Rick RobinsoninThe Startup‘Party Line’ Redux: Sometimes Reinvention Is a Shortcut to InnovationI entered a time machine recently, with the ticket to ride being my phone — naturally — and traveled years deep into the last century…4 min read·Feb 10, 2021----
Rick RobinsoninThe StartupOn-demand Rides a Decade Before Uber: Recollections on a Forgotten “Mobile 1.0” InnovationWhen data-enabled mobile phones arrived over 20 years ago they promised to extend the wave of Internet adoption beyond the PC to anywhere…6 min read·May 12, 2019----
Rick RobinsonTomorrowland: How AOL’s Digital City Foreshadowed More Than the Future of LocalAs Aol prepares to dial in Verizon’s mobile growth, the acquisition milestone serves as a reminder of another property that once upon a…7 min read·Jun 10, 2015----