‘They’ (there ‘they’ are again) always say that “we should look for the things that we have in common” ….
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I’ve been hypothesizing that the next iteration of great SaaS platforms could evolve toward context-as-a-service (CaaS)
Whilst I find that we seem to be on a similar journey with thought … on this we differ
Meanwhile - one of my ‘graphics under development’ .. this one talking about ‘forgetting’ the 4Ps and start thinking 4Es - that I most recently talked about 🖇️ here.
Bottom line - we keep talking about change - radical change - and yet for some reason - our thinking is not radical - witness that we keep building ‘systems of experience’ on ‘systems of record’ infrastructure.
… and we wonder why it’s not working?
Do Nazis and White Supremacists use MS Word?
Asking for a friend. (Who is wondering if it is ok to continue to use Word … even if they are.)
Over the holidays I spent time really sorting out my Structured Thought Wiki - which is actually an Obsidian Vault on iCloud - that David Merfield’s Blot translates in to a living breathing web site. Claude helped me with a lot of the CSS - but also refining some of the cross linking between entries - the site now has 193 pages. (The nature of wikis of course - mention it once - out comes a page.)
Sorted - I now have YAML front matter including ‘pstatus’ = empty, claude, curated . and a few others besides and now bu using Desktop Commander - Claude is filling in the spaces.
This means that when you came to my wiki a week ago - basically you got a LOT of ‘stubs’
Now you typically get a page with words and images and links and cross references. All thanks to Claude - and when I have Claude do the writing - I change the pstatus from ‘empty’ to ‘claude’ - and as I go forward - as time allows - and I fix the page - well then the page status is changed to ‘curated’.
This is the kind of stuff that adds real value to what I do … I have tried to build wikis in the past - and they are HARD. ➕ I wouldn’t have anyone else do it.
I call that a #WinWin
🔗 How far back in time can you understand English?
F A S C I A T I N G
🔗 Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica
… another public service.
🔗 Nicholas Carr: What is it … | Alan Jacobs
What fills the pattern at any given instant –what we call content– is fungible and disposable. It’s not important. It’s the pattern, the form the content fits and replicates, that’s important.
“fungible and disposable” - 🖇️ been writing about this for years - eventually the term will disappear - once all the juice has been extracted.
🔗 Apple’s strategy is actually genius if you think about it …
Horace replays a post from 3 years ago.
One question - intentional or accidental?
🔗 MacBook Neo: Apple Makes A Bacon, Egg And Cheese Sandwich
To explain it in breakfast terms: Apple can’t get itself excited about making and selling a $6 takeout bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich on an English muffin. But it’ll apply an almost terrifying amount of institutional energy towards the development of a $60 hotel restaurant breakfast.
💬 Andy Ihnatko
In amongst the endless posts about Apple this week - quite simply the best post and even includees the Apple video - which is the only other standout piece of media this week.