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Who Owns the Data? Spotify vs UnwrappedData.org
Spotify has made it clear who can profit from your own listening data. They shut down a service that was allowing similarly minded users from being able to sell their own listening data to other data aggregators and service providers who were attempting to provide better listening insight.

Ray Alner
Nov 274 min read


Rethinking Software: From Features to Outcomes. Part 2
A look at how AI could shift software pricing from user licenses to feature-level value, encouraging leaner, outcome-driven tools over bloated all-in-one platforms.

Ray Alner
May 153 min read


Rethinking Apps: From Features to Outcomes. Part 1
A breakdown of how AI could simplify cluttered software interfaces by surfacing just-in-time features, improving usability, and shifting the way we think about how we use apps.

Ray Alner
May 153 min read


What is with all this Binding Arbitration?
What is with Arbitration? It seems to be sneaking into our agreements we frustratingly sign to get access to the tools we use every day.

Ray Alner
Mar 5, 20244 min read


Will Layoffs Slow the Implementation of AI?
Layoffs, along with their supposed replacements (AI) have been in the news a lot recently.

Ray Alner
Mar 3, 20244 min read


Don’t Give a Shhh… Apathy, Empathy & Gaslighting in Business
Employees and customers are getting tired of the apathetic, impersonal, productivity driven profits.

Ray Alner
Feb 11, 20244 min read
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