“Open platforms are more favorable. If you want to perform a new style of music in Central Park, you can. If you want to do it in Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, you need to get the approval of a lot of rich people.”
💬 Dave Winer
Daring Fireball: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Medal Count
“It pleases me greatly that the U.S. finished with the most gold medals and the most total medals. That’s how it ought to be.”
‘ought’ ?
Why?
Cuomo / Trump … the false equivalencies continue. America must be so proud.
“I go to the pantomime only at Christmas.”
💬 W.S. Gilbert
… on being asked if he had seen Sir Henry Irving in Faust.
“It sucks that our kids need to wear masks. It’s also mostly the fault of those fighting to prevent them from being required to.”
Dave Pell
The End Of Ownership: How Big Companies Are Trying To Turn Everyone Into Renters
Not called out specifically … but you can add ‘homes’ to the list.
Another nail in the coffin of The ‘American Dream’.
A ‘Firstism’
Sell your VALUE … skills, degrees, time, knowledge, certifications - all of them are useless if you don’t improve the customers life - and you do that my giving them more time OR improving the quality of the time they have.
The creator economy is in crisis. Now let’s fix it.
A great read that highlights the challenges of the much touted creator economy.
And now we have Taio … yet another cross platform text editor.
“Men only learn from history how to make new mistakes.”
💬 A.J.P. Taylor
Declassify Saudi files or stay away from 9/11 memorials, families tell Biden
Seems reasonable - though I wouldn’t pretend to start to understand the nuances … if there is nothing to cover up .. release the information. If there is … well you can’t have your cake and eat it.
Hello world (again) – confused of calcutta
JP Rangaswami is back
If what Cuomo supposedly did can result in his arrest … why can’t the same happen to ‘The Orange One’ ?
‘Wealth tax’ .. is that the right phrase for what we want / need ?
🎵 In my mind - not surprising, but Apple is doing a great job with music;
- 1971
- McCartney 3, 2, 1
- Mark Ronson’s ‘Watch The Sound’
All really excellent.
“If you like the way news works now on the web, I’m sure you’ll love what they do to podcasting.”
Dave Winer
Hard to disagree as you watch Apple, Amazon and Spotify along with Maximum Fun, Slate, Panoply et al.
We keep reading articles like this and still - despite the solution being so obvious - nothing changes.
It won’t stop me hoping though.
Black real estate agent and his client arrested while touring Michigan house.
Now there’s a potential series for HGTV!
Full transparency is the new way … for everyone … except for Facebook.
Nice chaps.