In the software industry, we talk a lot about what software we will build in the future. Collectively, however, we do relatively little thinking about how we will create that software. Progress has been incremental, and many of today’s cutting edge development tools and practices stem from work done decades ago...

Almost everything we use daily — from food to clothing to toys — relies on decades- to centuries-old ingredients and production processes. As the naturally occurring planetary resources to support our lives (e.g. water, fossil fuels, minerals, plants & animals, etc) get more scarce and production processes are toxic and increasingly problematic for the planet, it is time to re-think how we produce the goods and materials required to support human life on our planet...

We are all aware of the dramatic impact computing — and the exponential growth in computing power — has had on economies, societies and humanity itself. Now, imagine a quantum leap in computing power beyond anything we have previously witnessed or imagined, with the potential to benefit society in profound ways. What would be possible?

We’re excited to be teaming up with Azeem Azhar The Expontential View community for our next BlueYard Conversation: Humans and Algorithms. With The Exponential View, Azeem has created the most comprehensive and meaningful newsletter covering the impact of technology on society. That’s something we think about at BlueYard every day...

We live in times where large internet platforms often create defensibility by locking in data created by their users. This is understandable from a business perspective — however it also means that the internet is now fragmented into innumerable data silos...

At the core of BlueYard is the belief that the internet should be a space for permissionless innovation and freedom of expression. The current internet of gatekeepers and data vulnerabilities puts this at risk...