Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Early Indications November 2021: Metaverses for good

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By now everyone has seen multiple reactions to Mark Zuckerberg’s vision/rebranding announcement that posits that vast numbers of us will pre...
Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Early Indications September 2021: What’s ahead for the big Internet platforms?

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In 2005, the World Wide Web turned 15, and both Facebook and YouTube launched us into the age of the platform. In 2020, Facebook and YouTube...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Early Indications August 2021: What comes after maturity?

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Back in the early 2000s when I attended a lot of tech conferences, there was a common and usually regretful discussion: is tech now a mature...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Early Indications July 2021: Amazon Effects

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As so often happens, three disconnected observations turned out to have a common theme. In order, I’ll connect the Twitch game-streaming pla...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Early Indications June 2021: Making sense of short-form online video

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As I edit what started as a book about YouTube into a book about online video more broadly, I join many others in trying to figure out TikTo...
Monday, May 31, 2021

Early Indications May 2021: A New Kind of Television

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After spending much of the past two and a half years researching and writing a book about online video (YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, et al), my ...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Early Indications May 2021: Lessons from Germany?

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The premise for this newsletter isn’t original: there are numerous books, podcasts, and movies that point to various places in the world tha...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Early Indications March 2021: What is infrastructure?

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As I write, President Biden has announced a few more details of what is being called an “infrastructure bill” to be considered by Congress. ...