In this blog post, we’ll dive into tech revolution with Chris Dixon’s new book, question the future of paywalled publishers, and explore the power dynamics behind Facebook’s surveillance. Also, we’ll learn about the ‘World’s Greatest Stretch’, the cost of personalization in digital products, and why it’s okay to suck at new hobbies. Alongside sharing Sam Altman’s life lessons, we’ll embrace the concept of anti-New Year’s resolutions and finish with a hint of DIY with mobile storage system digital plans.

• Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet: #promo The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of innovation, connection, and freedom. In the past decade, it has fallen almost entirely under the control of a very small group of companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon argues that the dream of an open network for fostering creativity and entrepreneurship doesn’t have to die and can, in fact, be saved with blockchain networks. He separates this movement, which aims to provide a solid foundation for everything from social networks to artificial intelligence to virtual worlds, from cryptocurrency speculation—a distinction he calls “the computer vs. the casino.”
• Beyond subscriptions: Where next for paywalled publishers?: If subscriptions falter, paywalls crumble. Publishers will be forced to diversify revenue streams – again. Piet van Niekerk reports. Subscriptions are
• Print defeats digital at IPIA debate: The printed word faced off against digital media yesterday evening (30 January) for a debate hosted at parliament’s Portcullis House in Westminster by the IPIA and media and marketing forum The Debating Group.
• How to Do ‘The World’s Greatest Stretch’: If you’re not keen on warming up, make sure you at least prime your muscles with this incredible move.
• The Cost of Personalization: Guidance for designing humane digital products and services.
• It’s okay to suck when you try something new: You don’t need to be good at a hobby to enjoy it.
• What I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started. Cohesive teams, the right combination of calmness and urgency, and unreasonable commitment are…
• Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network: This isn’t data about your use of Facebook. This data about your interactions with other companies, all of which is correlated and analyzed by Facebook. It constantly amazes me that we willingly allow these monopoly companies that kind of surveillance power.
• My anti-New Year’s resolutions: this is fire! I suck at New Year’s Resolutions. Most of them are boring which is one reason we don’t really stick with them.
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