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Why Square bought Tidal?
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Why Square bought Tidal?

March 24, 2021March 24, 20213 min read

Square – the fintech company that he owns – is buying a majority share of Tidal – the music streaming service started by Jay-Z. The price tag

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NFT, Square, Tidal
“Why”, “What”, and “How” of Digital Transformations (1)
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“Why”, “What”, and “How” of Digital Transformations (1)

March 15, 20213 min read

Digital Transformations. Every organization — for-profit, non-profit, public, and private — is talking about it. Covid-19 has only accelerated the trend. Just as Covid-19 is

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digital first, how, what, why
AI as Information Infrastructure and the Future of Firms
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AI as Information Infrastructure and the Future of Firms

February 22, 2021February 22, 20211 min read

Right before we knew that the world was going to be taken over the virus, I gave a talk at Bremen University at their Diginomics

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AI, Future of Firms
Empire Strikes Back!
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Empire Strikes Back!

February 22, 20215 min read

On November 12, 2019, over 10 million families signed up for Disney’s new digital streaming service on the first day of service. Given that 60 million families

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disney, legacy firms, netflix
My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting
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My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting

January 18, 2019February 22, 20211 min read

If you are interested in what I mean by “Digital First” strategy and what we are trying to do at xLab, please watch this 18-min

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CWRU, digital first, digital innovation, digital objects, ISSACS, ontological reversal, value creation, YouTube
A Network View of the WordPress History
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A Network View of the WordPress History

January 7, 2019February 22, 20212 min read

One of the key distinguishing features of digital technology is its generativity. Simply put, it is how the people do things that you as the

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APIs, Generativity, Network, platform, Visualization, WordPress
What should Apple do?
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What should Apple do?

January 5, 2019February 22, 20215 min read

Over the last three months, Apple lost over $400 billion in market capitalization which is larger than that of Facebook. Together with Tim Cook’s bombshell

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Apple, business model
Launching xLab
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Launching xLab

January 5, 2019February 22, 20211 min read

The primary reason I returned to Cleveland 2.5 years ago was a simple conviction that one of the biggest crises and opportunities of our time

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CWRU, digital innovation
How might we add an audio layer in everyday life?
design digital innovation

How might we add an audio layer in everyday life?

June 15, 2018February 22, 20211 min read

We are surrounded by all sorts of sounds all the times. Some we choose; some we don’t. We set an alarm clock. We set up

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digital innovation
축적의 시간
digital innovation

축적의 시간

January 27, 2016February 22, 2021

지난번 서울에 가서 최근 관심을 받고 있는 “축적의 시간”을 읽었다. 서울대 공대 교수님들이 최근 한국 경제의 상황을 보고 앞으로 나가야 할 방향을 제시한 책이라고 해서

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books
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give me a kindle or an iPad

September 12, 20122 min read

I am flying in an Airbus 330 of US Airways, back from Barcelona. Just like any other flights, as soon as I settled down, a

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digital innovation, travel
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Netflix and Block Buster: An infographic via Joel West

February 24, 2011January 5, 20191 min read

Via: Online MBA Programs

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digital innovation, netflix

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