On May 1st, 2022, Google will shut down the remaining access to all users of the original “G Suite”. G Suite even started out being called “Google for Domains”, and it offered the ability to use Gmail with a custom domain. That’s what...
Years ago, I decided I would cut the cord and cancel my cable subscription. The intent was both to save money, but also to gain simplicity and get a better variety of shows. It seemed like a great idea, to cancel a service that forced me into a set channel plan, and...
I confess I only heard about this story fairly recently. It was on some random room on Clubhouse. It happens to be that when the Michelin brothers founded their tire company, there wasn’t much demand for their product. To sell more tires, they needed a reason...
Of course, you can, and of course, we had. While the tendency is to think that the wheel is a static concept, it has gone through a lot of transformation throughout the years. Starting as just a cylindrical roller, it evolved into the carriage wheel. Then the Michelin...
The concept of “backward compatibility” requirement in the tech world is well known. In the past, I haven’t made the connection, but recently I realized that this is very much present and an unavoidable requirement everywhere else. Electric vehicles...
Probably one of the most powerful incentives that can exist, is peer pressure. As individuals, we want to belong, and to belong, we cannot stick out. UK’s “Nudge Unit”, made famous by the Freakonomics guys, was created specifically to exploit...
