In the early days of the web Craigslist’s horizontal listing based marketplace was all things to all people … Continue reading “The Evolution of Marketplaces”

Bitcoin confuses people. They don’t grasp what it is and how it works. The two presentations below are … Continue reading “Great presentations on Bitcoin”

It’s hard to describe why, but somehow I find the sensation of gliding in untracked powder quasi-spiritual. For … Continue reading “There is something magical about skiing in powder!”

Andy Weir’s book gripped me from the start. I typically don’t like books written in the first person, … Continue reading “The Martian is Robinson Crusoe on Mars”

It’s also the best book he co-wrote with Mark Greaney. I suppose the bar is not very high … Continue reading “Command Authority is Tom Clancy’s best book in years”

In The Case for Optimism I outlined both why we are better off than we have ever been … Continue reading “50 reasons why this is the greatest time ever”

My good friend Saar Gur who is a general partner at Charles River Ventures just posted a brilliant … Continue reading “Fantastic presentation on customer acquisition”

I spent most of 2013 living with the consequences of the life changing decisions I made in late … Continue reading “2013: The Dawn of a New Beginning”

We live in difficult times. Financial crisis, sovereign debt crisis, euro crisis, Syrian conflict, global warming. We are … Continue reading “The Case for Optimism”

Last year I finally resolved my internal cognitive dissonance between my profound optimism about humanity and my pessimism … Continue reading “Video of my LeWeb Keynote: The Case for Optimism”

Loic Lemeur asked Jeff Clavier and me to react to Arnaud Montebourg’s presentation at LeWeb and ask him … Continue reading “LeWeb 2013 Interview of Arnaud Montebourg”

I found a wallet on the floor in the Promenade des Anglais this Sunday. I was thinking of … Continue reading “Good karma”

For $99.99 per year you get the access to the full Office suite including Outlook, Publisher and Access. … Continue reading “Office 365 Home Premium is the way to go if you are in the market for Microsoft Office”

It’s that time of the year again, so I am sharing my recommendations for all gadget lovers of … Continue reading “2013 Holiday Gadget Gift Guide”

I was an AT&T Wireless customers for years. They had worse reception in New York than Verizon but … Continue reading “If you travel internationally switch to T-Mobile”