2023 | 05 | 09
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Slow Slow - Not Quick - Slow
2023 | 05 | 08
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🎥 A Man Called Otto, 2022 - ★★★★
I’m not a big Hanks fan .. often skipping over his movies … ‘because’. So glad I didn’t jump this one. Just lovely. And yes I shed a tear or three.
Maybe there is something about having low expectations before watching a movie?
No rush. It will eventually be there for you if you want it. IF.
2023 | 05 | 07
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There really is no point. Which I guess is the point.
2023 | 05 | 06
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📺 Cowboy Bebop
Watched it ‘back then’ - reminded of it watching this and realized that I hadn’t added it. Fixed. ( I wouldn’t have bothered if it wasn’t worth it.)
$39.99 per year to $56.99
I think June 10th might be last Fantastical day.
My last 🔗 Travels Without Charley makes for a short, thoughtful read.
Thinking Allowed
This is a People First post that was originally on the People First domain. It has been moved here as part of my domain consolidation program. It’s a steady and slow WIP as I check each entry, so do please bear with me.- More about People First
- Other People First Posts
(not just from the ‘other domain’ … all of them.)
🎥 Ghosted, 2023 - ★★★
Cute. Predictable and scenes lifted directly from John Wick, The Fast and Furious franchise, Tarantino’s catalogue .. and more … all of them failing to better the originals. Then again, I didn’t pay anything to see it (except my time).
I think Ryan Reynolds has decided to make a new business out of quick cameos.
Also delighted to see 10 seconds of John Cho (Cowboy Bebop)
2023 | 05 | 05
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Do you have any Pelegrino?
We do - over the other side of the store.
Not with all the other waters then?
No …they pay extra for placement - away from all the other waters. It is that special.
He smiles knowingly at me.
Am I missing a step with webmentions?
🔗 A recent post on People First was syndicated to Micro Blog.
I replied to that post in MicroBlog.
And it seems to be approved
So, shouldn’t it appear here?
🇳🇿 Small Businesses in New Zealand - And Elsewhere
The particular comment I was responding to was in a private group hosted in New Zealand - hence the opening paragraph. BUT - I think it pertains to any country. In that post, this link was provided — I think New Zealand has more businesses (and hence ‘small’ businesses) per capita than pretty much any New Zealand just doesn’t have the people to support it.
BUT - when you leave New Zealand … there has been something happening for a while now. I will try to discover the article I wrote a while back ….
Here’s the nub … In the US (but I am pretty sure this applies to most countries) 50 to 60 years ago, big employers like GM and GE were the dominant market cap companies on the financial exchanges. Not entirely un-coincidentally, they were also the companies that employed the most people. Fast forward to today … the market caps of the biggest companies are an order of magnitude higher than the ones back then and the number of people they employ is an order of magnitude less. Meanwhile the population of America has doubled? Tripled?
So where are all those people now working? Answer small … or at least smallER businesses.
Some of this has been achieved by improved efficiencies … we no longer need banks of people directing calls, typing up documents, manufacturing cars …. But also … since the 70s there has been a steady drip of those organizations getting those people ‘off the books’ .. why employ people if you can off shore, outsource, automate processes … and the new one - use AI. The result is that more and more people are in smaller and smaller businesses but often working in service to a larger organization.
Quite simply - If I am building a house (actually - or metaphorically) .. do I employ everyone full time … or contract with the right resources at the right time to get the job done?
Tongue in cheek .. but for the longest time, I have had this vision of the ideal company comprising a single individual with ‘agents’ managing their ‘virtual supply chain’ that they need to deliver value to their customers.
This thought informs the graphic below - 'The Business Equation' - and is foundational thinking in the People First domain.
Wanting to try out Drafts after today’s release .. I needed to find my API key … so I thought I’d find out and get the answer straight from the horse’s mouth ….
“Standards are like toothbrushes - most people don’t want to use someone else’s.”
💬 David Bray
🔗 Clubhouse is laying off more than half of its workforce - The Verge
Quel surprise … I wrote this when I was still on the wait list … and once in I even guested on a couple … my one word summary of the experiences, the site, the conversations, the quality … ‘crap’.