Studies in digital economy and platform research
Software
We spent four weeks with six productivity apps that have gained significant traction among remote teams in 2026. Our testing involved real workflows — project management, async communication, document...
Startups
Product-market fit gets the most attention in startup advice, but founder-market fit — the match between founders and the problem they are solving — often determines whether product-market fit can be ...
Opinion
We talk about platform accountability a lot. Congressional hearings, op-eds, regulatory proposals — the discourse is voluminous. Yet what we actually do about it is limited. I want to argue that the g...
Travel
Digital nomadism looks wonderful on Instagram. A laptop on a beach, video calls from a co-working space in Bali, weekends exploring ancient temples or urban markets. The reality, after the first few m...
Economics
This analysis examines digital payment adoption patterns across 24 emerging economies from 2019 to 2025, using transaction volume data, central bank reports, and consumer surveys. We model adoption cu...
Work
After five years of large-scale remote-first company experimentation, clear patterns have emerged about what separates successful remote organizations from those that struggle. The differences are les...
Software
The video conferencing market has matured substantially since the pandemic-driven explosion. Quality basics — video resolution, audio clarity, screen sharing — are broadly solved. Differentiation has ...
Technology
The web that emerged from the 2000s was genuinely open. Independent blogs, forums, and personal sites carried substantial traffic. RSS readers aggregated content without platform intermediation. Searc...
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