Published inCroquetCroquet Raises Seed Round.Today, we closed our first major investment and are incredibly excited to bring Live Collaboration to you. View the press release here, or…Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
Published inCroquetUse Croquet to Build “Figma for X”.“The key thing about all the world’s big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively…If we don’t get collectively smarter…Jan 23, 2020Jan 23, 2020
Published inDataDrivenInvestorThe Modern-Day Steve Wozniak Reinvents Board Games With Her New AR Company, Tilt Five.Early in our conversations, Croquet CEO David A. Smith had suggested that I talk to Jeri Ellsworth, who was doing some of the most…Jan 22, 20201Jan 22, 20201
Why AR Will Win — And Why it Matters How it Will Win.Written by David A. Smith on December 28, 2018Jan 20, 2020Jan 20, 2020
Published inCroquetQueue Brings Real-Time Collaboration to Video Replays, Powered by Croquet.Masud Hossain and his co-founder Jean-Philippe Gagnon (JP) met while playing World of Warcraft in 2008. Then, in high school, they built a…Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
Croquet, Leading the Industry in Collaborative Technology.When humans came into existence, so did collaboration. In those days, we collaborated to move heavy rocks and protect our families from…Jan 11, 2020Jan 11, 2020
Published inCroquetBuild Interactive Web-Based Presentations Using Croquet.Croquet is a great way to build interactive presentations. Just ask Zack Qattan, who recently gave a talk at the Computer History Museum’s…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
Published inCroquetAbandoning Pop Culture.If you want to reinvent pop culture, you must first abandon it.Jan 9, 2020Jan 9, 2020
Binge Uploading The Past.Alan Kay and his wife Bonnie MacBird were at a dinner at Al Gore’s house, and Bonnie was talking to Al: “Most of the stuff that’s…Jan 7, 2020Jan 7, 2020
Published inCroquetCroquet: A 30-Year Old Cosmic Dream of Augmented Reality, Collaboration, and 5G.Although Doug Engelbart’s vision of collaboration was demoed in 1968 by showing two mouse pointers on a screen that were being controlled…Jan 6, 2020Jan 6, 2020
A Room Called Croquet.Alan gave me the keys to a room called “Croquet.” Inside, I found intelligent minds, gathered around a dream that was 50 years old. For 50…Jan 2, 2020Jan 2, 2020
Published inCroquetOne Mind at a Time.Thinking can be practiced. Thinking can be improved. Thinking can be understood. It is the first step in augmenting our individual…Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
Published inCroquetA Few Grains of Sand.The universe, in its ever-expanding state, is a walled garden. Things enter the universe as it expands, and things don’t easily leave…Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019
Published inCroquetThe Internet’s N² Problem.Alan Kay had told me that to understand Croquet, one had to start by reading David P. Reed’s MIT thesis “Naming and synchronization in a…Dec 27, 20191Dec 27, 20191
Published inCroquetThe Button on the Radio.“The mouse was just a tiny piece of a much larger project, aimed at augmenting human intellect.” — Doug EngelbartDec 26, 2019Dec 26, 2019
Published inCroquetShhh…The Real Computer Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet.It would soon be 20 years since Alan Kay and David A. Smith had a conversation about how frustrated they were with the state of computer…Dec 21, 2019Dec 21, 2019
Keeping Maria Montessori Alive.“In my harsher moments, I used to speak of schools as a system for systematically destroying people’s minds. I would amend that and say…Dec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
Reverse engineering Engelbart’s vision for augmenting our collective intelligence.This is an open attempt at research, and anyone who would like to contribute ideas is welcome to do so. A list of contributors can be…Dec 12, 20191Dec 12, 20191
Keeping Douglas Engelbart Alive.In the summer, I reached out to Alan Kay again. This time, I wanted to know which companies Alan thought would be good for an investment…Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019
