Faves
Why I Quit the Web-Design Business
Thoughts on what was briefly a plank in my platform.
Tag: The Age of the Platform
Thoughts on my fourth book.
Platforms
The New Microsoft: A Plank in Other Platforms
New CEO Nadella's new moves clearly underscore the arrival of the age of platform.
Platforms
How Developers Are Using New Platforms to Innovate
In the Age of the Platform, the fundamental question around innovation changes.
Communication
What Makes Message Not Received Different?
Thoughts on the new book and a window into my writing process.
Analytics
Where Platforms and Big Data Collide
Looking at two of the most important concepts in business today.
Analytics
Building a Platform: Big Data Considerations
Organizations that embrace data and analysis will do far better than those that don't.
Big Data
How Platforms Lead to Big Data
The most successful companies today realize that data is critical to their success.
Platforms
Understanding Contemporary Platforms
How they differ from traditional technology marketplaces like eBay or Craigslist.
Platforms
Proprietary APIs: A New Tool in the Age of the Platform
A new arrow in the quiver.
Platforms
On Microsoft, Android, and Platform Thinking
Cats and dogs living with each other.
Big Data
Android Fragmentation: A Dataviz on Platform Strategy
An interesting way of manifesting Android's Wild Wild West.
Platforms
The Invisible Cloud
Thoughts on the continued evolution of cloud computing.
Book Reviews
Big Bang Disruption by Downes and Nunes
A look at a new book on innovation and disruption.
Platforms
How Platform Thinking Can Improve Healthcare
Healthcare is ripe for the very type of disruption that platforms can effect.
Platforms
2014: Year of the Platform Revolution?
Is this the year that every company embraces platform thinking?
Platforms
Evernote's Platform Struggles
As the company is learning, building a platform is much easier said than done.
Platforms
Mobile Security: Necessary but Insufficient
Manufacturers that want to move phones have to emphasize more than safety.
Platforms
Inside Amazon: AWS, APIs, and Platform Thinking
A fascinating window into one of the company's strongest, most innovative, and most profitable planks.