Another Podcast

37:26 | Feb 21st

Ignore the Aussie link tax - what does Shopify's $120bn 2020 tell us about lockdown shopping patterns, unbundling Amazon and that terrible catchphrase 'digital transformation'?

34:37 | Feb 14th

Are social apps technology, media or pop culture? How many times can you re-invent the same forms?

40:30 | Feb 7th

Why is Bezos leaving? Are there no more interesting problems to solve? And how did he run Amazon - what is the machine that makes the machine? Note: Apologies for the not so great audio quality this...Show More

42:00 | Jan 31st

With Benedict's big annual presentation just released, we talk about telling stories with data. Where do numbers come from, and what are the four basic charts?

30:32 | Jan 24th

Benedict and Toni discuss why games matter, and their place within the tech industry. They've always been a silo, off by themselves, but is that changing? Do games become pop culture? VR?

39:57 | Jan 17th

Apparently, 'China' is a big deal in tech. But you can't read the language, you can't try the products, and you keep hearing 'X is big in China!' but you can't evaluate that or tell what predictive va...Show More

44:52 | Jan 10th

Somehow, 'Data' is everything these days - it's power, money, electricity or the new oil. It's at the centre of every tech policy and every tech argument. But... what is data? What does that mean? Rea...Show More

45:14 | Jan 3rd

A very insider thing - the tech bubble, the media bubble, newsletters and, oh yes, Substack! Why do (?) paid newsletters work? What would that mean? And can you turn a tool into a network?