TetraMesa

Archives for November 2024

The Real Core Value of Blockchain Tech

By

Note: This post is going to be a bit more philosophical than suggestions for applied solutions, which is where I usually focus. If you’re not interested in such things, by all means, skip this one.

Feel like diving in with me to some random thoughts I’ve had recently? Great! Welcome. Let’s go…

What’s the real core value of blockchain technology? At this point, we have some idea about the many things that run on top of it. Or rather, there’s lots of things people are trying to run on top of this foundational layer and build value. Let’s see what we have here so far… Crypto, Smart Contracts, Decentralized Applications (dApps), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Supply Chain Logistics with solid provenance tracking, Identity Management, Tokenization Platforms, Decentralized Storage, IoT Networks, Governance and Voting, and more coming to a hype cycle near you soon! What have I missed? Probably a lot. Each of these is at varying places on the marketplace adoption curve. As usual with our bright new shiny technologies, all of this is unevenly deployed with various niche solutions gaining a little traction here or there, core infrastructure still nascent with LayerThisOrThat still sorting themselves out, and so on. Perhaps most ironically, (I personally love this one), there’s a Root of Trust problem with the identity layer for all of this; from initial verification to who verifies the verifiers. And more. (That’s probably an article / rant all on its own.)

So what? What’s the point? What are we all really trying to do here and why?

[Read more…]

Content Publishers Must Navigate the Rise of GenAI

By


In a prior post, Will Generative AI Hurt Search & Publishers, I discussed how Generative AI could impact content publishers. Here I’ll suggest some strategic options for publishers, limited as they may be. It’s been a while since I’ve personally built large scale content products, but the category is in my blood from a deep history in digital publishing. As I’ve studied and worked with AI, I’ve felt compelled to share some ideas.

Generative AI and other machine learning tools are not just the latest tech flavor of the month. Their value is powerful and accelerating, especially for information like text, imagery, audio, and video. Numeric data as well of course, though finance and science have their own tools. We’re not focusing on coding, life sciences, atmospheric science, killer robots, or other technical fields here; rather on general content publishing.

Things aren’t all bad for publishers. GenAI brings both opportunities and challenges, offering efficiencies and creative possibilities, but also introducing complexities in quality and originality, with business model and revenue impacts.

[Read more…]

Location

We're located in Stamford, CT, "The City that Works." Most of our in person engagement Clients are located in the metro NYC area in either New York City, Westchester or Fairfield Counties, as well as Los Angeles and San Francisco. We do off site work for a variety of Clients as well.

Have a Project?

If you have a project you would like to discuss, just get in touch via our Contact Form.

Connect

As a small consultancy, we spend more time with our Clients' social media than our own. If you would like to keep up with us the rare times we have something important enough to say via social media, feel free to follow our accounts.