š¬ Quotes
IāveĀ been thinking a lot about howĀ theĀ āneed to publishā andĀ to constantlyĀ āput out contentāĀ haveĀ contributed toĀ theĀ overallĀ devaluation of the media ecosystem,Ā turningĀ attentionĀ intoĀ aĀ piƱataĀ for monetization.Ā ItāsĀ promptedĀ me to work ona longer piece,Ā whichĀ Iāll keepĀ refiningĀ for a fewĀ moreĀ days before sharing it with the readers.Ā
š¬ Om Malik
The empire of money, war, and fire
cuts across the land.
There are in the same country
shepherds watching their flocks.
š¬ Wendell Berry
via @ajay … thank you.
Both.
In order for news to have a chance of working we need to be using only the web, commodity services that are completely replaceable, and we keep our own writing, and route it to everyone who’s interested via the open protocols of the web. That’s the only way people with important ideas and info can get it out there.
š¬ DaveWiner
ā¦ the foundation had āfallenā because it had embraced elements of isolationism, stopped backing Ukraine in the war with Russia, supported some tariffs and backed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, among other things.
š¬ Mike Pence
No .. I didnāt expect to be quoting him this morning either.
Email design is a special kind of hell. While the rest of the web has moved on to modern CSS, flexbox, and grid layouts, email clients are still stuck in the dark ages. Youāre forced to use table-based layouts, inline CSS styles, and work around the limitations of Outlook (which still renders emails using the Word HTML engine from 2007). Itās enough to make you want to just send plain text and be done with it.
š¬ Brett Tapsra
… tell me about it.
ā¦ bubbles produced from a machine while the show was in progress stained all the furniture in the hall. As a consequence, Pink Floyd were banned from ever playing there again.
š¬ Wikipedia
The Hall?
The Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Halcyon Days.
š The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband | The Verge
Thanks to Weissā censorship, it may very well wind up being the most-talked-about CBS News story this year.
š¬ Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge
.. via @gruber ….
And of course - thanks to š PullTube I now have safely tucked away in my personal collection - you know - just in case.
Take Apple News vs iBooks - theyāre both reading apps, so why is it necessary to have two separate apps? Because theyāre extremely different reading and writing experiences and it doesnāt make sense to lump them into a one-size-fits-all approach.
š¬ Michael Tsai
Nailed it and why I donāt';
- read
- pdfs in š Books
- saved articles in a browser
- listen to podcasts
- in a music app
- on YouTUBE
BUT anything I highlight, save, make a note on/in ANY of the things I am reading, watching or listening to all ends up in the same place.
(Another discovery in ‘Drafts’ March 2023)
For the last 15 years, many companies chased ādigital transformation.ā But if weāre honest, most of us didnāt transform, we digitised. We took analog processes and made them digital. We moved pieces to the cloud. We modernised within silos. We upgraded the present - instead of redesigning the future for a digital-first world.
š¬ Brian Solis
** I have a draft that I clearly need to finish that is exactly along this theme although I call it a ‘**data-lead people first world’.
š Land War or Self-Terrorism?
In other words, some of the factors that make a successful foreign war unlikely push towards the strategy of inviting turmoil into the United States and then seeking to use it.
š¬ Timothy Snyder
“If the wedding photographer can’t deliver more magic than the phone in my guest’s pocket, no thanks.”
“And if the local print shop can’t set type better than my Mac, I’ll move on.
" So is your copywriting, research, illustration or coding better than I can get from the AI on my desk? "
š The Opposite of the Drive Thru Window - Now I Know
Well - now I certainly do know ā¦. but more importantly - a spin on food delivery buried towards the end ā¦.
Burger King delivered [the food] directly to their car via motorcycle
š¬ WaPo
The Information Gets Its Facts Wrong - Again
Osborne’s appointment to OpenAI reflects a trend of organisations hiring political figures, despite their lousy records in public office - and Clegg didnāt even play a PM on TV - much less be one in real life.
Remember when we so concerned that all our āhouse dataā from Roomba was being sent over to Google - without so much as a ‘by-your-leave’.
… and then onto 2022 when Amazon got involved …
Fast Forward to 2025 - and ā¦
š Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, but Tries to Ease āBrickingā Fears
Turns out all your data is now all wrapped up and safe and over in China.
The Amazon acquisition wasnāt anti-competitiveāāāit was iRobotās last chance to remain competitive.
š¬ [Gruber](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/15/roomba-maker-irobot-declares-bankruptcy)
š Land War or Self-Terrorism?
In other words, some of the factors that make a successful foreign war unlikely push towards the strategy of inviting turmoil into the United States and then seeking to use it.
š¬ Timothy Snyder
TŃump and The TŃump ŠŠæŠæŠ°ŃŠ°ŃŃŠøŠŗ
When will any country with the leverage to do so finally call America’s bluff and recognize that a hollowed-out Amercia is trading its values for transactional brutalism and deserves to be abandoned by the allies it once took for granted and today arent even acknowledged.
š If your marketing isnāt working
If you’re struggling selling the thing you made, it’s worth reconsidering the audience, the promise and the change you seek to make–and then be honest with your team about whether your offering is actually remarkable, or just the best you could do with what you had.
š¬ Seth Godin
I was once out to dinner several years ago with about ten really well-known drummers, all of whom I have enormous respect for and admire. For some reason, we got onto the subject of Van Morrison. One of them said, āHands up everyone whoās been fired by Van Morrison!ā And nine out of ten put their hands up into the air. The only time I played with him, I wasnāt being paid, so he couldnāt fire me. Things like that definitely bring you together to the brotherhood.
š¬ Nick Mason