Beano to Margate
Slack-ing
“The productivity pit: how Slack is ruining work Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven’t.” A thought provoking article in Vox.com on how workplace software is making us less productive, it got me thinking, but the same applies to anything, you can provide the tools, but…
I had a dream
On Wednesday when I woke up, I knew I had been dreaming but couldn’t remember what about, although I remember a name kept cropping up in my dream. The name was Kokrak, I knew I recognized it, but couldn’t think from where. Later that day I got an email from a golf tipster, he had…
Ouch that Hertz
When Hertz reached out to supposedly ‘one of the best’ for a new web application redesign, they thought by paying top dollar they would sail smoothly off in to the world of web 3.0. Unfortunately this was not the case & now Hertz are trying to recover all their costs plus damages in what appears…
Uber Eats McDonalds
Uber is filed to IPO in May. Uber Eats has expanded to 13%+ of Uber’s net revenues In 2018 as much of 10% of McDonald’s franchisee’s sales came through third party delivery companies McDonalds foot revenues are falling McDonalds spends $300 million on acquiring an AI company More than 60% of McDonalds revenue come from…
MakersPlace
A marketplace where you can purchase digital art on the blockchain. “It’s this creator-first approach that has allowed us to introduce and onboard hundreds of digital creators onto the blockchain over the last months. Many who have never heard of or care to understand the details of blockchain technology, but simply wish for a better…
Tesla’s autonomy chip
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Slack
Slack filed for its IPO yesterday. Currently losing around 140 million but you can’t value these companies using traditional valuation methods.
Dentist
I had a dental appointment today for a check up. Whilst sat in the chair I thought why did I have to travel here? Why am I sat in a dental chair? Why has it just cost me £40 for 3 minutes effort? Surely a combination of my iPhone & cognitive services I can do…
The worlds largest drone delivery network
I read an article in Fast Company this morning, I didn’t realise how far drones had become essential in every day life in some parts of the world. Zipline‘s latest project in Ghana is delivering emergency blood or medicine to hospitals & medical centers via a network of drones. The scale of the operation is…
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