💬 Quotes
“My feeling was previously that Mastodon was more alive, it’s good to have a number to put behind that.”
💬 Dave Winer
I know what he means. I could go for months on the bird site with zero interactions. On Mastodon I’ve had actual conversations.
“Tough news for folks who insist that blockchains' obvious use case is for supply chains: IBM and Maersk have discontinued their private blockchain-based TradeLens platform due to lack of interest.”
💬 Molly White
“We dislike Biden so much, we pettily focus on his speaking difficulties, sometimes strange behavior, clear lapses of memory, and other personal flaws. But in the end Biden’s record speaks for itself: The Biden team had one of the best first term off-year elections in history. They were not repudiated.”
💬 New Gingrich
Day 30: safety
“The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.”
💬 Dudley Moore
Open AI Announcement
“We’re excited to announce the release of the newest addition to the GPT-3 model family:
text-davinci-003. This model builds on top of our previous InstructGPT models, and improves on a number of behaviors that we’ve heard are important to you as developers.”
💬 Open AI
So of course I had to go try ….
The Prompt
Please write 4 paragraphs about Stop Child Traffic Foundation which is a non for profit organization that responds to refugee crisis, and uses technology and innovation to prevent harm to vulnerable populations like refugees and women and children.
The Response
_The Stop Child Traffic Foundation (SCTF) is a non-profit organization that works to prevent harm to vulnerable populations such as refugees and women and children. The foundation works to ensure the safety of these vulnerable populations by responding to refugee crises and using technology and innovation to prevent their exploitation. The foundation was established in 1999 and is based in London.
The SCTF works to protect vulnerable populations by responding to refugee crises and using technology and innovation to prevent exploitation. The foundation works with governments, non-governmental organizations, and other partners to develop innovative solutions to address the exploitation of vulnerable populations. The foundation focuses on prevention and early intervention, such as identifying and responding to cases of trafficking and exploitation. This includes providing support and resources to vulnerable populations and raising public awareness of the issues.
The foundation also works to improve the lives of vulnerable populations by working with partners to develop innovative programs and services. This includes providing access to education, healthcare, and employment opportunities. The foundation also works to ensure the safety of vulnerable populations by advocating for improved legislation and policy, monitoring human rights violations and supporting legal aid for vulnerable populations.
SCTF has achieved many successes including the launch of the first online platform designed to enable vulnerable populations to access resources and support._
The words aren’t QUITE right - but as a straight out of the box summary of the Stop Child Traffic Foundation - I am seriously impressed.
PS - More about Stop Child Traffic to come.
“Like having a child, you forget the pain of having that child three months later, a year later. We want to be in a dream business.”
💬 Doug Leone
Doug’s knowledge of childbirth can only be observation. Not experience.
Just like Sequoia’s pain after the FTX fallout?
Listening Brands was published late 2015. We had regionally based (and placed) ads then.
I guess he is talking about fully personalized ads, where I see an ad for music, and my neighbour sees one for sport. That still isn’t here on TV and won’t be for a while. If ever.
What You Remember Isn't Always What Happened.
Some context to this post, because it really isn’t just about memory (that’s the back story). It is really setting the scene for what I think will be a series of posts that I will link to from here that is exploring whether Geoffrey Moore’s chasm thinking can be applied to a country. Still not sure it can - but we will see as the journey unfolds.
“Mastodon will never be Twitter and vice versa. Each are their own thing. What matters is the people.”
💬 Dave Winer
“Not one of FTX’s 86 investors took a board seat at the crypto exchange, highlighting the exchange’s lack of oversight.
💬 The Information
“Could a rebranded MAGA movement continue by just replacing the frontman? Is it still Journey without Steve Perry, or the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia? In a way, yes. MAGA could Jefferson Starship itself indefinitely as long as the crowds keep vibing. But without the original magic the venues tend to shrink, the fans get old, and it all starts to seem a little pathetic.”
💬 The Bulwark
Amazon Shake Out
Amazon’s devices unit had operating losses of more than $5 billion annually in recent years. Amazon’s Echo smart speakers appear to be mostly used for playing music and setting timers, not online shopping, as Amazon had hoped.
💬 The Information
“I think what’s going on in crypto in the last few days, is going to scare people, and is going to scare regulators into action.”
💬 Larry Summers
“The podcast is about using FeedLand to write, not just read. About the connection to micro.blog and hopes for connection to Mastodon. And leveraging Markdown in your feeds, how to do it with no breakage.”
💬 Dave Winer