Archive - Asymmetric

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Feb 23, 2019 •

October 2018

🛰 Smart Home Competition, Amazon Ads, Longer VC – The VUCA Observatory #27

Hi,glad you could make it.We’ve got a lot to covers this week, from the question of whether smart homes actually are a new paradigm of computing (no…

Oct 14, 2018 •

🛰 #BigHack and GEs Downturn – VUCA Observatory #26

Hi there,glad you could make it.I’ve gotten tremendous responses to last week’s call for feedback. To everybody who wrote in: thank you. Your feedback…

Oct 7, 2018 •

September 2018

🛰 Facebook Resilience, Changing VC, Auto Antifragility – The VUCA Observatory #25

Hi there,glad you could make it.In this issue we talk about the strange resilience of Google and Facebook in the eye of what would be catastrophic news…

Sep 30, 2018 •

🛰 The VUCA Observatory - Amazon, Data, Uncertainty

Hi there,good to see you again.I have somewhat only half dropped the news at the restart two issues ago, when I mentioned that Internet of People is on…

Sep 23, 2018 •

🛰 Tech Regulation and new loci of innovation – The VUCA Observatory

Hi there,glad to see you again.I feel it’s always issues 2 and 3 that are the most demanding to write – I’m uncertain whether the format works, whether…

Sep 16, 2018 •

🛰 VUCA Observatory - Restart

It’s been a while. Hello. How are you doing?Things have changed a little on this end. It’s been over a year since the last Internet of People…

Sep 9, 2018 •

April 2017

🛰 Software Engineering Licenses, AI Chips, Negative Power Prices – IOP Observatory #21

Hi,glad you could make it.We’re a bit late today, so let’s get right to it: Security is complex, so do we need to up the requirements for programmers…

Apr 11, 2017 •

🛰 Hardware in China, Blockchain, and Second Order Effects of Cars – IOP Observatory #20

Hi,glad you could make it.This week, we take a look at hardware manufacturing, think about the effects that electric and autonomous cars might have, and…

Apr 4, 2017 •

March 2017

🛰 John Deere & Hacked Firmware, Hacked Dishwashers, EV variability, Flat CO2 Emissions – IOP Observatory #19

Hi,glad you could make it.In this week’s issue: John Deere and the DMCA, hacked dishwashers, EV variability, Flat CO2-emissionsIt’s a bit of a frenzied…

Mar 28, 2017 •

🛰 Spammy Home, Microgrids, Disengagement numbers – Internet of People Observatory #18

Hi,glad you could make it.I’ve been travelling last week, and this week tends to be a bit heavy on the conferences, so this issue is a bit briefer than…

Mar 21, 2017 •

🛰 Security, Self-driving consolidation, AI in Energy – Internet of People Observatory #17

Hi,glad you could make it.In this issue: The mess that is IT Security, Uber’s mess, and AI trying to solve the mess that are energy grids.❤️ Love this…

Mar 14, 2017 •

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