Don’t think about the technology first. The first step is figuring out the business problem you’re looking to solve. Then you can start looking at solutions, which might include technology.

This week, we all saw a very big fight between the richest man in the world and the richest company in the world. Those who were hoping for a nuclear exchange between Elon Musk and Tim Cook at Apple must have been disappointed when they made peace.

The original thought behind Alexa and Google Assistant and Siri (Cortana doesn't count) was that we would surround ourselves with these magical boxes and engage in conversation. However, most of the commands are 'play music', 'what's the weather tomorrow', or 'start the timer'.

Millions and millions of bits and bytes have been used to write about AI. Some of the evergreen topics tend to focus on biases, people losing jobs, or AI being sentient. Not much is written about how little we know about what's happening inside the algorithms. Similarly, we know less than you may think about how to test AI. And related to testing, we have issues with the training of AI systems.

How did the Egyptians build pyramids without Slack and Office365? We are living inside Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, searching for the holy grail of communication and collaboration.

Today's example is brought to you by Hivemapper. Its promise is that you can earn money while you are driving. Now, it’s not like Uber or Lyft where you have to drive someone around or deliver food. No, just for driving around you can get paid.

Some of my fellow technophiles believe that smart contracts will soon replace lawyers and we will live in paradise. Well, don't fire your legal counsel yet.

It’s one of those stories that makes you ask a serious question: why would anyone build technology for such a specific use case and with such limited money-making potential?

According to a promotional video, featuring Mr. Zuckerberg as a real person and as an avatar, virtual reality is no longer an obscure hobby. It is enjoyed by millions of people around the world. But to make it mainstream, we have to convince the 200 million people who buy a new PC for work every year to buy not only the PC but also the virtual headset.

Who would have imagined that in 2022, a paid edit feature within a browser would become news. Twitter, which has been struggling to turn any profit in its existence, comes up with an irrelevant feature to provide a backdrop for its selling/buying (or not selling/not buying) soap opera.