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Mar 10

February 2023

There’s an old riff that if you want to make a friend, ask them for a favor. It’s counter-intuitive advice. Wouldn’t you want to offer a favor to cement…

Feb 3

Hello from the baby bunker! I am heading back to work in middle-ish February, at which point my writing will revert back to TechCrunch and return to its…

Feb 1

January 2023

Or, why big tech is ceding the future to cheer up morose shareholders

Jan 27

When the New York Times’ staff decided to walk out for 24 hours last December, I got it. Unlike many a media company, the Times is wealthy and…

Jan 25

Thanks to Liza for reading this for me, she’s the best. Thanks to Ada for not falling asleep until after 1 AM last night so that I could write this…

Jan 23

Hello again from parental leave! Today we’re looking at Twitter’s finances pre, and post-Musk. Thanks to Liza for giving this a read before it went out…

Jan 19

Hello from baby-land. I’ve had the notes for this post doodled for a week now, but thanks to my little tot the words were delayed. Here’s to getting…

Jan 16

Audiobooks, Amazon, indie authors, and the need for a more competitive market

Jan 10

Why do companies that were once the face of the anti-establishment startup world inexorably become the very sort of business that they were built to…

Jan 7

Back when Twitter was an upstart social media service it was mocked for hosting an endless stream of dull updates from users about mundane matters. What…

Jan 5

Relearning how to have fun online

Jan 3

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