There are plenty of podcasts that will tell you how the latest tech gadget or “innovation” will affect the tech landscape tomorrow, but there aren’t that many concerned with the potential impact of that tech in a decade—much less a century. In a culture obsessed with now, how can we make choices with a view for tomorrow, next year, and beyond? 25–35-minute episodes released the first and third Wednesdays of the month.
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0.13: Ten Thousandth Lightbulb
Show Notes
In which we talk about App.net closing down, how even good business models do not guarantee successful businesses, and the future of paying for things on the internet—especially whether social media will ever be the kind of thing people are willing to pay for.
Chapters
- Intro (0:53)
- Follow-up: Fixed and Marginal Costs (0:53–1:44)
- What Happened to ADN? (1:44–7:26)
- Paying to Socialize (7:26–17:41)
- Free or Not Free (17:41–23:00)
- Conclusion (23:00–24:47)
- “Mountain Song”, from Lion’s Den by Little Chief. Used by permission.
- “Winning Slowly Theme”, by Chris Krycho. Used because we don’t need permission to use our own stuff!
- App.Net State of the Union – in which Dalton Caldwell (founder of App.net) announced publicly the layoffs and future of the service.