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Are AI friends better than human friends?

Are AI friends better than human friends?

2024-10-25The benefits and stigma of having AI friends like ChatGPT, Replika, and Amazon Alexa. Read more

Great Guides for Building Products

Great Guides for Building Products

2024-10-17Explore two essential guides for entrepreneurs looking to build something people want: 'Running Lean' and 'How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product Market Fit'. Read more

You are your own niche

You are your own niche

2024-10-17Remember: no one has *your* unique perspective and experiences. Use that to your advantage. Read more

Plan your week on Fridays, not Mondays

Plan your week on Fridays, not Mondays

2024-10-07Switch your planning day to Fridays for a more productive week. Learn how Friday planning can help you reflect, focus, and start Mondays with a clear mind and increased creativity. Read more

Software as Commodity

Software as Commodity

2024-09-26Apps on Tap; how AI is making software creation instant and accessible to everyone. Single-serve software, ad-hoc apps; no developers required. Read more

Search vs Synthesis

Search vs Synthesis

2024-09-25Generative AI is blurring the line between searching for content—and creating it. Read more

The Three Jars: Visitors, Members, Customers

The Three Jars: Visitors, Members, Customers

2024-05-02Be effective in your marketing by grouping your users into three distinct categories. Read more

Local AI

Local AI

2024-04-30I’m a big believer in “Local AI”, i.e. running an AI model embedded on your phone or other device, instead of accessing it through the cloud. Read more

AI and the Infinite Tail of Content

AI and the Infinite Tail of Content

2024-02-03Using AI to extend the long tail of content by creating new content based on user interactions. Read more

AI, Intelligence & Precision

AI, Intelligence & Precision

2023-12-18The balance between AI’s ability to solve complex problems and its inherent lack of precision—similar to human intelligence. Read more

Missing songs in Spotify playlists and how to restore them

Missing songs in Spotify playlists and how to restore them

2023-02-28Did you know Spotify removes songs from your playlists? Here’s a way to restore them. Read more

I’m building a text-based UX prototyping tool — am I nuts?

I’m building a text-based UX prototyping tool — am I nuts?

2020-04-14Having been fed up with UX tools not being fast enough, I decided to build Wrux. I’m currently working with UX tasks on a game app, an educational app, my own company Weld, and a few new projects. I Read more

What if the iPhone 8 isn’t a phone?

What if the iPhone 8 isn’t a phone?

2017-08-03What if the iPhone 8 isn’t a phone at all? What if all the leaks (more than usual?) are just to distract reporters from the real innovation — an AR/VR headset to replace smartphones altogether? I Read more

When will we see AI’s as part of startup founder teams?

When will we see AI’s as part of startup founder teams?

2017-05-13It might sound like science-fiction, but it makes sense. AI’s are becoming increasingly powerful, but creativity is not their strongest suite. But they’re great at performing tasks such as organizi Read more

The Code-Free Revolution

The Code-Free Revolution

2016-06-19There’s been an awakening. Have you felt it? Building apps without coding has been a long time joke among my more technical friends. The very idea is belittled, ridiculed, dismissed. I blame Drea Read more

Gmail address hacks

Gmail address hacks

2016-05-06Three useful tips for Gmail: If you can guess someone’s email address, you can verify it by typing it into Gmail. If the popover box appears with the person’s name (even better: their photo), the Read more

How Slack destroyed my company’s communication — and how to fix it

How Slack destroyed my company’s communication — and how to fix it

2015-09-27Update: article has moved to TomSoderlund.com Read more

The End of Walking

The End of Walking

2015-08-18I predict that walking will become a lifestyle, not a necessity. With powered personal transportation such as Segway, Solowheel, Boosted skateboards, scooters and the recent WalkCar, walking will Read more

Fuck Inbox Zero

Fuck Inbox Zero

2015-07-29It’s time to rethink email. “Inbox Zero” is not working. Archiving/tagging/deleting that last email gives you a warm fuzzy feeling of accomplishment, but it won’t last long, and you know it. In an h Read more

How to unlock writer’s block: the three phases of writing

How to unlock writer’s block: the three phases of writing

2015-07-16I hate writing. It doesn’t come naturally to me, I have to force myself to write anything longer than five words. You might have read something I’ve previously written and be surprised by me saying t Read more

FPV racing is the future of motor sports

FPV racing is the future of motor sports

2015-07-15 Read more

Zooming out: the world as an anthill

Zooming out: the world as an anthill

2015-03-06I have a mind trick I sometimes use: I “zoom out” until I see the entire planet in front of me. People become ants, cities turn into anthills. I do this to protect myself when I hear about human tra Read more

How to become a top expert in any field

How to become a top expert in any field

2015-01-09How to become a top “expert” in any field (adapted from “The 4-Hour Work Week”): Join 2-3 related trade organisations with-official sounding names. Read the top 3 books in your selected topic, and Read more

Information and mass

Information and mass

2014-12-06We’re now on the brink of a physical revolution, powered by the digital revolution. 3D printers, robotized logistics and connected devices are parts of this trend. When will begin to talk about the Read more

Time tracking my life

Time tracking my life

2014-02-04Interesting realizations from time-tracking my life with the Timelytics app: I work less hours than I thought. There’s almost a gamification aspect to sleeping, so I think I sleep more than befor Read more

Send email, not newsletters

Send email, not newsletters

2013-11-22Do you have that mental filter on when you open an email newsletter? The one that makes you just quickly sift through the message, or even send it straight to the trash bin without even reading it? Read more

Delegate, Automate, Eliminate

Delegate, Automate, Eliminate

2013-07-09Delegate, Automate, Eliminate (version 3: elimination should happen first) Read more

Mega Trends in Technology

Mega Trends in Technology

2012-02-11Here are some larger trends in technology that I think are happening. They could be useful when thinking of new products or companies to invent. Many you have probably seen before, others could be n Read more

You should learn a new programming language!

You should learn a new programming language!

2011-10-24Learning a new programming language is great for two reasons: It expands your mind. Your brain gets exercise when it’s forced to think in new ways. If you’re building something big, take the ti Read more

Alternative Presentation Styles

Alternative Presentation Styles

2010-11-30Tired of doing the same old PowerPoints? Try one of these methods Read more

Off the Wire

Off the Wire

2010-07-18Why are we still, in 2010, wearing headphones with wires? Is the technology too crappy, too expensive? Or is it a fashion thing? I decided to bluetoothify my life, and purchased a wireless stereo Read more

Staying Super-Organized with Gmail and iPhone

Staying Super-Organized with Gmail and iPhone

2010-04-10I’m a big fan of the “Getting Things Done” method, and also a Gmail and iPhone power-user. Here are some of my tricks for staying on top of things: 1. Empty Inbox. I open an email, quickly judge if Read more

The Greatest Game

The Greatest Game

2007-04-28I already know what The Greatest Game will look like. It will be a perfect simulation of the real world, but where I am allowed to do whatever I like. Public nudity? No problem. Perform crazy parkou Read more

Communication is converging towards telepathy

Communication is converging towards telepathy

2007-03-26I’d like to make two trend observations: 1) Communication is converging towards telepathy Phones are becoming increasingly smaller: today ultrasmall bluetooth headsets, tomorrow ear implants? IM cli Read more