Uber bug sending drivers to final destinations before picking up passengers.
I know, I know, I shouldn’t laugh.
“Mr Osborne will need the nomination of Britain’s next prime minister to succeed (with his IMF ambition). The Evening Standard, which he edits, recently endorsed Boris Johnson in the leadership race.”
… and they wonder why we’re pissed.
MAD Magazine to Effectively Close After 67 Years
“After Mad, drugs were nothing.”
Patti Smith
I love how they are ‘effectively' closing as if closing the print edition and only running previous published stories is anything but!
Harsh - but fair.
The Tories are there to be demolished. But Labour is too inept to do it.
Truth begets Fiction begets Truth ….
‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Leads to 1MDB Arrest of Ousted Malaysian Leader’s Stepson
5 points if you remember a game called Zoom Schwartz and Profigliano
Double points if you played it.
Triple if you ever won.
And I bow to you deeply if you can remember the rules without clicking on the link.
In This Cold Place
Moby and The Void Pacific Choir - 'In This Cold Place - With animation by Steve Cutts.
| Released | June 19, 2017 |
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A second video that hits you to the bone.
Are You Lost In The World Like Me?
Moby and The Void Pacific Choir - 'Are You Lost In The World Like Me'? With animation by Steve Cutts.
| Released | October 18, 2016 |
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Its a couple of years since this was released - but still relevant today - and definitely relevant to People First, so capturing it in the archives.
Just To Remind Us All …
People First
‘We all suffer': why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed
Oh - for pete’s sake … this from the article … ‘all’ suffering … give me a break.
It seems an appropriate day for an Englishman in America to share these videos from 5 years ago …
… and then the apology.
Have a great one everybody!
”As a drug addict I was afflicted with a belief…
If everyone did as I wished, and the world functioned as I felt it should, I would be happy
Two serious flaws with my belief!
My friend Ed Kressy
Challenge of Work
Our sixth newsletter explores the value of a person to a corporation.
In understanding how organizations search for ‘talent’ these days, candidates know that their first two or three hurdles will have nothing to do with people and everything to do with machines and as a result valuable time is spent in tuning their resume and cover letter with SEO like terms, so that they bubble to the top.
Do you find that as sad, bad and depressing as I do?
- It’s like outsourcing your customer support team to a call center, full of untrained people … oh wait!
- I mean it’s like putting junior people into sales training on their inside sales team … oh wait!
- I mean it’s like putting a temp on your front desk, so that anyone who comes into your offices is greeted by someone who knows nothing about your organization …
Read the whole of the 6th issue here.
Why We Need a People First AI Strategy
… Wharton, no less. Filed away to keep coming back to.
So annoying. I am becoming as pedantic as my Dad over this stuff!
Ad-blocking doesn’t work if you advertise without tracking.
Yet another example of blindly adopting corporate speak that allows the conversation to be modified to suit an agenda.
We are blocking TRACKING
A big shout of thanks to @JustGoodMusic contributors
@Cassinato @hollyhoneychurch @BestofTimes @jacob @joejenett @rnv @simonwoods @stefp @vanessa @Zak
who have so far contributed 34 posts (after you take out the ‘admin’ stuff.)
So good to see it moving along.
Brett Tapstra mentioned something called TableFlip in one of his recent posts, so of course, and … I am only 3 days into the trial but I will be buying it. Very slick and cool little app if you want an easy way to manage markdown tables.