“Mastodon will never be Twitter and vice versa. Each are their own thing. What matters is the people.”
💬 Dave Winer
“Not one of FTX’s 86 investors took a board seat at the crypto exchange, highlighting the exchange’s lack of oversight.
💬 The Information
Oh Netflix. Really. You had one job!
Day 17: barrel
The barrel is used in wine making, distilling and brewing with good and bad results.
Too much consumption of the resultant elixir might result in the participant ending up ‘in the barrel'.
The barrel is the circle of life.
Neat Idea
Look what just popped up in the ‘hood.
Sad To See A Small Company You Know Declare Bankruptcy
No names - no pack drill to protect the innocent, but prompted to write this because while it is sad, I don’t like history to be rewritten.
The official statement reads that it has declared bankruptcy because of “poor economic conditions since Covid and increased costs and delays associated with expansion plans.”
Sure - and - it was clear when I talked to them that the company had a difficult route even before Covid. Capital investment needed was massive to deliver the physical spaces needed to conduct the business, meanwhile the funding being raised was easily an order of magnitude too little to deliver on the promise.
Covid might have accelerated the demise but it was plain for anyone to see with even a tad due-diligence, which continues to remain in short supply.
Not only that …
“The group had one facility and was in the process of setting up two larger ones in xxx and xxx, while also developing an online app that would …..”
It’s over 2 years since I last talked to them - but at that time they were ‘working on an app’. How long does ‘an app’ take?
Sam Bankman-Fried was hailed as a crypto wonder child. What happened?
Oh, I don’t know
- Emperor’s new clothes?
- Lack of due diligence?
- Nobody asked questions?
- Hive thinking?
- Quick bucks?
Add him to the list that includes Holmes, Neumann and Kalanick.
Day 16: franchise
I wonder if someone will set up a mastodon franchise or even cooperative model.
The Obsidian / Readwise synch is really rather good. I see a (new) community plugin which grants more flexibility than Obsidian’s official one.
Dangerous SDK PushWoosh Found by ISL … a LOT of affected apps in the iOS/Android world.
ISL announced by Lisa LeVasseur at IIW 4 years ago … coincidentally IIW happening this very week.
🎶🎵Over breakfast this morning, I commented to Jax
Another cup of tea?
She replied
“You like coffee - I like tea”
This was in her messages before it had finished brewing.
Stuff I keep in my brain!
Sometimes it isn’t what you read - it is who is writing the words. Seeing @joejenett pop into my stream this morning just put me in a good place, not particularly because of his words just a reminder that he is still here.
It’s not Friday - but a great #FollowFriday candidate.
Readwise Experiment
Fast Company published this article.
I don’t usually read FC, but a friend on LinkedIN cross posted it, so I annotated with Readwise and set a public link here.
If you are a Readwise user, would love to know if you can add your own annotations.
Herschel Walker has relaunched his online presence ready for the run offs.
Day 15: aluminium
I have never quite understood why the U.S. pronounces aluminium without the second ‘i’.
Looks like The Guardian is more up to date with the news than Apple… Then again, ‘news’ is one of their main jobs.
Day 14: leave
You might think I have stopped playing MicroBlog Vember because leave is the day 14 prompt and in New Zealand we are already on day 15, but no prompt 🙁
