I wrote a piece called The future of photos isn’t cameras where I talked about how with lidar and other newly available consumer technologies, we will not capture photos/video as we do today, but instead our devices will take a 3D scan of our surroundings, sample the colors, textures, etc…

Nick Bostrom’s argument might be right, but our simulated lives may be much shorter than we think. At this point, you have likely heard of the 2003 paper called “Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?” …

It’s a paid newsletter that is actually a book. TL;DR Subscribe to Augment Nation to read Chapter 1 / Part 1. From there, a new section of the book will be sent each week. I am finally hopping on the Substack bandwagon, but with a twist on the use case… …

In the past weeks, I’ve noticed systemic failures not due to process, but due to the obsession with holding process above all else. Take the Covid vaccine rollout. The bureaucracy of enforcing the agreed upon process is slowing it down to the point where doses are spoiling in storage rather…

iPhone 12 Pro is the beginning of the end for photos and video as we know them. 1,000 sensors in your pocket Apple just announced iPhone 12 Pro which includes LiDAR. …

From personal trainers to plumbers, the internet is finally making its way to local businesses. E-comm is growing (duh) I am sure you have seen some version of this graph– the pandemic has accelerated the growth of e-commerce, and even before 2020 it has been steadily rising for at least the last decade.

You think Google Duplex is crazy now? Imagine when it’s talking to you in your own voice. If you haven’t watched/listened these demos from Google I/O, you should. And remember the next time you pick up the phone, is it a human being on the other end? It’s incredibly…

Sarah Chubb is a media and eCommerce executive with over 25 years of experience building strong and profitable businesses online. She was the President of Condé Nast Digital and of Gilt City and has served as a senior advisor for IAC Publishing and The Daily Beast. …

Avani Agarwal is a UX Designer at Google where she works on products that center around social good, and she is also the co-Founder of Stature, a lifestyle brand for petite women. Prior to joining Google in 2011, she previously worked as an Art Director at Yahoo. Avani discusses her approach to design, creating a unified UX across Google, designing for consumers vs. brands, her experience as a startup founder, how AI and data can help inform design decisions, and assorted other topics.