Review of The Fourth Age by Byron Reese

I really enjoyed Bryon Reese’s book about robotics and artificial intelligence as it provided a framework for me to draw my own conclusions on how man would interact with machines in the future. Here is a summary of the book and my takeaways.

Quantum Computing

Quantum computing will help us answer questions classic computing cannot. Furthermore Quantum computers will address an unmet market in the cloud computing space. Only a few companies, ones with deep skills in complex physics and material science, are currently positioned to build Quantum computers. Here are my thoughts on these topics…

Blockchain’s parallels to the barcode

At IBM’s THINK conference I spent a lot of time examining our work in Blockchain including contributions we’re making to the opensource community. There are tremendous parallels to the evolution of the barcode and UPC’s. Here are my thoughts…

Streampunks – Review of book about Youtube’s influence

I found Streampunks – YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media by Robert Kyncl (Chief Business Officer, YouTube) and Maany Peyvan very interesting — here is a 3 minute summary of my thoughts.