Future of Voice and Audio

As someone who very much enjoys podcasts I continue to be frustrated that so much information is locked up in opaque audio files. How do we make all of this information accessible, searchable, navigable, linkable, upvotable, etc? Great opportunity if someone does this right, imo.

Clubhouse Musings in Oct 2021: The Challenges of Dumping Too Much Star-Power on Platforms Early…

So... everyone seems to think clubhouse is the "next big thing" - but I think it's going to fail. Here's how I think it all goes down..

Audio is a crappy platform. There! I said it. - You can’t multi task - Even at 2x speed your content consumption is slow - for obvious reasons live audio can’t be sped up - you can’t easily skim - you can’t check in & out as life demands Audio as first & only is a fad

After 1500 in a Clubhouse/Meerkat/Roadtrip any other attempt at synchronous only comms a few things break: 1. Notification overload 2. Conversations get boring b/c diverge too far from interest without the context of someone I recognize talking 3. Feels less special: 2/

Recently gave a talk about how AirPods will be remembered as our first taste of transhumanism Slides below, specifically getting into: -why audio is a massive platform shift -Apple & Spotify's strategies -AR + 'artisanal internet' -where startups fit in

All elevators, doors, faucets, and handles will go to voice or gesture based activation as standard. The technology now exists for hands-free everything. This is going to be hygiene 2.0 across society, at least in Asia.