Stories by M.G. Siegler on Medium
On turning 44… Given how much I write about OpenAI these days, it’s easy to lose sight of just how truly great ChatGPT is as a product and service. Case in point: while thinking about my 44th birthday, I realized that because of daylight savings time ending this past weekend in the US, my birthday was technically one hour longer than a typical day. A 25-hour birthday!¹ This got me wondering if…
The below post was originally published on February 21, 2024 on Spyglass . If you start me up If you start me up, I’ll never stop. The Rolling Stones song , incidentally the one used to launch Windows 95 , is stuck in my head. Because it’s what I keep thinking about while trying to start using the Vision Pro. And I do mean “trying” because it’s really sort of a chore. I know, I know. Play me the…
Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash The below post was originally published on February 21, 2024 on Spyglass . San Francisco is back! In 3 to 5 years it will be over again. And then back again. Anyone who has been around long enough has seen this story go round and round at least two or three or four times at this point. It’s perhaps the most clear example of the “build them up to knock them down” idea…
Okay, I’ve had 24 hours to digest the latest edition of The Game. That is, the annual Michigan/Ohio State game. That is, the best rivalry in all of sports. You can argue with me about it, but you’re wrong. I’ve been writing about this game for a long time. Coincidentally, I started blogging 20 years ago yesterday . Had I started 20 years and 10 days ago, when Michigan and Ohio State played in…
On turning 43… While I hinted at it last year , after upending (in a good way!) my personal life by moving the family to London,¹ this past year was all about doing so (in a good way!) on the professional side. Mainly, it was no secret that I had long aspired to get back to writing in a more robust way. I did the best I could keeping the muscle active during a dozen years as a VC, but as a…
The below post was originally published on February 8, 2024 on Spyglass. In it, I attempt to make sense of the then just-announced sports streaming bundle spearheaded by Disney (now officially called Venu — and now officially in limbo following a series of weird missteps, many of which are alluded to below). If you’d like to sign up to get these updates in real-time, you can do so here . Now that…
The below post was originally published on February 6, 2024 on Spyglass. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here . Earlier tonight, I joked about Bluesky moving up in my social media power rankings. To position number 4 of the 17 sites and services that I now need to update in order to reach the audience that has now completely dispersed since Xitter shit the bed. This is actually not a joke…
The below post was originally published on February 6, 2024 on Spyglass. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here . TechCrunch+ Termination - Lux Capital With the unfortunate news of layoffs at TechCrunch last week, this post attempts to look at the why — and in particular, what went wrong with “TechCrunch+”, the site’s premium tier. With the large caveat that I was at TechCrunch a decade…
The below post was originally published on February 5, 2024 on Spyglass. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here . The year is 2024, and I’ve just been kicked out of a cafe for using a laptop. Well, technically I wasn’t kicked out , but rather was asked to put my laptop away because with the new year, they’ve decided to implement a no-laptop-policy. So I was effectively kicked out. I simply…
Photo by Miguel Angel Avila on Unsplash Hello! It has been a while . But with Spyglass , my new site, now firmly established, I thought I’d start to cross-post some content for this audience as well. Since I’m a firm believer in not letting content wither on the vine simply because it’s no longer “new”. The below post was originally published on January 23, 2024 . If you’d like to sign up for…