User Guide, Redux

A few years ago, I posted my User Guide. The concept of "User Guide" is pretty straightforward - what should people know about me so that they can engage with me most effectively in practice? At the time, Modulate was still fairly young, and the User Guide format reflected that. I think I correctly described … Continue reading User Guide, Redux →

You are graded on speed

When taking an exam, it's not enough just to get the right answer. You have to get there within the time allotted. You are graded on speed. Every second of every day is a resource that you can't get back - and in the meantime the world is changing around you, making your previous progress … Continue reading You are graded on speed →

Industry News [May 2021]

This is the regular post where I share updates about things happening in gaming, machine learning, audio, or frankly anything that catches my eye and seems relevant to share or discuss here. Let’s hop right in! Tencent is currently involved in negotiations with the U.S. government around its stakes in Epic and Riot, and the … Continue reading Industry News [May 2021] →

Industry News [Month of April 2021]

This is the regular post where I share updates about things happening in gaming, machine learning, audio, or frankly anything that catches my eye and seems relevant to share or discuss here. Let’s hop right in! While Microsoft's talks to acquire Discord appear to have fallen through, they did acquire Nuance, a Boston-based speech analysis … Continue reading Industry News [Month of April 2021] →

Industry News [Week of March 29 2021]

This is the regular post where I share updates about things happening in gaming, machine learning, audio, or frankly anything that catches my eye and seems relevant to share or discuss here. Let’s hop right in! Lots of notable funding news over the last week or two. In particular, two different platforms with very different … Continue reading Industry News [Week of March 29 2021] →

Industry News [Week of March 15 2021]

This is the regular post where I share updates about things happening in gaming, machine learning, audio, or frankly anything that catches my eye and seems relevant to share or discuss here. Let’s hop right in! Roblox officially went public and rapidly hit a momentous $45b valuation. Among other things, what remains most impressive to … Continue reading Industry News [Week of March 15 2021] →

Industry News [Week of March 1 2021]

This is the regular post where I share updates about things happening in gaming, machine learning, audio, or frankly anything that catches my eye and seems relevant to share or discuss here. Let’s hop right in! An extension to last week's news about Google's interactions with its former AI ethics research team; Google found itself … Continue reading Industry News [Week of March 1 2021] →

How to protect a castle

Every investor loves asking about a company’s moat. The basic idea is straightforward - what makes you unique, such that another company won’t ultimately eat your lunch by replacing - or even just imitating - your product? In speaking with other founders and with investors, I've heard (and, admittedly, given at some points) many bad … Continue reading How to protect a castle →

Industry News [Week of Feb 22 2021]

This is the regular post where I share updates about things happening in gaming, machine learning, audio, or frankly anything that catches my eye and seems relevant to share or discuss here. Let’s hop right in! The big news in AI ethics of the last few weeks has been around Google's evolving...misadventures, to use a … Continue reading Industry News [Week of Feb 22 2021] →

Dating a founder

If you had told me in high school that I would ever dare try to give dating advice to anybody, I not only would have laughed you out of the room, but would have grown terrified at the prospect I might, in the future, become so very out of touch with my limitations as to … Continue reading Dating a founder →