Beto O’Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race.

I wonder if NOW he’ll get on and do the job he should have been doing - campaigning to win a D seat in Texas?


Next is a new app that brings dynamic playlists to Apple Music

… anyone have any experience of this?


Google to buy Fitbit in $2.1 billion deal

Time to trade in your Fitbit?


The Fall

A 5 minute short film only available on BBC iPlayer to my knowledge - so unseen by this chap - and as important as to how this got released as much as the film itself.

Reminded me a tad of Orson Welles.


The World’s 20 Most Profitable Companies

Not much left if you take out oil and banks.


It’s a telling graph called ‘the curse of the ex-pat’ … coincidentally it relates to my earlier inktober drawing.



”We need to remake society toward human ends rather than the end of humans”

Douglass Rushkoff

1 of 100 Team Human ‘Chapters’


The Gig Economy Is Task Driven.

The Future Of Work Is Not.

Continuing To Iterate My Thoughts On Human Value for Inktober.


The local newspaper in Sonoma is called The Press Democrat. Last year it won a Pulitzer. This week it has 30 reporters out in the field reporting on the fires.

And they say nobody does ‘local’ anymore. The Press Democrat proves otherwise.

Massive kudos.


When will Apple support app level override of dark mode - or is that just me?


If you are someone who writes a newsletter and you see me unsubscribing … you will also see me subscribing … gradually moving newsletter subs to Feedbin.


GrubHub blames “promiscuous” diners for slowing growth, shares sink 30%

… how dare we people choose other food delivery services - what are we thinking!


Emulation from XKCD


I do like this.


”When it came time to pass firm management on to Doug Leone and Mike Moritz, he didn’t ask for cash in return. To Valentine, Sequoia belonged to whoever was making the next deal, not the last one. That’s why he named it after a rugged tree, not after himself.”

Dan Primak



Links That Caught My Eye - Life Moved on - I Forget What I Had To Say. (Part 4)

(All these published to BizCatalyst360)

Middle Management Engagements

On Your Road to Trust – Always Say Thank You

Take Your Whole Self To Work

The Art And Science Of Purpose


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5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

“data surpassed oil as the most valuable commodity on earth.”

Except data is not a commodity.