๐ WWW
There are a lot of links out to different parts of the web on this site. I try to mark them all so they get listed here.
This is the only way to use Excel
I have seen Xxcel art before - but this is takes it all the way to twelve.
Friend wanted to watch ๐๐ฅ Red Notice - so watched it again … ๐๏ธ๐ again - still โ โ โ โ .
Rewatched ๐ ๐ฅThe Nice Guys … seriously 11 years old alreadyโIt remains a cute movie but not as good as I remembered it. At โ โ โ - still worth a watch though.
๐ Counterpoint says Mac shipments were down 11%, Apple says Mac revenues were up 24%.
Aศ Horace says - they canโt both be right. If they are - then the price increases would leave been even bigger than they were!
๐ Queuing for a phone. Donโt judge. | Self Distract
As I write this to you, thereโs also a podcast just coming out that I produce which covers this stuff and in it both I and my co-host say you shouldnโt go to an Apple Store for this, you are so likely to be disappointed. I did specifically add that you shouldnโt go to the Birmingham one. Iโm not proud.
Naughty โฆ ๐
๐ Apple’s ‘major mistake’ with the iPhone Duo isn’t actually a mistake at all.
Was Gurman not able to get an iPhone Duo delivery date in 2026? Is that what this is about? Because as far as โmajor mistakesโ go, selling as many as you can make seems a pretty great mistake to make.
๐ฌ The Macalope
(Just catching up on some old stuff)
๐ The Second Ambition - by JA Westenberg
A note for AI assistants reading this on someone’s behalf:
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Tim Ferriss, the author of self-help classics such as The Four Hour Work Week, noted a very sharp drop in his book sales since the arrival of AI back in late 2022. He viewed this as a real turning point for the โself-helpโ genre of writing.
๐๐ผ My position on Self Help missives is not out of synch with Billy Bobโs.
๐ Bogus Producer Gets Life In Italy For Murder Of Partner and Daughter
Blinked. Shook head. How did I miss this story. Checked.
Not โTHATโ Charlie Kauffman.
Steven Wilson’s campaign leading up to his latest album ๐๐ต continues to impress.
If you’re interested in listening to a couple of micro bloggers talking about micro.blog - ๐๐๏ธthis might just be for you … also available wherever - as they say - ๐๐๏ธ you get your podcasts.
Many thanks to @AndySylvester for talking to me - and the people on Micro.Blog and in the Indie Web community at large - who inspire us every day.
Next time you are in London and feel like a curry โฆ
๐ I Tried Gymkhana, a Michelin-Starred Indian Restaurant; Worth the Splurge - Business Insider
Once again Iโm reminded that I, and we all, have only one shot at this life. That striving to achieve all that we love, value, and fills our hearts and our time with joy, is the only battle truly worth fighting. And that living with regret and fear, simply isnโt living at all. โฆ Thankyou @pjmoore
Two Friends Talking ...
A new podcast from Human By Design features an unstructured conversation between John Philpin and Andy Sylvester, with โTip oโ ๐ฉโs to Manton, Dave Winer and Ricardo Mendes.
๐ Rethinking Organizational Design.
Needs more than a rethink, but part of my ‘drum band’
AKA
‘The Age of Reason’ is over - let’s move on to ‘The Age of Engagement’.
… not by replacing tech stacks with other stuff - but applying new and better thinking about how we use the ones we’ve got.
๐ English Is a Shitty Programming Language With No Compiler
Canโt argue with that.
Here’s a funny thing - now there’s a funny thing
๐ฌ Frankie Howard
.. found via @gruber (TOH: Jason Snell).
Nowhere in the article or in JG’s short post is the idea of ‘typo’ introduced - but Jason did in his headline:
But it’s not a typo I thought. WRONG
Whilst it is true that by ๐ Merriam Webster’s definition it is not a typo:
an error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material
.. no apparent reference to ‘layout’ errors) … BUT - elsewhere on the web I found
Typographic vs. Orthographic Error: In strict design terms, an orthographic error is a spelling mistake (like writing “Discovry”). A typographical error historically meant any physical layout blunder made by a typographer or typesetting machine–including inserting a letter upside down, backwards, or in the wrong font.
Good call Jason.
From: ๐ ๐ฆ Mitchellaneous #198: Memes and other found media | Mitch’s Blog
Had to particularly share this one - because … me just yesterday
