Despite the obvious privacy and security concerns, it seems clear that the proliferation of chips will continue, and when it comes to clothes and accessories, RFID/NFC is just the starting point. As people are becoming increasingly used to the fact that everything can be located, chips will find their ways to even more products and new use-cases will emerge.
Read MoreExploring brown noise
Recently I’ve been testing what impact brown noise has on my ability to focus, relax, and fall asleep. It’s still too early to draw any definitive conclusions, but so far I’ve had positive experiences when it comes to enhanced focus. In fact, as I’m writing this blog post I’m listening to a recording of brown noise on my headphones.
Read MoreNeurons that fire together, wire together
Once again I took a long and unwanted break from blogging and as August kicked in I thought it’s high time to get back on track. Not just with blogging but with other positive habits as well.
Read MoreA Stoic's Good Day
It’s a simple question: What constitutes a good day? Take a few moments to think about it and see what you come up with, if you come up with anything at all. Perhaps you’ll agree with me that it’s often the most simple questions that are the toughest to answer.
Read MoreOn the universality of UBI
our societies and cultures will have to change when there are fewer jobs available and in general less work for humans to perform. In order to avoid total chaos, new mechanisms are needed for redistributing the ever-increasing amount of wealth and prosperity our machines and algorithms will be producing. UBI could be a part of the puzzle, but I sincerely hope no-one thinks it’s a magic wand that’s going to solve everything. I also believe that the fairness problem needs to be addressed in one way or another, but I’m just not sure yet how.
Read MoreLabour Day thoughts on Automation and the Future of Work
To summarize, for a long time I have been very optimistic about technological innovations and about the future in general. I’ve often even described myself as a tech enthusiast and optimist. While that’s still largely true, I’ve come to share similar worries that Kevin Roose described in his book. Making the societal and political changes needed for enabling us to live good lives in the future will be a monumental challenge. One that I sincerely hope we will succeed in solving, but knowing how incredibly irrational humans occasionally can be, it’s not at all certain that we’ll be able to rise up to the challenge.
Read MoreSpotify launches paid podcasts via Anchor
While subscription-based podcasts aren’t a new thing per se, the tools from Spotify and Apple make setting up and maintaining a paid podcast a lot easier than it was before. Discovering and listening to paid podcasts will also become much more convenient. Additionally, it’s great that creators finally have other ways to monetize their work than just the traditional ad-based model. When comparing the new tools from both Spotify and Apple, I must say that Spotify has surprised positively, and at least on paper it looks like Spotify has produced the winning concept. Therefore, for my own part, I will definitely continue my podcast experimentations on the Anchor / Spotify platform.
Read MoreMy wishlist for Apple's next M-series chip
The M1 Macs we’ve seen so far are mainly targeted towards consumer grade customers. We still haven’t seen a “real” new MacBook Pro, a Mac Pro, or an iMac Pro with an M-series chip. This raises the question: what’s to be expected in the next M-series chip? Here’s my wish list for the next iteration, and specifically for the one which will be targeted towards pro users.
Read MoreEven a young startup needs an org chart
An org chart forces you to think about all the functions in a business and who should be accountable for what. This can be very useful in early-stage businesses, where the only resources are the founders, but there will still be lots of things that must be done.
Read MoreWill subscriptions take over the podcasting scene?
There’s a lot going on in the podcasting ecosystem and it seems clear that more and more podcasts will become subscription based. It also means that there will probably be less ads in podcasts going forward and that’s also going to have an impact on AdTech development in the podcasting space. However, subscription based podcasts aren’t for every creator, and I don’t expect that the majority of podcasts will end up behind a paywall. Many podcasters will probably do what’s commonplace in the newsletter space, i.e. offer selected bits of your work for free to everyone, and then place the premium content behind a paywall.
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