The Interest Graph Maps Our Connections to Ideas and Things
The Interest Graph is software for connecting us to our interests. Today, it makes us better shoppers. Tomorrow, it could change the nature of work.
How Gig Economy Platforms Like Uber Will Automate Human Work
How Gig Economy platforms like Uber use technology to create jobs today that they will automate and eliminate tomorrow.
Six Building Blocks for a Virtual Personal Assistant
The Virtual Personal Assistant represents the biggest change in software in decades. Here are six building-block technologies that will make it possible.
The Automation of the Publishing Industry
An in-depth look at the automation of the publishing industry: what it’s done to businesses, to employment and what it means for the future of knowledge.
You Are Not the Product: The Coming Revolution in Social Networks
It’s time to recognize that people are not the product and that end user contributions to social networks deserve to be compensated.
Your Second Job, as a Facebook User
Facebook users behave as though they had a second, part-time volunteer job – building the service. And that makes for happy shareholders.
A Pattern Language for New Media
A framework for understanding new media, its reliance on end user contributions, and what that should mean for the future of media ownership.
Why Artificial Emotional Intelligence Really Matters
Artificial emotional intelligence is much more than knowing how to use software to manipulate users’ emotions. Our future may depend upon it.
Facebook Experiment Reveals it Can Emotionally Manipulate its Stream
A Facebook experiment reveals the company knows how to emotionally manipulate its content stream. What do these practices mean for the future of software?
Curating Smart Networks
Curating relationships keeps our content visible in the social stream and creates a powerful feedback loop. Why that matters to us and to society.