J Emrys McMahon

Posts by J Emrys McMahon

Pinterest

by on August 3, 2017 6:51 pm
Pinterest is marketing brilliance. Pretend it’s 2009 and we want to market internet stuff to the billions of pairs of eyes on the internet. The only question is how. Early indications from websites like StumbleUpon, Facebook, and Reddit have shown that people like to spend hours of their free time cruising endless streams of content.… Read more Pinterest

Validity and Veracity

by on July 27, 2017 7:03 pm
Simon Chan’s discussion on the advantages and disadvantages to startups and incumbents was very interesting. I’d like to explore this further in the context of the disadvantages to incumbents in terms of the usefulness of their available data and in the advantages to incumbents in terms of their data volume. First, the disadvantages. A 2016… Read more Validity and Veracity

5G is the secret sauce to enable IoT

by on July 18, 2017 6:14 pm
“Cooling out, cooling out, waiting for my lady / Got the special sauce that’s why she’s my baby” – G. Love & Special Sauce, Baby’s Got Sauce John Donovan spoke at length about the promise of 5G wireless and the implications for IoT, with implementation by AT&T begining as early as 2019. The technology is… Read more 5G is the secret sauce to enable IoT

Blockchain & Supply Chain

by on July 11, 2017 7:36 pm
“I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain” – Fleetwood Mac, the Chain Interesting to hear comments on blockchain from both speakers this week, with both Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia, ex-VMware) and Jeff Welser (IBM) making glowing comments about the underlying technology, while expressing concern about scale and minor mention of the… Read more Blockchain & Supply Chain

California's Tech Strategy Mirrors that of Large Enterprises

by on July 5, 2017 7:52 pm
Chris Cruz’s discussion about the decisions being made by the state of California reminds me of the data strategy currently being pursued by large enterprises.  A key IT strategy for large enterprises currently involves gathering data already being generated, cleaning it up until it is useful, and then analyzing it to support decision-making. Cruz referred… Read more California's Tech Strategy Mirrors that of Large Enterprises