I have to say in terms of applying this idea to the past few months of my life (more of this once the Rubicon is crossed) - I would make one change … ONLY Superpower.
Is America Great?
Dave Winer over on Scripting …
“I am an American, nothing is going to change that, but if you asked me do I feel this is the greatest country ever, I’d say that’s an idea we have to purge from our minds, the US is the opposite, it’s a fat, lazy, spoiled, ridiculous excuse for a country. If we want to amount to anything we need to take a 180 degree turn now.”
Channeling Jeff Daniels / Will McEvoy 8 years later?
“Markets: After a bumpy Thursday when investors questioned economic growth prospects, stocks rebounded on Friday to close at all-time highs.”
Via Om
“App Annie, a mobile research and analytics company, points out that the average U.S. android user spent 24.5 hours per month on TikTok, compared with 22 hours on YouTube and 17.5 hours on Facebook.”
‘Average’ - adding up to 64 hours per month (or close to 9% of life).
Observation re the Micro Blog Stream
Number of posts about England v Italy - well in all honesty no idea - lost count.
Number of posts about Branson and Virgin Galactic - 1 - and even that was pretty hostile.
Have I missed something?
Clearly there have been some typos in the recent headlines …
“It’s coming … “
‘Rome’ …. Not ‘home’
“In the eighties and nineties and early 2000s, punditry was so formulaic, you could spot future stars just by scanning the newsroom for the person least inclined to original thought. One glance at David Brooks or Thomas Friedman had editors thinking, kerching!”
Matt Taibi
Ouch!
Apple in Early Talks With NFL for ‘Sunday Ticket’ Streaming Rights
If Apple will need their subscribers to pay a premium to get their sport they had better make it an option and not automatically bundle it (and the price) for everyone.
Say no to the ESPN auto bundled model
Bridge
“TikTok — a social media platform best known for its sober, academic exploration of the heady subject matter frequently tackled by its user base …”
Dave Pell
😂
If you have seen 📺 ‘Ted Lasso’ and liked (who didn’t?) … you might Enjoy 🎬 ’The Merger’ … it’s on Netflix.
Oz rules football rather than ‘just football’ … but the underlying sentiments are equally powerful.
Given what streaming music has done for musicians - that doesn’t bode well for artists!
”The web was designed to be organized by outliners.”
Dave Winer
Was it?
🎶 Scott Weiland and Robert Trujillo’s sons have formed a new band called Blu Weekend
I’m getting old … Scott Weiland’s son?
Rules are rules … break them … you pay the consequences.
🎶 “Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood” … how many incarnations of Yes can you fit into one?
I keep reading how people ‘could care less’ about …
I think they mean they ‘couldn’t’ care less …
But what do I know?
When life seems to get on top of me I just pop over to ‘Clients From Hell to feel a lot better about everything.