a job. Each created for the sake of simplicity and accessibility. The newspaper classified section, college job boards, apps, recruiters, etc. This means it’s only… Continue reading Alexa, Find Me A Job
The Future of Adaptive Music – Soundtracks that Monitor and Match Your Mood
It’s a beautiful feeling when a song “hits your chord”. You belt out the lyrics as if they were written about you. Your entire body reacts as if the groove is coded in your DNA. What if every song you listened to had that effect? This is the goal of Adaptive Music. Adaptive music is… Continue reading The Future of Adaptive Music – Soundtracks that Monitor and Match Your Mood
Japan’s Next Cultural Export: Dynamic Living Spaces
If you want to know what’s next for American culture, one of the most reliable places to look is Japan. A 1982 New York Times article, Culture of Japan Blossoming in America, documents the first major shift toward a general American curiosity in Japanese culture. Nine years later, a Fortune Magazine article, Japan’s Influence on… Continue reading Japan’s Next Cultural Export: Dynamic Living Spaces
Why Visual, Image-Based Search Hasn’t Caught On
How often do you see an artwork, a plant, or an item of clothing that you’d like to look up on the web but can’t put words to it? Probably not all that often. However, when you occasionally come across something you’d like to search which words cannot describe, it’s very frustrating and ultimately a… Continue reading Why Visual, Image-Based Search Hasn’t Caught On
BMW hired me to give an opinion on their latest car technology
What if cars could communicate with cities? How would this change the way we traveled? What would it do for the environments we poison with carbon dioxide? This is an idea I haven’t stopped thinking about since BMW brought me out to Frankfurt two weeks ago. They gave me a sneak peek of some of… Continue reading BMW hired me to give an opinion on their latest car technology
Why Ghost Kitchens and InstaChefs are the next great culinary business
In statistics, there’s a phenomenon where random variables will regress to the mean. In culinary conquests, there’s a phenomenon where humans will naturally regress to take-out food. We love ordering in and when our favorite options are less than five clicks away, it’s just too easy. However, this new abundance of take-out requires a better… Continue reading Why Ghost Kitchens and InstaChefs are the next great culinary business
Why Senior Citizens Will Create Tech Companies in the 2020s
If we’re fortunate to reach the age where our speed slows and needs grow, then we get the unfortunate result of being viewed as an out-of-touch old person. But it doesn’t have to be that way. What if that’s actually an advantage of later life? What if this period produces some of the next great… Continue reading Why Senior Citizens Will Create Tech Companies in the 2020s
Can Autonomous Finance Apps Free Us from All Our Money Problems?
Whatever happened to budgeting? Getting a spreadsheet, a calculator, and planning your life. My grandpa showed me once, I did it until I was 18, and then it all went out the window. The simple fact is that spending has gotten messier. It’s more sporadic because we’re always an advertisement and a one-click buy away… Continue reading Can Autonomous Finance Apps Free Us from All Our Money Problems?