In addition to this blog, and the occasional Radar article, I publish a weekly web3 newsletter called Block & Mortar.
I started Block & Mortar because I'd been exploring web3 -- that is: blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and metaverse -- and figured I would share my learning journey. My goal? Similar to what I do with AI, I wanted to push past the hype of web3 and figure out what it was really good for. The actual use cases that would enhance existing businesses and enable new ones to form.
In my latest Radar piece, "What’s the Killer App for Web3?", I use what I've learned thus far to sort out what is the ultimate use case for this technology.
You can read the full article on O'Reilly Radar:
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/whats-the-killer-app-for-web3/
Weekly recap: 2023-02-19
random thoughts and articles from the past week
When your metrics are fooling you
Operating on bad metrics is worse than having no metrics at all.