Year: 2017

Hey @awsamuel I read your “What’s So Bad About Instant Gratification?” – Any research ever conducted so far on a potential correlation between speed of delivery and impulse buying? Specifically about pre- and post- Prime Now subscription. https://t.co/dX4GOWgdUe

@bajorgensen Possibly, but not exclusively. Depending on stats you see around, impulse buying is already 20-50% of online purchases. Knowing that you can have it right here, right now (including at night) will further fuel desire for instantaneous gratification.

I maintain that Aqua Mail is the best email client for Android (if you have a huge volume of emails to process) – I tried dozens of them. Except for 2 issues:

– notification formatting
– ugly email composition

Both are easy to fix @MobiSystems – please.

I was told by one of the drivers that so far, in UK, Amazon has used a 3rd party service for Prime Now deliveries. Apparently, in January they will switch to their own delivery service (possibly Amazon Logistics that already delivers some non Prime Now orders). Would fit this https://t.co/JEK4Lyt0WC

Here in the UK we now have the option to have an online NHS doctor. H24 consultations via video call. This means that in the future, through #AI -powered smartphones, patients will be able to point the camera at their body and computer vision will be able to identify symptoms.

@chamath @CBinsights You know that said too much when Dilbert pays attention. This is the result of the previous interview. Let’s wait a couple of weeks and see if he comes out with a new series about “soulless cowards”. https://t.co/JpFM1IHmAj

@bajorgensen I don’t think this would replace the social element that drives people to the English pubs (or the Italian pizzerias). I see this happening when people go back home after pubs and pizzerias.

Do you realise that if Amazon manages to turn goods delivery fully autonomous (through drones and self-driving trucks), they can also unlock night delivery (as in H24 delivery)? And that, in turn, will drive impulse buying well beyond its current %?

This new year’s eve, while you wait for 2018 to start, watch this. Make your family and friends watch it. So you all start the new year remembering that the world is not just what the TV news wants you to believe it is. https://t.co/gC1Vd7fK4h

First conference of 2018 planned. Unsurprisingly, it’s about #AI: @OReillyMedia #TheAIConf in NY (Apr 30-May 2).