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"Power for the few will be assumed through the inaction of the many. "

Apparently these regulations are too onerous for the multi-billion corporation that we know as Uber to operate in London.

Uber is …

Have you ever read the book 'The Kite Runner' ? If not you should.

If so, you can imagine why that particular wonderful piece of literature popped into my head on reading this news ...

2 Children, 1 Man Die After Kite String Slits Their Throats in India

... in case anyone ever thought that Kite Flying was a sedentary sport!

I was in Maui on the Southside nearly ten years ago watching a subset of the Molinas family entertaining the 'grocks'. Out of the blue this young kid emerged and delivered a Ukulele solo like I had …

Engineers left in a vacuum might say "well, that's maybe not so important; we can get a better signal by doing it the other way so let's do it that way." So, left to their own devices, that would be …

Click through of the whole article - and even more stunning imagery.

Opening copy reads :

One of Apple's largest component suppliers, Samsung Electronics ...

... not could have (should have ?)

One of Apple's largest competitors, Samsung Electronics

... because the article …

Heh - GREAT News - Adidas is bringing jobs back to America. See - it can be done.

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'Caveat Emptor' ... 160 jobs actually - and unclear what those jobs will be - because the manufacturing is being done by robots.

I keep telling you .... those jobs are not coming back.

It’s that time of year I guess. Another birthday. The Newton launched 23 years ago - two years after the World Wide Web.

One an unprecedented success that nobody saw coming ... the other demonstrating exactly the same thing - but with lousy timing.

“Really,” Steve said, and waited.
“ ‘Does she want a job at Apple?’ ” I said, quoting his e-mail.
“A joke,” Steve said.
“I know.”
“Like this meeting,” he said.

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.. it’s a great read. And that last line in the quote above - like a rapier!

#VRM #PeoplePower

Maybe the best thing to do is to start unilaterally giving the users more power over their own online presence. Stop trying to own everything. Because there's no way to win that game. Even if you win you lose.

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