The Meaning of Emoji
This podcast is all about emoji. But it’s really about how innovation really comes about — through the tension between standards vs. proprietary moves; the politics of time and place; and the economics...
View ArticleA Podcast About Podcasting
It’s a podcast about podcasting! About the state of the industry, that is. Because a lot has changed since we recorded “a podcast about podcasts” about four years ago: podcasts, and interest in...
View ArticleTiktok and ‘Seeing Like an Algorithm’
In one of our special “2x” episodes of 16 Minutes (32ish minutes;) — our show where we quickly cover the headlines and tech trends, offering analysis, frameworks, explainers, and more — we cover the...
View ArticleThe Present Future of Audio — Talk, Music, Video, Interactivity
We’ve already talked a lot about podcasting, both evolution of the industry as well as the form, but where are we going with the future of audio, more broadly? Can we borrow from the present and future...
View ArticleThe ‘Holy Grail’ of Social + Fintech
Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they’re shaping the future of consumer tech. See more at a16z.com/social-strikes-back. The intersection of...
View ArticleThe Future of Kidtech: A Web Browser for the Under-10 Set
Ninety-eight percent of American kids under the age of 10 have access to a smartphone or tablet in their home; 45 percent even have their own device. Over the past decade, modern touchscreen devices...
View ArticleHow Recommendation Algorithms Actually Work
In 2016, I led a small team at Instagram that designed and built one of the largest content distribution experiments in history: the introduction of a personalized ranking algorithm to the platform’s...
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