The name of the podcast I co-host with Kara Swisher is “Pivot.” I don’t like the name, but I’ve had my hands on the wheel for so long at my… | Continue reading
In solidarity with NPR, I am pausing my use of Twitter. On April 12, 2023, NPR announced that they are suspending their Twitter accounts in… | Continue reading
Plus what if your OS was a calendar? And how big of a team do you really need?Continue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Pseudocode is a fantastic way to sketch programs using informal, natural language, without worrying about specific syntax. It’s like… | Continue reading
Plus a retrospective on Silicon Valley bank and my thoughts on imagined fears vs real risksContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Sixty years ago, Ayn Rand wrote Atlas Shrugged. The book is set in a dystopian United States on the brink of economic collapse. Exhausted… | Continue reading
Plus a new way to think about systems and a funny story to lighten life upContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
TL;DR — Great, but Can’t Replace Expert Mentors, Yet! | Continue reading
In 1907, amidst rising interest rates and a declining stock market, two New York bankers attempted to corner the stock of a copper company… | Continue reading
Carbon emissions are believed to be the mother of all negative byproducts. But there’s something worse: Converting attention into profit. | Continue reading
The only metric that matters is that users love your software. | Continue reading
Plus a call to mend the fast disappearing unique bits of the worldContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Affection, both emotional and physical, is what it means to be a mammal, to be human. | Continue reading
Plus how to handle the intersection between business and personal life and underrated career adviceContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
Three years ago today there were 53 known cases of Covid-19 in the United States. The first U.S. death was recorded five days later at the… | Continue reading
A dispatch from my effort to conquer my college foe: data structures and algorithmsContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading
TL;DR: JavaScript + React + Redux still dominate by a landslide. Pair with Next.js & Vercel for best results. AI is exploding. Web3 growth… | Continue reading
Plus how our online privacy fell apart, a blast from Kendrick Lamar’s past and a touching new bookContinue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
Plus an admission of the fallibility of remote life and advice for youngsters getting their startContinue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
I’ll do approximately 25 speaking gigs in 2023, down from 47 in 2022. The primary reason for the decline is that I live in London now… | Continue reading
Plus shameless foomerism, Zillow’s iBuying flop and why there are so many stupid apps.Continue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
Capitalism aims to convert ambition to success. Its alchemy of incentives fosters a relentless pursuit of economic opportunity from things… | Continue reading
AI helps expand definitions of literacy In The Gutenberg Parenthesis ( my upcoming book), I ask whether, "in bringing his inner debates to print, Montaigne raised the stakes for joining the public conversation, requiring that one be a writer to be heard. That is, to share one's t … | Continue reading
Plus the history and culture of poop, learning Go, and a mystery book | Continue reading
More brains, more ideas. However, we’re in danger of running out of ideas because we’re running out of people. | Continue reading
Click through to find out how Google detects AI blog posts, how to work fast, and which books I’m digging. | Continue reading
The need to protect democracy, the antithesis of monarchy, has never been more urgent. | Continue reading
Plus an interview with the world’s richest man and a reflection on 34 years of mistakes with Ryan Holiday | Continue reading
Yesterday’s iconoclasts pull the ladder up behind them the moment they become today’s icons | Continue reading
What I dug up last year and recommend for the next year | Continue reading
Cut through the confusion and get the building blocks you needContinue reading on The Curious Coder » | Continue reading
I’ve been writing and speaking about higher ed for years now. Specifically, how it’s turned into a luxury good: exclusive, scarce… | Continue reading
Every year we make predictions. The purpose is to inspire a conversation. We also try to hold ourselves accountable. Here are some of our… | Continue reading
Plus, the people behind virtual influencers, how to build a tiny audience, and rethinking operating systems. | Continue reading
TL;DR: Use Cuid2 so you don’t need to worry about all this identifier complexity. | Continue reading
Plus a fascinating look back at the Alex Jones trial, Netflix’s bold move into theaters, and the subtle influence of ports on LA | Continue reading
Plus the best summary of the Twitter situation, how big tech companies pick tech, and the stupid latency that holds us all back | Continue reading
Every year we make predictions for the coming year. We try to get them right, but the real objective is to catalyze a conversation. As I am… | Continue reading
Plus Saas Economics, why we shouldn’t worry about inflation, and parenting in Italy | Continue reading
From my vast experience of three weeks, a guide to diving in An academic friend asked for help joining Mastodon. I wrote a detailed email in response that I thought it might be useful to others. I'm also going to teach a master class in Mastodon at my school on Dec.(jeffjarvis.me … | Continue reading
Plus a dash of the digital impact of China’s Belt & Road Initiative and a thoughtful story from Elon Musk’s first wife | Continue reading