31 - Amazon

This week we discuss Amazon, Jeff Bezos in a robot Gundam suit and an ambient computing future filled with AI celebrity servants. Conservative movie star cowboys https://www.google.ca/search?q=conservative+cowboy+movie+stars&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA727CA728&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOh6rx_e_TAhUF7hoKHSuBCGEQ_AUICigB&biw=1519&bih=949 Jeremy’s episode of SME Strategy podcast http://www.smestrategy.net/blog/what-motivates-your-people-to-do-their-best-interview-with-jeremy-bailey Amazon History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com#History Time and Motion Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_and_motion_study Amazombies http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3997864/Amazombies-Seven-seconds-item-filmed-blistering-12-hours-shifts-timed-toilet-breaks-Christmas-order-does-worker-elves.html Digital Taylorism http://www.economist.com/news/business/21664190-modern-version-scientific-management-threatens-dehumanise-workplace-digital Taylorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management Apple Genius Grove https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15419398/apple-store-redesign-genius-bar-grove Otto Motors https://www.ottomotors.com/ Uber’s Self-Driving Truck Makes Its First Delivery: 50,000 Beers https://www.wired.com/2016/10/ubers-self-driving-truck-makes-first-delivery-50000-beers/ Opening scene of Fast and the Furious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laA2EArUeHw Apple Pay https://www.apple.com/apple-pay/ Amazon Echo Look https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/26/15435550/amazon-echo-look-200-smart-camera-mirror-stylist Amazon Echo https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-Bluetooth-Speaker-with-WiFi-Alexa/dp/B00X4WHP5E Ambient Computing https://www.wareable.com/wearable-tech/quick-and-dirty-guide-ambient-computing-555 New institute aims to make Toronto an ‘intellectual centre’ of AI capability https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/03/28/new-toronto-institute-aims-to-be-worldwide-supplier-of-artificial-intelligence-capability.html Amazon Echo Show https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J24C0TI Eco Bee Amazon Echo lightswitches https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/03/ecobee-is-building-alexa-into-its-thermostats-and-light-switches/ Millennials are prioritizing 'experiences' over stuff http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/05/millennials-are-prioritizing-experiences-over-stuff.html Philips Hue http://www2.meethue.com/en-ca/ Disposable Fashion http://www.npr.org/2016/04/08/473513620/what-happens-when-fashion-becomes-fast-disposable-and-cheap The eight second attention span https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/opinion/the-eight-second-attention-span.html?_r=0 Amazon is now worth two Walmarts https://www.recode.net/2017/5/15/15639748/amazon-jeff-bezos-walmart-ipo-anniversary-market-cap-worth-double Switching Costs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switching_barriers Diva Mehra http://www.divyamehra.com/ Nuit Blanche Toronto https://nbto.com/ Jet.com https://jet.com/ Is Ikea the amazon of furniture? https://www.quora.com/Is-Ikea-the-Amazon-of-furniture Marktplaats (dutch eBay) https://www.marktplaats.nl/ Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DBYBNEE?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0 Des Design within reach http://www.dwr.com/home?lang=en_CA Hybrid AI https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/12/the-era-of-ai-human-hybrid-intelligence/ Spike Jonze Her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzV6mXIOVl4 GPS with celebrity voices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yQfw5M0yF0 Wework https://www.wework.com/ Microsoft anti-trust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp. Amazon go https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/6/14527438/amazon-go-grocery-store-six-human-employees-automation Scorpion spotted for second time this month on United http://www.cntraveler.com/story/united-flight-scorpion Jeff Bezos tests giant robot suit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iegMpEfevk8 Techno utopianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_utopianism Elysium trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBtePb-dGY