🔗 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.
If you Journal - and get stuck… don’t we all? …🔗 some ideas for you.
If you are a DayONE user - you can scroll through and add the prompts to DayONE by a simple click - or as it turns out 40 simple clicks - but then there are well over 500 of them.
🔗 Parcast and Gimlet Layoffs Reflect a Bigger Spotify Podcast Pivot
Maybe Podcasts will survive?
It’s not a good look Bill.
Then again Harvard … neither is this.
🔗 Harvard morgue manager charged with theft, sale of body parts.
🔗 Beyonce concerts blamed for Sweden’s inflation
Really? Beyonce?
🔗 Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from non-profit to own law firm. … well, this was two days ago …do we know yet?
🔗 Andrew Tate served legal papers after allegations of rape and sexual assault.
One by one.
Step by step.
Little by little.
🔗 EU moves closer to passing one of world’s first laws governing AI
.. they don’t seem to hang about these ‘unelected bureaucrats’ .. do they?
Crud Begone
In various places I play in - including professional ‘anti-tracking and privacy’ groups - I am constantly stunned by the link sharing that goes on. Stunned because people that should do know better always seems to share links ‘complete with’ the tracking crud that can so easily be removed.
It is so bad that when someone pastes the crud URL, I will post the crud free URL.
Nobody comments. Nobody does the same. Nobody stops posting the crud.
So, delighted to read about this move by Apple.
🔗 Apple hits email analytics again in iOS17
To be clear - I remove all crud, Apple’s intent is to only remove the crud that ties back to the individual. But it’s a start.
Not sure yet how it works, and in what circumstances, but already I think it is a pity it is only in mail.
A Masterclass in Corporate DoubleSpeak. 🔗 Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook.
🔗 🎵 The Beatles to release final song using AI to isolate John Lennon’s voice.
I wonder where the proceeds will go to?
🔗 Orrick Lays Off 90 Lawyers and Staff, Delays Start Dates
Well if the lawyers are starting to lay people off … and delay the graduate intake ….
🔗 What the PGA Tour’s corporate sponsors have to say about joining forces with the Saudis
TL;DR - Nothing - absolutely nothing.
TIL about 🔗 Adenza - Nasdaq just bought them at an 18 times expected 2023 revenue - for a total of $10.5 BILLION .. which gave Thoma Bravo a profit of close to 100% in less than two years. Not only that but Nasdaq doubled its debt load to do the deal. The 18 times revenue is interesting in that it is triple the usual revenue to acquisition ratio.
Nasdaq closed down 10%. As far I can see, the Nasdaq people who did the deal kept their jobs.
In case you are interested in how much money you can make from your Substack …
🔗 Revealed: top 27 highest-earning Substacks generate over $22m a year
… ‘can’ mind you.
🔗 Want to Get Stuff Done? Build Yourself a ‘Friction Tunnel’
We need more friction in our computing experiences, so that when we do make decisions, they’re more explicit and less mindless