Episodes

July 11, 2022

Mon. 07/11 – What Happens Now With Elon And Twitter.

The famous stock market player Bernard Baruch once said, paraphrasing: Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four. The main purpose of…
July 11, 2022

Mon. 07/11 – What Happens Now With Elon And Twitter

The famous stock market player Bernard Baruch once said, paraphrasing: Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four. The main purpose of…
July 8, 2022

(IHP) The eBay Story Part 2

Part 2 of the eBay story from the Internet History podcast.
July 7, 2022

Thu. 07/07 – Apple Lockdown Mode

Apple has a new lockdown mode to triage a whole range of cyberattacks. Also, Mark Gurman has some details on that new, expected, “rugged” Apple Watch. Twitter is testing co-tweets. More details on the new version of Meta’s V…
July 6, 2022

Wed. 07/06 – How To Beat The Quantum Rap

Will regulators wreck the great gaming consolidation? Can the US bully it’s way to blocking China’s chip development? Are Dilithium crystals the key to saving crypto from quantum computing? And why the crypto crash has been …
July 5, 2022

Tue. 07/05 – What Did I Miss?

The Crypto Crash goes ever onward. Klarna is going on a realty tv show called, Now That’s what I Call A Haircut! The hackers have come for the Chinese surveillance state. The World Cup is going to have the robots call offsid…
July 4, 2022

(IHP) The eBay Story Part 1

From my original Internet History Podcast, the first of my two episodes outlining the story of eBay, in-depth, as I make the strong case that it was maybe the most important and overlooked startup of the Web 1.0 era. Part 2 …
July 2, 2022

(TWTR SPC) Aprés Spotify w/ Anchor Founder @mignano

Time for some deep analysis of the podcast industry. Is Spotify gonna take over all of audio? Is the blockchain useful for podcasting? What is the great Michael Mignano doing next, after leaving Spotify and Anchor?
July 1, 2022

Google Talk (Dec. 2018)

While I'm away briefly for vacation, here's a talk I gave at Google in December 2018 around the time my book came out. Just a condensed dose of my entire thesis of the technology industry's history from 1994-2006. Nothing mu…
June 30, 2022

Thu. 06/30 – If Sam Bankman-Fried Is Afraid To Give You Money…

One good thing about the crypto crash is you can get affordable graphics cards again. Layoffs come to the Metaverse. Samsung is producing the first 3nm chips. Apple wants you to pay for your gas without getting out of your c…
June 29, 2022

Wed. 06/29 – Netflix Running Up That Hill

I joke its Groundhog Day, but if you’re a crypto billionaire, you probably want the repetition to end as much as anyone. Wait, is TikTok suddenly in trouble with the US government again? A new line of chips from Arm. Sony wa…
June 28, 2022

Tue. 06/28 – Elon Could Let Me Do This Show From A Campsite

Why there’s a HUGE tech angle to the whole Roe V. Wade controversy. Google’s shutting down one of their chat apps, but even I can’t be bothered to figure out which one or why. Airbnb is permanently putting the kibosh on part…
June 27, 2022

Mon. 06/27 - Après Mai, Le Apple Déluge?

Are we in for the biggest deluge in new Apple products, maybe ever? Why, though, are the new MacBook Pros with M2 chips sporting slower SSD drives? Is your phone plan about to get more expensive? Is VC activity actually goin…
June 25, 2022

(TWTR SPC) Variety Special

No guest this week (though the great @EvanKirstel does show up at one point) but we covered a wide range of topic, mostly ones that have been under-discussed lately on the show...
June 24, 2022

Fri. 06/24 – TikTok Turns On The Money Machine

The fire sale on tech companies has begun. More big important hacks to be aware of. Another crypto bridge has been compromised. Amazon wants you to know about their AI coding tool. TikTok turns on the money spigot. And, of c…
June 23, 2022

Thu. 06/23 – What If My Voice Was Your Alexa?

Would you want my voice to be the voice of your Alexa? An interesting raise that can change people’s vocal accents in real time. Instagram rolls out a comprehensive system to check ages on their platform. And is that new Bra…
June 22, 2022

Wed. 06/22 – New (Google) News

News is new again, after Google does a size-able redesign. Copilot AI is available on GitHub, but is it worth paying for? Amazon unveiled some new warehouse robots, but is this partially because they fear running out of work…
June 21, 2022

Tue. 06/21 – The Great Crypto Crash Of ‘22

Did something happen while I was away? Sort of like everything crashing in crypto? Apple wants to kill the CAPTCHA for you. The first Apple Store has unionized. Is it fair that G Suite is no longer free? And is the Microsoft…
June 20, 2022

(Portfolio Profile) Juna

Juna (heyjuna.com) replaces awkward lab visits with at-home STI testing and treatment. Another proud investment of the RideHomeFund. As ever, get in touch with Brian if you'd like to work with Juna directly.
June 18, 2022

(TWTR SPC) Stock Options; DALL·E; Internet Explorer

Some thoughts on what startup workers can do with their stock options (in this economy!?). DALL·E blows our collective minds. Considering the legacy of Internet Explorer. Thanks to @adam_keesling and @jnack.
June 17, 2022

Fri. 06/17 – Musk Speaks To The Tweeps!

Elon Musk speaks to his soon to be employees for the first time at Twitter. Snap is testing a new subscription Snapchat. Microsoft debuts Defender for Individuals. Klarna is thinking about raising a massively down round. And…
June 16, 2022

Thu. 06/16 – Serious Cases Of TikTok Envy

Google says YouTube Shorts is keeping pace with TikTok. Meta plans to make Facebook more like TikTok in order to keep pace themselves. That new Sonos Voice Control assistant sounds pretty good to me. Why a bunch of folks are…
June 15, 2022

Wed. 06/15 – Now The Crypto Hedge Funds Might Be Blowing Up

Is a major crypto hedge fund about to blow up? How the Celsius network got in such hot water. YouTube lets you make corrections. Why Apple’s deal for Major League Soccer is such a big deal. And pour one out, definitively, fo…
June 14, 2022

Tue. 06/14 – You Get A Photoshop! You Get A Photoshop! You Get A….

Adobe and Photoshop are leaning into freemium. Massive and controversial layoffs at Coinbase. Firefox is blocking stuff by default now. Meta announces more tools to make the Metaverse safe from trolls and worse. And why thos…