It has been a busy year end. No slowdown whatsoever on my end as I make my way through the last week of the year in the office. Because I love what I do so much (I’m grateful for that), I have a habit of getting… Read More
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Monthly archives of “December 2017”
Reprivatization in Warsaw is a double-edged sword
The Guardian has just published a fascinating article about the reprivatization of property in Warsaw. This is the process by which previously nationalized property is returned to pre-communist owners, or their heirs. Not surprisingly, the government gets a lot of these sorts of claims, though… Read More
The Canada mission
It’s the Christmas and holiday season, which means two very important things. One, it’s time for the latest rendition of Urban Capital’s annual Naughty or Nice party. That was last week and it was #7. Here are the obligatory photo booth snaps to prove it… Read More
Urban vs. suburban home prices
Aaron Terrazas, who is a Senior Economist at Zillow, recently gave this presentation about the US and Virginia Beach housing markets. (I discovered it through City Observatory.) There are a bunch of interesting graphs/stats in the presentation. Home values in Virginia Beach, for example, have… Read More
Is San Francisco losing its openness?
Sam Altman has an interesting post up on his blog talking about what he feels is a changing cultural environment in San Francisco (which is where he is based). His argument is that heresies are good for innovation and for moving the world forward. We… Read More
Mastering Bitcoin
I’m still in the office right now (wading through Excel models) and I’m late for a Christmas party. So by necessity today’s post is going to be a short one. Below is a podcast from the Kevin Rose Show called “Bitcoin’s true potential”. It’s with Andreas… Read More
New York is the only US city with an urban core growing faster than the suburbs
The latest data from the American Community Survey (2012 to 2016) has placed the suburban and exurban share of the US population (53 major metropolitan areas) at 85.5%. Back in 2000 this number was thought to be around 83.5%. Since 2010, automobile oriented suburbs and… Read More
Break the internet
Today I am joining a collective online protest – called Break the Internet – in support of net neutrality in the United States. I’m not American and I don’t live in the US, and so Congress and the FCC don’t care to hear from me. But… Read More
So the tech works. What’s next?
Below is a keynote talk by Benedict Evans about what’s going on in tech today and what may happen in the next ten years. It covers: the growth of mobile; S-curves; Google / Apple / Facebook / Amazon (who knew Amazon had so many employees?);… Read More
50th year anniversary of Playtime
This month is the 50th year anniversary of the Jacques Tati film, Playtime. Initially released in December 1967, Playtime is a French comedy that is often considered to be director Tati’s most notable work. Apparently it was commercially unsuccessful at the time of its release. But… Read More
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