A design lead works on a screen alongside two designers at a shared table. AI assisted.AI is shrinking teams we run and raising the bar what each person is expected to produce. That changes what a leader has to bring, starting with their own hands.Bill...
Think you know Google? Think again—hidden deep within that simple search bar is a subterranean network of secret search operators, hidden diagnostic tools, and buried privacy toggles that change everything. From listening to your saved voice logs to...
Truly useful domestic technology fades into the background. Too many smart home screens demand centre stage.The Apple HomeView, image credit: Apple.Apple’s latest foray into the home automation market is the HomeView, a 7 inch touch screen with integrated...
Cracked, maxxed, and forward deployed: a field guide to AI’s boys’ club.My 4-year-old’s Halloween cat and the general vibe of this articleIn a single meeting recently, I heard that someone had one-shotted a prototype, that we should spin up a tiger team,...
Concorde, nuclear power and Minitel took three different paths. What can they tell us about Europe’s next technological bets?Concorde, nuclear power and Minitel. AI-generated IllustrationI’ve spent the last week walking the streets of Marseille, indulging...
A product team weighs a purchased tool against an internal build at the same table.Artificial intelligence made building cheap and buying easy. The trade-off now turns on who owns the upkeep, the seams between tools, the chat surfaces, and the data.For most...
Somewhere in this room is the one person who can tell if any of it is actually good. AI made everyone else look exactly like them.AI lets a solo founder produce a product, but it can’t help them understand whether that product is actually good…yet. That...
What can destroy us can also save us. Here’s how I think we can stay in charge of the choice.From the Rocky Horror Picture Show, sourceCasey Harrell is a climate activist. For years, ALS had been slowly taking his speech, until even the people closest to...
How tech culture impacts how we understand ourselves through appsPhoto by blue sky on UnsplashIn the last 20 years, the tech world has transformed parts of humanity into one-dimensional digital zombies. Sadly, you can hold me personally responsible. Let me...