Dropbox: the first dead decacorn

Everything is Amazing, But Nothing is Ours

Back in 2015, I wrote a blog post called Dropbox: the First Dead Decacorn. At the time, it was the most widely shared take I’d ever written. I learned several things from writing this piece, and no…

Google just dropped a whole new Gemini pricing ladder!

100+ reactions to 100+ solutions

“We are all grappling with the announcement of 6 October. We think that it is useful to have a snapshot of the community’s gut feeling today, and this is what you see below. We will keep it o…

ServiceNow Stock Tumbles 50% in a Year: Good Earnings Don't Stop 'Death of SaaS' | Salesforce Ben

ServiceNow's stock has experienced an 11% decline on the day of their Q4 announcements and a 50% decline over the past year.

Tesla stock suffers double-digit drop on carmaker’s worst day in years

Elon Musk’s EV company lost a quarter of its value this year amid weak profits and high spending on AI and robotics

The Epic Story of Dropbox's Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire

Half-a-billion people stored files on Dropbox. Well, sort of. Really, the files were in Amazon’s cloud. Until Dropbox built its own. And threw the switch.

Your Tuesday in 2030

Or why The Browser Company is being acquired to bring Dia to the masses.

The stock market fetish

The most recent turmoil in the stock market caused by Donald Trump’s ill-considered policy to impose tariffs on the entire world, has brought up one legitimate question: what is the correct attitude towards stock market declines and crashes?

Opinion | We’re Measuring the Economy All Wrong (Published 2018)

The official statistics say that the financial crisis is behind us. It's not.

25 years on, here are the worst ever predictions about the internet

Back in the Nineties, many experts didn't think the internet would live to see its first, let alone 25th, Internaut Day.

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #66

The many interesting things I read in August 2026