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Leaving This Thought
The Transformation from ‘The Age of Reason’ to ‘The Age of Experience’. Letting this sit, wondering if there is more.
Are Blogs Dead?
A short chat last week sparked a familiar question:
“Is blog even the right word anymore? Do people still use them? Isn’t the whole thing outdated?”
Yes. Yes. And no.
About Those PE Companies
If you are a regular reader of this blog - you will know that I am no financial expert. I never even played one on TV - BUT - fascinated by it since the people in finance are (too?) often the one that dictate the funds available to do what I think businesses need to do. Today’s topic - PE. Which is NOT the same as VC. Not at all.
The Dawn of Mediocre Computing
A bit of a ‘catch up’ post. Across various domains I often reference Venkatesh’s work. Once more today, which prompted this post - because I realised that for whatever reason - I hadn’t ever captured the essence of his ‘mediocrity’ series - and thought I should.
🎥 Fountain of Youth, 2025 - ★★★½
Guy Ritchie .. who’s going to say no. Good cast. Fun story .. in the class of National Treasure and all the rest.
🎥 Nonnas, 2025 - ★★★
It’s Vince Vaughan so of course I checked it out. Not his best, formulaic - think I’ve seen the story a few times before - but cute nonetheless.
Nonnas, 2025 - ★★★
It’s Vince Vaughan so of course I checked it out. Not his best, formulaic - think I’ve seen the story a few times before - but cute nonetheless.
No Title Needed … But This Still Is A Title
Poking Wordland …
Reminder to self.
This is routing to Philpin.com which is currently flagged as an AI experiment. This is not an AI experiment.
🎥 The Wild Robot, 2024 - ★★★★
Home alone and had heard good things. Just lovely. Just wonderful. And yes, I cried.
🎥 The Wild Robot, 2024 - ★★★★
Home alone and had heard good things. Just lovely. Just wonderful. And yes, I cried.
About Isaac Asimov
Prompted by a William Gallagher post, A short take on Asimov, memory, and how storytelling evolves. “it’s not the colour of the pill, but the effect”. … A reflection on reading, writing, and what still holds up.
A Public Policy Framework
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
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how well we had done - not well.
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how well we could do - hard - but not impossible
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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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