Donuts
You’ve got a really secret organization that decided to build their headquarters shaped like a spaceship in the USA.
And then you’ve got this one in the UK.
You Build Bridges From Both Sides
I am often asked what People First is about and how it differs to everything else that goes on in the identity/data/self-sovereign/blockchain ... blah blah blah space? I was asked again this morning. I replied, but as so often happens, the essence of the message was not specifically 'private' - and so this post emerged.
If you check out The DigLife Collective, The Me2B Alliance, The
In my email exchange, I was taken by one phrase;
"It really has to do with bridging that chasm between technology makers and people."
That idea is often referenced, with variations of actual words used. The meaning is constant. The visual is instant. Or is it?
It dawned on me ...
When engineers build bridges, they always
My ah-ha moment ... was understanding that the technology makers recognize the need to cross the chasm - but all seem to be building from the 'Tech Side'. People First is building the bridge from the 'People Side'.
Does anyone know of any other organization that is building the bridge from the 'People Side'? I sure would like to talk with them.
Just killed the wordpress mobile theme on Just Good Music … MUCH better.
A lot of chatter a while back re Magnet caused me to try it.
I did, then stopped. Because - well - too much trouble.
Over on SetApp there’s a product called Mosaic, which is Magnet done right with NO frustration. Very good.
Except their set up instructions - they were wrong.
Facebook Plans Outside Foundation to Govern Cryptocurrency … so that’s alright then.
Dear MailChimp - Good Bye - It feels I hardly knew you - and you certainly didn’t know me!
All four contributors to @justgoodmusic have now posted. I have to say - the other three have delivered some great stuff.
// @BestofTimes @stefp and of course @joejenett - who has done some sterling work around web mentions … which are now working.
More volunteers?
Failed Window Resizing Using Mosaic
”The window that was resized had either a minimum or maximum size enforced by the application that owns it, and the layout applied is either larger than the maximum or smaller than the minimum size.”
Micro Blog and Spark are two offenders.
”The vaunted “conservative movement” would not be satisfied with ending abortion. This is a war against liberated women, which is to say against the “enslavement” of men. Everything, for this very reason, is on the table.”
”For each new millionaire household the San Francisco Bay Area has produced, there are at least four new people living below the poverty level. San Francisco’s property crime rate has spiked to the highest in the nation."
Dave Pell
Wow. Stark Reality.
Quick guess. Money.
Look around you. The minimum is what is generally spent … on most things.
Salesforce CEO: Digital transformers, more than meets the eye
”On a roll, Benioff refused to jump off the marketing bluster bus and continued to wax lyrical about Salesforce amassing more CRM market share than the ‘15 top vendors combined’.”
Joe Biden Reaffirms Support for Hyde Amendment, Which Bans Federal Funds for Abortion
Interesting. Anyone have insight as to his stance?
PSA: Apple AirPods can’t be used to record audio with the iPhone camera app
I wonder if this relates to … if not explains … the failure of airpods to work with wavelength?
🎵 I’m Only Human Afterall … came to mind after I heard this
Supply and Demand
We have been trained to think that;
- The ‘supply chain’ is where businesses buy what they need to produce the products and services they sell to other businesses and people.
- The ‘market place’ is where businesses sell their wares to other businesses and people.
But we've been thinking about it all wrong (more)
Sorry - just because we voted you in, or you own a newspaper or are a big strapping tech jock … whatever … you are not ‘an elite’ … another example of language being co-opted to maintain the status quo.