Personally I am stunned that in this day and age someone even thought this was right - much less implemented it!
London officials ban segregated play areas in future housing developments
… and now we need a law to stop it. Oi!
Is anyone else seeing OSx create multiple document folders on iCloud … I now have
‘Documents’ and
‘Documents 2’ through ‘Documents 6’
My production machine is still chatting to Documents, the beta is defaulting to ‘Documents 2’
It's 5 0'Clock
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Up every morning just to keep a job,
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob,
Sounds of the city pounding in my brain,
While another day goes down the drain (Yeah, yeah, yeah).
but it’s a five o’clock world when the whistle blows,
No-one owns a piece of my time,
And there’s a five o’clock me inside my clothes,
Thinking that the world looks fine, yeah,
Location Location Location
SF Chronicle: Silicon Valley’s costliest city adds fine-dining spot
The restaurant is in Redwood City, next door to Atherton, which is indeed an expensive ‘hood, but is a town not a city.
Other than that … carry on!
🚧 Platform Failure
Sadly, this wasn’t what I thought this was going to be about.
A Study of More Than 250 Platforms Reveals Why Most Fail
"Platforms have become one of the most important business models of the 21st century. Five of the six most valuable firms in the world are built around these types of platforms. However, a study of 252 platform companies showed that 209 of them failed. The most common mistakes into four categories:
(1) mispricing on one side of the market,
(2) failure to develop trust with users and partners,
(3) prematurely dismissing the competition, and
(4) entering too late.
Researchers have extensively studied pricing decisions, yet managers still get them wrong. A platform often requires underwriting one side of the market to encourage the other side to participate. But knowing which side should get charged and which side should get subsidized may be the single most important strategic decision for any platform."
Kyle Westaway
Interesting what each of us takes away when we read articles. The quote above is from Kyle Westaway - and indeed nothing wrong with his takeaway. But there is more - and even the HBR article doesn’t really get down to it.
Talking of content blockers - I am currently blocked from viewing one my own posts by a content blocker
… Substack just raised 15 million dollars. Have to say - so far so … very good
In case you were wondering …
AMAZON WANTS TO GIVE USERS $10 IN EXCHANGE FOR TRACKING THEM ALL OVER THE WEB
Grammarly
So in light of this - is anyone tempted by - or have you already made - the jump to pro.
All thoughts and opinions welcome.
Funny Stuff from the other Apple .. not, not the Beatles’ Apple … there was another one. Who knew?
Anyway, scroll down after the click through for 4 ‘mini-homages’ to the ‘I’m a Mac and I’m a PC’ campaigns.
Too many people use client and customer interchangeably, maybe they think it sounds better? Stop.
client 1: one that is under the protection of another 2: person who engages the professional advice or services of another
customer 1: one that purchases a commodity or service
Newsletter Number Eight : Work-Life balance - it solves the wrong problem really well.⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/work-li… ⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#worklifebalance ⣠â£â£
Newsletter Number Seven : Ditch The Binary - why are people either âoldâ or âyoungâ and why when most of us get âoldâ are we told to retire - unless you are the Rolling Stones of course â¦â£ â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/ditch-t… ⣠â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#ageism ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£
Newsletter Number Six : The Challenge Of Work - exploring the real value of YOU to who you work for.⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/the-cha… ⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#futureofwork ⣠â£â£
⦠says the âvoice of the corporate. But is it really? Have you heard what they say about us behind closed doors?⣠â£â£ â£This is Newsletter Number Five : âCorporate Speakâ⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/all-els… â£â£ â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#language #corporate ⣠â£
Newsletter Number Five : Do Corporations really believe that people are their greatest assets?⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/all-els… ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst ⣠â£â£ â£The newsletter includes links back to work by Om, Hamdi, Harold â¦
Newsletter Number Three : Humanity⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-… ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst #humantohuman #me2b #h2h ⣠â£â£ â£This particular shirt has a story all by itself - more to come on that.
Newsletter Number Two : Supply and Demand - were looking at it all wrong.⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-… ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst #supplychain #marketplace
