๐ WWW
๐ LLMs and reputation management is an interesting take by Don Marti on a problem we donโt seem to talk too much about - but you can see it developing.
In case you thought that thereโs not much variety in music these days โฆ turns out that at the Macro level - you are spot on.
๐ ๐ต Global Album Charts - IFPI
TL;DR
Taylor Swift and Kpop - thatโs (just about) it.
I think micro.blog is going to get very interesting once the APIs for all these random social networks fill out.#
๐ฌ Dave Winer
Nice - and prolly right. Which reminds me.
Blogrolls …
On the @dave blogroll ๐ at scripting.com his order pushes blogs with ‘latest post’ to the top - any plans on something like that for Micro Blog @manton ?
The Ticket Master rip off discussion often pops up into the feeds - so this one doesnโt surprise me ๐ Explosive New Documents Unearthed On Live Nation/Ticketmaster
๐ These 50 companies have donated over $23 million to election deniers since January 6, 2021 (In case you were wondering.)
I was - which is why I will be back later with some more thoughts.
๐ Did Trump Just Get Bailed Out?
Itโs rhetorical folk.
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This very much resonates with my My People First thinking. ๐ via Stowe Boyd - essentially - when you hear ‘the powers’ talking about how people are their most important assets and blah blah blah - would be interesting to learn how they really sit against this list/
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When you talk about ๐ Blank Faces โฆ and you get Blank Looks.
One URL - Many AIs to chat to … ๐ Poe - Fast, Helpful AI Chat
๐ Microsoftโs Brazen AI Inflection
What Om does not touch on is the issue of ‘acquisition’.
To this bear (and others), what also seems to have happened is that Microsoft has all but bought the company. but actually didnโt.
Why not just buy it?
Well because then you need permission from the Feds - if not the EU, which takes time and even then might not happen (remember Figma), and certainly in the AI space close scrutiny is happening.
Ok - not that close - but you know what I mean.
Watch this (tech bypassing pesky things like delays and rules and law and .. to accelerate and ‘avoid’ scrutiny) happen more and more in other places.
The Ostrom Sessions are part of a program running at Indiana University - curated and directed by Doc Searls.
They havenโt all been the best, though the speakers have always been โreal namesโ. The video is the latest with guest Jeff Jarvis. This one was good.
Enjoy.
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A truly excellent letter - read by Stephen Fry, written by Nick Cave.
๐ผ ๐ Just in case you think AI is going to take / has taken over the world.
The Atlantic explains why โ๐ Itโs a canned-water company now worth $1.4 billion - of Course America Fell for Liquid Deathโ
(See of it is behind a paywall - but Apple users can read it in full ๐ here)
You can think of Liquid Death as the apotheosis of meta-advertising. It doesnโt just say Forget the product for a moment while you watch this ad. It dispenses with the product entirely. The advertisement is the product. What Liquid Death is selling is not so much purified water as purified marketing, marketing that has shed its productโthe soul without the body.
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๐ ๐ผ Why is England called England?
.. and lots more besides if you have interest in the history of names.
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๐ Salesforceโs Marc Benioff is buying up land in Hawaii (Apple News)
Ellison and Zuck are also doing this โฆ itโs a disease.
Wondering about ๐ Pabbly - what do you all think?
It’s an IFTTT / Zapier thing »>
๐ ๐ผ Why is England called England?youtube.com/watch)
.. and lots more besides if you have interest in the history of names.
๐ Salesforceโs Marc Benioff is buying up land in Hawaii (Apple News)
Ellison and Zuck are also doing this โฆ itโs a disease.
๐ Amazon and SpaceX are quietly trying to demolish national labor law.
โฆ because of course they are.
All Change? More Of The Same?
Life can move slowly.
But then it doesn’t.
Case in point …. or is it?
๐ Me on LinkedIN 12th December 2023
Resignation 14 December 2023
๐ Business Desk Reporting 19th December 2023
Good result?
It’s a start.
Then we learn that the new chair is Jenifer Kerr - wait, she’s the chair of NZTE.
Indeed she is.
We now have one person chairing NZTE and Callaghan - thought the profiles are slightly different. (I wonder why?)
NZTE
Jennifer has extensive governance experience, both in New Zealand and overseas. Her current positions include chair of Worksfe, deputy chair of Callaghan Innovation, a director of Eke Panuku Development Auckland and Waipa Networks, and member of New Zealand Police’s Audit and Risk Committee. Former governance roles include director of New Zealand Rugby and Counties Manukau Rugby Union. Previously, Jennifer has been general manager of customers, people and environment at Transpower, former group director of human resources and health and safety at Fonterra, and group manager of human resources for Mobil Oil for all of Europe. She has run her own consultancy and has strong experience in organisational strategy, chief executive recruitment and succession, executive remuneration and stakeholder relationships. Jennifer is a member of Global Women and has degrees in arts and social sciences from the University of Waikato. She is of Ngฤti Mutunga and Ngฤti Tama descent.
Callaghan
Jennifer Kerr has extensive international experience in the HR and health, safety and wellbeing sectors in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. She was formerly General Manager of Customers, People and Environment at Transpower and Group Director Human Resources and Health & Safety at Fonterra. She has also operated her own consultancy business, and prior to that was the Group Manager of Human Resources for Mobil Oil for all of Europe. Jennifer has governance experience in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, including pension plan trustee roles in both countries. Jennifer is a member of New Zealand Global Women and has taken an active role during her career in mentoring and coaching other women to achieve their potential. She is of Ngฤti Mutunga and Ngฤti Tama descent.
One observation - nowhere in either of those bios is there a mention of anything to do with ‘RandD’, ‘Innovation’ ‘Tech’ and all the various off shoots and things that those two orgizations are there for. I guess it is clear what the focus is.
And maybe something else ..
Ever since I arrived in NZ I have been amazed by the sheer number of governmental organizations that float around the country ‘doing’ ‘things’. It’s a country of 5 million people. These are the organizations I have identified so far that brave entrepreneurs navigate for help.
- Callaghan Innovation
- NZTE
- NZGCP
- MBIE
- NZGIF
- KiwiNet
- AUT
… not to mention the ‘chambers’ and ‘ema’ and ‘business nz’ and ‘eda’s’ and ‘incubators’ and ‘accelerators’ and … (thankyou Andy)
Here’s the question - as the new administration start implementing their plan - how many closures and/or mergers should we expect?
What do you think?
And is Callaghan and NZTE first?