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The story of the ETFs linked to cryptos started in 2013 with the first formal request. It was done by Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, proposed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. They requested it 7 times starting in 2013: all rejected. The ones that have obtained the approval now have been: My initial thoughts My initial thoughts … Read more
Doing experiments, where are you investing your personal time today and where you think you should be doing it? The fact that you are unbalanced individually do not necessarily mean that as executive team you are not balanced. thoughts?
Background Technological disruption is something that happens from time to time. Right now all people is focused on Generative-AI and many people seem to be lost looking at what is going to happen. We don’t really know, accept the uncertainty and stop doing linear correlations with simplistic things as “Gen-AI is going to improve the … Read more
The representation of a Wardley Map or a Diagram with a team topology is a static representation, but the key aspect are the dynamic aspects that happen around that snapshot. Let’s start with a map about a platform ecosystem This map represents a platform ecosystem where the clients (anchor marked with a compass) access to … Read more
This web page shows the interference of GPS using maps. https://gpsjam.org/?lat=52.48618&lon=18.20213&z=4.2&date=2024-01-16
I was reading this article: https://www.quicksilver.dev/post/microservices-and-the-dilemma-of-data-ownership and I could not resist the temptation to draw a map:
Wardley Mapping contains the concept of “practice” and the climatic pattern of “co-evolution of practice”. But for forecasting purposes I always see it better with the concept of attractor created by Richard Rumelt. I have drawn an example, that I hope it’s clear. The microwave existed since the 40s, but they became popular in the … Read more
In the context of the CIO or CTO role, today I would like to focus on a concrete aspect that is part of this job: understand vendor lock in. In software solutions one of the long term decisions to be done is to pick the right software or platform. In the context of IT the … Read more
I love maps, and this type of websites I love it. https://app.electricitymaps.com/map
In the book “A New Way to Think” Roger L. Martin does a distinction between the classic model of strategic thinking and an alternative for 14 different aspects of the companies. I have summarized it in a table, so I can review from time to time. Classic model Alternative model Competition Holds that corporations compete, … Read more