Amazon released its shortlist of HQ2 cities this morning. Below are the 20 metropolitan areas. They were selected from 238 bids, so this shortlist represents 8.4% of the original pool. Atlanta, GA Austin, TX Boston, MA Chicago, IL Columbus, OH Dallas, TX Denver, CO Indianapolis,… Read More
Steven Johnson has a terrific piece in New York Times Magazine called: Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble. Here is a snippet: The only blockchain project that has crossed over into mainstream recognition so far is Bitcoin, which is in the middle of a speculative bubble that… Read More
This morning Fred Wilson posted this chart on his blog: What is clear is that when it comes to US digital ad revenue, it’s the Google and Facebook show, followed by everyone else. Microsoft/LinkedIn is a distant third. Fred calls it “the digital advertising duopoly.” And… Read More
Below is an interesting podcast with venture capitalist Bill Gurley talking about how technology might transform and improve health care. Based on their discussion, the US spends about 17-18% of GDP on health care. In most Western European countries and in Canada, it’s about half… Read More
I recently tested out BMW’s self-parking feature. I think it’s called parking assistant. But that doesn’t feel quite right, because it didn’t really assist. It actually did everything. As soon as you slow down and start driving past parked vehicles, the car automatically starts scanning… Read More
Carlota Perez is a professor that specializes in the social and economic impact of technological change. In 2002, she published an influential book called Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages. One of her arguments is that economic growth since the… 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
It’s still sunny and beautiful outside, so I don’t mean to be the one who prematurely calls fall. But I would like to get 3 Toronto events on your radar for the coming two months. Full disclosure: These are all events that I support and/or… Read More
“Now the trick is that we gotta look like we don’t need this shit and they give us the shit for free.“ –Mike Peters This is a line from one of my favorite movies, Swingers. Short video clip here. Mikey and Trent are in a… 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
BRANDON DONNELLY 