Future Forward

Here at Future Forward - we spend every waking hour thinking about tech. How it works, were it’s broken, and how it impacts our lives, our families and our future. And that means thinking about new gizmo and gadget and scribbling down our favorites for months.

So, as the season of gift giving arrives, and tech is at the top of lots of naughty and nice lists - we’re taking that knowledge and creating the Steve and Gene Future Forward gift guides for your shopping pleasure.

No matter who you shop for - even if that person is you - we’ve found some amazing gifts to snatch up before the other elves grab them up.

Gaming / AR / VR

https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/best-tech-gadgets-holiday-gift-guide-2017/2900-1652/

https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/13/16536768/holiday-gift-ideas-2017-christmas-hanukkah-xbox-ps4

Tech /Audiophiles:

https://www.engadget.com/holiday-gift-guide-2017/#/all/all

http://nymag.com/strategist/article/music-lover-audiophile-gift-guide.html

Smart Home:

https://techcrunch.com/gallery/9-smart-home-gifts-for-a-smarter-smart-home/

Travelers

http://nymag.com/strategist/2017/11/best-travel-gifts-2017.html

Charity / Giving

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4440

Oh, and just for a splash of Grinch - Shitty Charities to watch out for:

https://www.charitywatch.org/charitywatch-hot-topics

- Feed the Children

- Kars for Kids

- Wonder Work

- VietNow

Top paid Charity CEO’s (you’ll never guess who’s #1)

https://www.charitywatch.org/top-charity-salaries

Changes In Startup Land: Etsy, Meetup, Kickstarter, Tumblr

LOVING...

The Silent Life: http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/the_silent_life-4.png

ENDORSING...

Hour of Code https://hourofcode.com/us

CHAPTER 1

Etsy:

Inside the Revolution at Etsy

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/business/etsy-josh-silverman.html

Meetup

WeWork Buys Meetup, the Service for Bringing Hobbyists Together

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/business/dealbook/wework-meetup.html

WEWORK IS BUYING MEETUP AMID AN INCREASINGLY DISCONNECTED WORLD

https://www.wired.com/story/why-wework-is-buying-meetup/

Tumbler

Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp is leaving the company after more than a decade

https://www.recode.net/2017/11/27/16706032/tumblr-david-karp-leaves-ceo-yahoo-oath

KickStarter

KICKSTARTER LAUNCHES DRIP, A NEW SERVICE THAT LETS FANS SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR FAVORITE CREATORS

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/15/16652582/kickstarter-drip-creator-subscription-service-announced-perry-chen-interview

Part #1 6:15 Net Neutrality at The FCC

Part #2 Can Men Talk about Sex Abuse?

Part #3 How YouTube broke web video

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Part #1

Net Neutrality at The FCC

ATT + TW Merger at the DOJ is It Policy or Payback?

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/22/16690870/fcc-repeal-net-neutrality-proposal-released

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/fcc-net-neutrality.html?_r=0

Part #2

Can Men Talk about Sex Abuse? Harvey, Roy Moore, & Charley Rose

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sexual-abuse-harassment-why-arent-we-asking-the_us_5a10fb69e4b023121e0e93a2

https://www.vox.com/2017/11/21/16687458/trump-sexual-assault-comments-allegations

Part #3

How YouTube broke web video

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/310485/how-free-killed-video-and-what-we-can-do-to-sav.html

SEG 1 1:30 The Web Meltdown

SEG 2 11:04 The Jupiter rocketship

SEG 3 20:45 Loving / Hating

SEG 4 27:20 What’s up wth Fox?

Part 1:

What You Are Loving / What You Are Hating Right Now:

SEGMENT 1

The Web Meltdown. What’s happening and why? Mashable, BuzzFeed, Mic’s Pivot To Video -

https://www.fastcompany.com/40497566/digital-media-meltdown-troubling-outlooks-for-buzzfeed-mashable-oath-and-vice

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-17/mashable-sale-talks-signal-reckoning-for-digital-media-upstarts

https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/pivot-to-video.php

SEGMENT 2

The Time Machine: Going Back to Web 1.0 on the Jupiter rocket ship.

https://youtu.be/23u2tJPh9VA

https://www.salon.com/1999/09/02/jupiter/

SEGMENT 3

WTF. What’s up wth Fox? Are they for sale? Who’s bidding?

http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/21st-century-fox-disney-sale-talks-stock-1202607912/

http://www.afr.com/business/fang-forces-rupert-murdochs-21st-century-fox-sale-talk-20171109-gzihus

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fox-m-a-stocks/fox-shares-rise-on-signs-of-more-takeover-interest-idUSKBN1DH1OC?il=0

https://fufwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Future-Forward-Episode-3-audio.m4a

Future Forward - Episode #3 CNN vs. The DOJ?

Part 1 CNN.  AT&T / Time Warner — Justice Dept.   6:10

Part 2  Why Roku is winning. 10:58

Part 3: Can politics survive social media?  17:12

Today: 

- CNN.  AT&T / Time Warner — Justice Dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/business/dealbook/att-time-warner.html https://www.recode.net/2017/11/9/16629712/att-ceo-randall-stephenson-department-of-justice-doj-cnn-preisdent-trump-time-warner https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/10/21/att-could-soon-own-almost-everything-from-hbo-to-cnn-to-dc-comics/?utm_term=.855512b0ca06

Tomorrow:

- Why Roku is winning.  Anthony invented the digital video recorder (DVR) and founded ReplayTV

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/08/roku-earnings-q3-2017.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-08/roku-tops-revenue-projections-on-growth-in-users-advertising https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2017/11/09/roku-stock-rockets-higher-after-first-earnings-release

The Future:

- Can politics survive social media?

https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21730871-facebook-google-and-twitter-were-supposed-save-politics-good-information-drove-out http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2017/10/10/social-media-affects-personal-politics-students-say http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41833486

https://fufwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Future-Forward-Episode-2-audio.m4a

 

1. Today: Amazon vs YouTube. The Video Battleground

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/26/16371292/google-youtube-amazon-echo-show

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/09/28/amazon-google-echo-youtube-fracas/711943001/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/google-pulls-youtube-from-amazon-echo-show.html

2. Tomorrow: Fake News: Solving, or Evolving past it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4nxj6XnyNU&t=6s

3. The Future: Driverless cars and the impact on employment.

https://futurism.com/heres-how-driverless-vehicles-will-utterly-transform-how-our-cities-look/

https://indypendent.org/2017/10/when-vehicles-are-automated-what-happens-to-their-drivers/

https://www.reuters.com/article/legal-us-autos-selfdriving/u-s-senate-panel-puts-self-driving-cars-in-fast-lane-idUSKBN1CA1RX

Tech is driving changes in how we connect, share, fight, love, and come unglued. The hardware (gear) is impacting the software (us) in ways big and small. The gig economy sets us free of the cubicle, but creates a 24/7 feedback loop of clients, pitches, and notifications. New innovations in media move information faster, in a blur of info bursts that make fact and fiction interchangeable. We have a Twitter Presidency.

Each week on Future Forward we’ll explore the undercurrents, changes, wonders, and innovation that are making the world exciting, complicated, and scary. Cool startups. Great hardware. And the battles over work, nations, and laws.