Back in the day ‘we’ had a line:

“Oracle’s first platform for any `Product’ is always PowerPoint - and is written by LJE.”

It stemmed from Larry’s penchant for announcing products in large public forums and nobody else seemed to have any knowledge of it.

Just read this:

🔗 The New Math of Quantum Cryptography

With this quote

Some Oracles never change. readwise.io/reader/sh…


💬 On the Road was published nearly seventy years ago .. just to remind us all that history rhymes .. and arguably never changes.


💬 On the Road was published nearly seventy years ago .. just to remind us all that history rhymes .. and arguably never changes.


Jax and I took a little tiki tour of our ' ‘hood favourites ’ on Saturday - including an extended session in my ‘favourite of the favourites’ … The Tinted Rose … who have extended their range of available 🔗 Lady H Gins. ladyhspirits.com


Jax and I took a little tiki tour of our ' ‘hood favourites ’ on Saturday - including an extended session in my ‘favourite of the favourites’ … The Tinted Rose … who have extended their range of available 🔗 Lady H Gins.


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💬 Listening to 🔗🎙️this - Kara and Jesse Armstrong talking about Mountainhead - and this pops up in my Readwise.

SYNCH overcast.fm/+AA7_XSYD…


💬 Listening to 🔗🎙️this - Kara and Jesse Armstrong talking about Mountainhead - and this pops up in my Readwise.

SYNCH


💬 I sometimes use a personal guide to ‘people’ based on MSOffice (a clue to how seriously I take this). Everyone is part Powerpoint, part Excel and part Word.

  • PPT is the ‘creative’
  • XLS is the ‘logician’
  • DOC blends the two

Percentages will vary. Came to mind when I saw this recent Gaping Void.

Gaping Void - Data Teaches - Story Reaches


The Boss released his first album in ’73 and it was clear even then that he wrote songs of disillusionment and protest. So when his fans got all uppity when they realised that ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ wasn’t quite the all American anthem they thought - including ‘Ronnie’, I would have thought that this would have cleaned house of the ‘people that don’t pay attention’.

Clearly not.

“Bruce Springsteen’s anti-Trump comments divid… john.philpin.com/2025/06/0…


This Morning’s Thoughts About Getting Started


This Morning’s Thoughts About Getting Started


This Morning’s Thoughts About Getting Started


This Morning’s Thoughts About Getting Started


This Morning’s Thoughts About Getting Started


💬 This Morning’s Thoughts About Getting Started

A quote by Mark Twain about getting started is displayed alongside a series of diagrams labeled Insight, Wisdom, Knowledge, and Data.A book cover features a quote about start-ups pivoting significantly from their initial direction, attributed to "Pattern Breakers" by Mike Maples Jr. and Peter Ziebelman.A quote from "Why Killer Products Don’t Sell" by Ian Gotts and Dominic Rowsell emphasizes the importance of reaching Early Adopters in product launches.A quote about niche market approaches from "Crossing the Chasm" by Geoffrey A. Moore is shown alongside part of the book cover.A quote by Gabriel Weinberg about failed startups is displayed alongside a series of small diagrams titled "Data," "Information," "Knowledge," "Insight," and "Wisdom."A promotional graphic features a book titled "Slapped In By A W" with a quote about commission-based sales targeted at business leaders.A person is sticking a note on a wall, with a quote about customer needs displayed beside them.


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💬 Today’s Thoughts To Tickle The Taste Buds