Jeff Jarvis has some interesting meditations on the future of our information economy: I have been arguing that vertical industries will be replaced by horizontal ecosystems made up of three layers: (1) platforms that enable (2) entrepreneurial ventures to be created at low cost and risk and (3) networks (e.g., ad networks) that, when needed, [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 3, 2012
Predicting the future is difficult. We do it anyways because, among other things, it’s fun. It also helps us think about the present, and the way that our evolving technologies are changing the world now. Yesterday I asked whether or not technology could change our most stubborn, stagnant institutions – from corporations to governments. Fortune [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 10, 2011
Trevor Owens argues that founders of tech startups should emulate Steve Wozniak, the engineering brains behind Apple’s initial success, and Mike Markkula, the company’s early CEO, rather than the company’s long-time celebrity-CEO, Steve Jobs. He writes: The Apple I & II were built by Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was definitively one of the best computer engineers of [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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