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7 min read 2022-01-11 01:46:48

On Building A Better Web: The Marlinspike Threads

If you want to follow the debate about crypto’s impact on society, which I believe is one of the most important topics in tech today, you better

7 min read 2022-01-11 01:46:48

If you want to follow the debate about crypto’s impact on society, which I believe is one of the most important topics in tech today, you better

5 min read 2022-01-06 05:57:08

(image) The most common complaint I hear from friends and colleagues who are interested in the crypto/web3 world is how hard it is to “get

5 min read 2022-01-04 06:27:09

Popcorn in hand, I’ve been watching the recent religious war between tech leaders, and I find it all quite…wonderful. It’s been a while since

4 min read 2022-01-02 03:53:20

(image credit) News came last week that TikTok eclipsed both Google and Facebook as the most visited domain and most downloaded app in the United

6 min read 2022-01-01 02:08:46

Welcome to year nineteen of these annual predictions, which means….holy cow, twenty years of writing at this site. Searchblog has been neglected

4 min read 2021-12-28 01:24:38

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains his “Metaverse” virtual world concept, which he says is about “connecting with people.”

13 min read 2021-12-28 01:19:42

As has been my practice for nearly two decades, I penned a post full of prognostications at the end of last year. As 2021 subsequently rolled by,

1 min read 2020-01-20 19:25:19

Google’s (and now Alphabet’s) CEO opines in the FT (sub required) on why AI needs to be regulated, joining the chorus of tech leaders who have

1 min read 2019-09-14 01:22:38

Last week an email hit my inbox with a simple and powerful sentiment. “I miss your writing,” it said. The person who sent it was a longtime

1 min read 2019-07-30 10:53:38