Walk through any public area and you’ll see people glued to their phones, playing mobile games like Game of War and Candy Crush Saga. They aren’t alone. 59% of Americans play video games, and contrary to stereotypes, 48% of gamers are women. The US$100 billion video game industry is among the least-appreciated business phenomena in the world today. But this isn’t an article about video games. It’s about where innovative ...

I have a new post out on Medium, “Like Uber for Wireless,” about Google’s wireless service. I think it’s fascinating, and could?help realize the immense potential of the Internet of Things.

Phil Weiser and I posted an essay responding to criticisms?about?improper political influence on the FCC’s network neutrality decision.

I published a post over on Medium linking gamification and, of all thing, Bitcoin. ?I’ve been spending some time lately thinking about Bitcoin and is underlying block chain mechanisms, which are fascinating. ?I was surprised when I saw a connection to?the work I’ve done in gamification. I’ve also been meaning for a while to try out Medium, a popular new online publishing platform from Evan Williams, the guy behind Blogger ...

Tom Wheeler, the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, gave a speech today at Ohio State University. ?It was a good speech on his regulatory philosophy. ?But that’s not so interesting. ?There’s nothing out of the ordinary about a government official giving a speech. ?The unusual development was that the Chairman also released an ebook, called Net Effects. ?Even more unusual, it’s not a bland ghostwritten policy whitepaper; it’s ...

Has anyone on the left suggested that Democrats unite around a set of process reforms for our broken political process? This would be the mirror image of the Republican “Contract With America” in 1994, which (A) was fantastically successful, ending 40 years of Democratic control of the House of Representatives, and (B) basically got us into the current mess. At a time when popular support for Congress is at 5%, ...