James AllworthHow Facebook Has Exposed the Fragile State of Australian DemocracyLast Wednesday, in response to the Australian Parliament passing the News Media Bargaining Code, Facebook decided it wanted out. Rather…11 min read·Feb 23, 2021--3--3
James AllworthAustralia’s Proposed “Fox News Tax”“Google’s threat to withdraw its search engine from Australia is chilling to anyone who cares about democracy.”10 min read·Jan 25, 2021--12--12
James AllworthIntel’s Disruption is Now Complete“Look, Clayton, I’m a busy man and I don’t have time to read drivel from academics but someone you told me you had this theory… and I’m…6 min read·Nov 11, 2020--22--22
James AllworthinMarkerA Final Lesson From Clayton Christensen‘Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.’·5 min read·Jan 31, 2020--7--7
James AllworthWhy Did SAP Just Spend $8bn on Qualtrics?The Qualtrics acquisition by SAP represents the third largest sale of any SaaS company in history. One of the largest players in…5 min read·Nov 16, 2018--2--2
James AllworthWinning the War versus Winning the PeaceThe New Yorker’s profile on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook was fascinating reading — if you missed the last few years on Facebook, it’s an…6 min read·Sep 18, 2018----
James AllworthWhat the F*** Was Facebook Thinking?2013 saw one of the world’s most publicized data breaches. A Target employee inadvertently clicked on a phishing email; soon after, the…7 min read·Mar 21, 2018--34--34
James AllworthTechnology has Become WaterThere are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says…8 min read·Jun 17, 2017--16--16
James AllworthPrioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy“It is often assumed that an economy of private enterprise has an automatic bias toward innovation, but this is not so. It has a bias only…12 min read·Apr 13, 2017--60--60
James AllworthFounders and MotivationThere’s something about Facebook that I’ve always found troubling. For regular listeners of Exponent, the podcast that Ben Thompson and I…6 min read·Feb 27, 2017----
