Yesterday, Jack Dorsey published the below tweetstorm about Twitter’s efforts to create a decentralized internet protocol for social media. What does this mean? Think along the lines of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (or SMTP). Some, or many, of you may not know what this… Read More
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San Francisco’s tax for the homeless
Proposition C will be on San Francisco’s ballots this November 6th, 2018. If approved by voters, the following additional taxes would be levied on businesses in order to create a dedicated fund to both support and prevent homelessness in the city: For businesses that pay… Read More
“Great ideas are Obvious in retrospect.”
San Francisco Sunset by Nathan Camarillo on 500px The title of this post is a line from a Medium post that Biz Stone wrote back in August 2012. For those of you who might not know, Biz Stone is one of the cofounders of Twitter,… Read More
Jack’s: Let’s reconsider our “users”
us·er
/ˈyo͞ozər/Noun
1. A person who uses or operates something, esp. a computer or other machine.
2. A person who takes illegal drugs; a drug user.Synonyms
consumerDuring a Square Board meeting, our newest Director Howard Schultz, pulled me aside and asked a simple question.
“Why…