Joy killers.
(Gaping Void on LinkedIN)
My Substack went a little bit quiet in 2023. For good reasons IMHO.
I am firing it up again. If you want to take a read 🔗 you can.
It’s a little bit more personal than usual - which I have been told is a good thing. If you vlick through - hope you like.
This 366 project is officially one month in, so I thought I’d take a look at how we are doing on the ‘view’ front .. I …
So it is out in wild and the reviews are in … and this is not another ‘one of those’.
‘My man’ Om …
🔗 People that know Fripp talking about Fripp and the King Crimson Movie
These kind of comments add up to so much more than a lot of rubbish you read from people that only have opinion.
🔗 Pakistani military use age-old tactics to keep Imran Khan away from election.
Any pretence of due judicial process being followed was abandoned entirely at both cases where Khan was sentenced this week. Instead of an open courtroom, the trials were conducted inside the jail where Khan is being detained and his lawyers were not allowed to choose or cross-examine any witnesses.
🔗Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules.
A line in the sand has been drawn.
That said - not quite where the 🖇️‘limitareanists think it should be drawn.
But it is a start.
Listening to Ingrid Robeyns talking to Sean Illing about ‘limitar(ian)ism’ - nice counterpoint to the ‘me centric’ alternative.
Later
Finished Listening. The Episode was called The case for banning millionaires - a very good case was made.
Listen to it yourself on 🔗 🎙️ VoxMedia
🔗 Fossil Is Quitting Smartwatches
Wait, What?
If they quit Smartwatches - don’t they just stop doing business?
TIL that Fossil offer a vast range of fashion accessories that I knew nothing about.
Next question.
I noticed this
… which got me to thinking. Do Fossil need that partnership any longer now that Mickey is out of copyright? Wouldn’t they make more money?
🔗 Where Logos Meet Album Covers: Designer Ivan Chermayeff
Its a Substack about a designer of iconic logos that turned his hand to (not so iconic) album covers.
I like some of them - but probably not iconic because the artists of the albums aren’t as big as the corporates either the logos.