๐Ÿ“บ Dark Winds โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Yes. Yes. Provided you like stories that circle around ‘other worlds’.


About This Blog

What is this blog about? Apparently it serves as a reflective exploration of complexity in various systems, highlighting the disconnect between theoretical frameworks and real-world behavior, while aiming to promote thoughtful navigation through that complexity. Who knew? Click through to read the why, the method and the overview.


Well - thats been a job I have not been doing for. long time - but once again - thank you @Munish for reminding me that other people do on occasions look at ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ my actual site. Styling moved along, search back in place and the start of my documents directory re-enabled. Onward.


I know how he feels. ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐ŸŽฌ My Review ๐Ÿ˜‚


David Merfield at Blot Rocks

.. there I said it. So happy with my new ๐Ÿ”— Blot powered Obsidian Wiki - now in the menu of my ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Public Journal

What David Merfield built is very impressive and the Obsidian integration is stunning.

My wiki is based on the Forty template with extended CSS and functionality like ๐Ÿ”— this page all built in collaboration with Claude.

Looking to now add an image gallery

Have I taken away a programmers job? No - without Claude I just wouldn’t have done it.

Next job moving a raft of material out of various archives and folders into the Obsidian vault.


Just rewatched: Red Notice ๐ŸŽฌ

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ ‘Full’ Review


This was publisehd in 2017 - and I am sure I saw something this pst week that announced essentially the same things as ‘news’. Ofc ourse I cant find it - but when I do - will come back here and add it.

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Reuters Reporting Ten Year Old News As Something New. // ๐Ÿ’ฌ John Philpin


Haven’t done one of these in a while - but have to say i started it - and it just flowed out - so publish and be dammed is what I say.

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Marketing in 2025


๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Best viewed on my site

โ€ฆ in a situation like that there’s only one thing you can do and that’s walk into The shrink [BAD Business] wherever you are, just walk in say โ€œ[BAD business], You can get anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant. You โ€œsupport election deniers, Iโ€™m outโ€.

And walk out. You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he’s really sick and They won’t take him pay attention.

And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, They may think they’re both ???? nuts and they won’t take pay attention to either of them.

And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in Singin' a bar of Alice’s Restaurant sayinโ€™ โ€œBAD Business you support election deniers, Iโ€™m outโ€ and walking out. They may think it’s an Organisation.

And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said Fifty people a day walking in singin' a bar of Alice’s Restaurant sayinโ€™ โ€œBAD Business - you support election deniers, Iโ€™m outโ€ and Walking out.

And friends they may thinks it’s a movement.


๐Ÿ”— The Ten Warning Signs - Ted Gioia

GREAT READ

I think my ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Age of Reason » Age of Experience themes that I have been writing about recently are totally in synch.


๐Ÿ“บ Dept. Q โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Really, Really, Really Good. Totally out of left field …..


๐Ÿ“บ Dope Thief โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

It is worth it.


๐Ÿ“บ The Big Door Prize โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

I started Series 1 when it first came out - and yeah no. Recently at a lose end - and it got beeter - so moved into Series 2, The star count is right.


๐Ÿ“บ Your Friends and Neighbours (Series 1) โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Your Friends and Neighbours

Yeah. Good. Never saw Mad Men - but I like how he can be ‘smooth, suave and sophisticated’ one minute and so ‘quickly’ switch to down and out. It started slow - for me - and towards the end was waiting for the next episode.

Good life lessons thoughts to boot.

Your Friends and Neighbours on ๐Ÿ”— Reelgood

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Series 2

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branded line

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Review Ratings


๐Ÿ“บ The Studio โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…


A Public Policy Framework

๐Ÿ”— The Thought

Another doc prompted by something on LinkedIN - this one around a twenty year old doc called ‘Public Policy Framework for the New Zealand Innovation System’

I was curious as to

  • how well we had done - not well.

  • how well we could do - hard - but not impossible

  • how much the analysis connected to my own experiences and thinking - a lot

While down here, I bang on this a lot - as do others. It never seems to take hold. For whatever reason(s).

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Stop Calling It Content

๐Ÿ”— The Thought

Contentย is a non differentiated, horrible, generic, cheap, replaceable kind of word.

Content is stored in silos - with grains and other commodities.

Content has minimalย value.

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Time To Self Medicate

๐Ÿ”— The Thought

Is Silicon Valley a destination, or just part of the journey?

… and where is it anyway?

… oh and why, despite the best attempts, countries all over the world seem to fall short of replicating it.

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Pattern Breakers | Breaking The Mold

๐Ÿ”— Pattern Breakers | Breaking The Mold

I don’t particularly recommend books.

I recommend people.

Mike Maples is one of those people.

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Charity Is Doomed To Fail

๐Ÿ”— Charity Is Doomed To Fail

If you donโ€™t know who Dan Palotta is - you should.

This is a short introduction to him, his ideas and his work and how it ties to something I wrote nearly 10 years ago.

We built ๐Ÿ”— The Future Found with these principles at core.

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