Quick Recap

Haven't touched this blog in a while. Completely forgot about it, and also have been busy in the interim as well. Jotting some quick thoughts now »

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Link: How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early (Wall Street Journal)

How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early: Financial firms create ad hoc market where hot stocks of closely held technology companies trade »

Link: A Feature on Line Corporation (Fast Company)

How Japan's Line App Became A Culture-Changing, Revenue-Generating Phenomenon: It's already a powerhouse in messaging, entertainment and merchandise, with payments and more on the way. Next »

Link: Kevin Kelly on Disruption, Stagnation, Bureaucracy and the Media Industry

The Shirky Principle: “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.” — Clay Shirky I think this observation is brilliant. It reminds »

Link: The Death of Banking (As We Know It)

Banking is dead, long live banking: An anonymous investment banker explains why the banking system is just big enough to fail, and will collapse soon, to »