Posts tagged with Services
Verification in an Age of Automation
I just saw that Gmail is starting to implement its own identity verification and validation system. This comes at a time when Twitter's "blue check" system has undergone product changes that make it much less valuable,…
Disrupting Twitter
My routine for writing blog posts here has 3 steps: 1. Capturing stray thoughts in a drafts folder in Typora with ideas in the shower or during my commute, 2. Develop those ideas into actual posts, collecting the finished blog…
Subscription Wariness
A couple weeks back, people noticed that BMW has been trialing a subscription service to enable heated seats in their vehicles, which caused all manner of outrage for car enthusiasts. Since BMWs would already have the hardware components installed, the…
Do Subscriptions Work for Video Games?
Video games are a hit-driven business. While there are certainly a class of games— Fortnite , Counter-strike , League of Legends —that persist for years and even decades, the vast majority of video games go through a development → launch → content/patch updates…
The Home Workout
I guess we're a bit late to the entire home gym revolution during COVID times phenomenon. I actually had signed up for unlimited access to the mini-gym set up at the office building before the pandemic, and made…
Touchless Delivery
When we got our Tesla Model 3 about 2.5 years ago, even though the car itself was fun to drive and a precursor to our EV future, the experience of receiving the vehicle ended up being pretty underwhelming. The…
