Software businesses are generally high margin businesses. But along with this feature comes some risks. Here’s an excerpt from a recent post by Scott Galloway (which is actually about FedEx): With any software start-up, there is a non-zero probability that you wake up the next… Read More
Uber is currently testing a feature in a few neighborhoods in Boston and San Francisco called Uber Express POOL. Like the regular version of Uber POOL, this is a shared ride. But with Express POOL the app now automatically generates “smart spots” that are easy… Read More
The new GoPro HERO6 is a miraculous little camera. It now films in 4k at 60 frames per second. It has great image stabilization. And the screen on the back is new for me and a real game changer. The creative possibilities are endless. But… Read More
I had a friend ask me this week about how I decide what to write on this blog. His comment was that I tend to write about a variety of different topics. He wondered: Isn’t it better to focus on one particular niche? The simple… Read More
I generally dislike derivative city monikers – such as the title of this blog post. But I appreciate that it quickly gets the point across. Fusion recently published an interesting article talking about how Shenzhen, China is quickly rising as the hardware innovation capital of… Read More
Earlier today my friend Saadat sent me the following tweet: @donnelly_b you need to apply to this: https://t.co/NrYmO1D1ge — Saadat Qadri (@saadatqadri) June 27, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It’s a link to a new research project by Y Combinator – the famed Silicon Valley seed accelerator. They… Read More
I have a bit of an obsession with my calendar, lists, and goals. On the home screen of my phone I have Wunderlist, Evernote, Google Drive, and 2 calendar apps (more on that in a second). This obsession is probably one of the reasons I… Read More
I am sure that a lot of you know where the title of this post comes from. It’s a riff on one of the most important and influential books in the world of city planning: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane… Read More
This morning I woke up to a fascinating post by designer Tobias van Schneider called: The agency is dead. Long live the agency. What he’s talking about is the phenomenon of design agencies being gobbled up or “acqui-hired” by product firms such as Facebook and… Read More
Yesterday Opendoor.com finally launched their product in Phoenix. If you’re a regular reader of Architect This City, you might remember that back in July of this year I wrote about how they had just raised $10M of funding to make selling your home as easy… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 