Matthew Ball

www.matthewball.vc

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Strategist, essayist, that guy on Twitter, Tinkerer @EpyllionCo, Venture Partner @makersfundvc. Former Head of Strategy @AmazonStudios, ex-OtterMedia.

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Matthew Ball @MatthewBall · Jul 20, 2022

From Twitter

Strong recommend!

Book

Pieces of the Action

by Vannevar Bush

Recommended by 2 people

2 mentions

Matthew Ball @MatthewBall · Jul 19, 2022

From Twitter

Thank you Dean! For those interested, I relied *heavily* on Dean's own work here (2015-), with a good summary thread below

Tweet Jul 5, 2022

So when did this chatter about the open metaverse begin? I started writing about it in 2015, 2016, and 2017, when the only person really pushing it was Tim Sweeney of Epic Games. venturebeat.com/2016/12/09/the-deanbeat-epic-boss-tim-sweeney-makes-the

by Dean Takahashi

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Matthew Ball @MatthewBall · Apr 8, 2022

From Twitter

Best show of 2022 so far: Severance (Apple TV+) by an infinite loop

Series 2022

Severance

by Dan Erickson

Recommended by 16 people

15 mentions

Matthew Ball @MatthewBall · Apr 1, 2022

From Twitter

I really enjoyed @MarkRonson's Apple TV+ series on the theme

Series Jul 30, 2021

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Recommended by 1 person

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Matthew Ball @MatthewBall · Feb 18, 2022

From Twitter

Great piece from Alex on three differentiated ideas that the best consumer digital products put together

Tweet Feb 17, 2022

Wrote an op-ed for @FortuneMagazine abt convergence of what grown-ups now think are 3 distinct industries - social, gaming, and media. Younger people don't consider these distinct and optimize for high quality experiences they can have with each othe

by Alex Kruglov

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Matthew Ball @MatthewBall · Jan 31, 2022

From Twitter

Great piece with amazing feature on portfolio co @AntennaData Disney+ and HBO Max attracted huge numbers of subscribers after the release of “Hamilton” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” Six months later, about half were gone Congrats @rameeztase @jonathancarson!

Article Jan 31, 2022

WSJ News Exclusive | Disney+, HBO Max and Other Streamers Get Waves of Subscribers From Must-See Content. Keeping Them Is Hard.

by Ben Mullin and David Marcelis

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Matthew Ball @MatthewBall · Jan 12, 2022

From Twitter

Great one from Cesium CEO @pjcozzi and Unreal GM @mpetit featuring Roblox Chief Scientist @CasualEffects: Roblox and Scaling the Metaverse via the Open Metaverse Podcast

Podcast Jan 12, 2022

Building the Open Metaverse