Stories of relevance in August
Retail
The Future of Retail is - still offline?
Amidst all the retail apocalypse nonsense it turns out that physical retail isn't dead after all.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2019/01/31/the-stores-strike-back/
https://www.retailprophet.com/measuring-the-store-of-the-future/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2019/07/30/has-amazon-hit-a-wall/
Digital
The growing Gaming Industry as a new business opportunity?
https://alexdanco.com/2019/08/10/the-players-are-the-artists-the-game-is-the-venue/
On Space Internet
https://om.co/2019/08/09/facts-fiction-of-space-internet-claims/
A Case for Privacy
The question we need to ask is not whether our data is safe, but why there is suddenly so much of it that needs protecting. The problem with the dragon, after all, is not its stockpile stewardship, but its appetite.
https://idlewords.com/2019/06/the_new_wilderness.htm
How to solve the Legacy-IT Issue
…established companies will need to simplify their core IT systems while still keeping the lights on.
Off Topic
This Article sums up the current tech-trend about sleep.
Every creature sleeps – or at least something like it. Even worms, scientists have found, get shut-eye, despite having no eyes to shut. Prod a sleeping worm and it will not wriggle.
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/the-business-of-sleep
Podcasts
Hidden Brain by NPR on scarcity.
Researchers say this form of tunnel vision can affect our ability to see the big picture and cope with problems in our lives.
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/05/748207152/you-2-0-tunnel-vision
The guy behind Shopify
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shopify-tobias-lütke/id1150510297?i=1000446145221
Extra:
A great Article on the Shopify topic: https://stratechery.com/2019/shopify-and-the-power-of-platforms/
Best regards,
Max