Daring Fireball: Uber Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer Stepping Down
”Late on a Friday afternoon seems like exactly the right time.”
John Gruber
The Future of Television - I, Cringely
”And in a content market that is suddenly global, even the tiniest channel will have a chance to thrive if it can find and please its viewers. Just look at YouTube for that.
Assuming we have net neutrality that is.
”Today, it’s National Gun Violence Awareness Day in America.”
You mean the rest of the year American’s aren’t aware of Gun Violence every other day?
They should just watch the news, any news, any day, most times …
Talk about redundancy.
I guess Joe’s web site is not mobile friendly?
Today’s Guardian. John falls off chair.
🎵 Just in case you’re not feeling overwhelmed … let’s try to fix that.
Most Americans Agree That WWII Was Justified. Recent Conflicts Are More Divisive
Wasn’t that the last war that the US won? Does the outcome affect opinion?
Discuss.
Walmart employees will soon deliver groceries directly into your fridge
… maybe into your fridge … but definitely not mine.
Trump Brings Rare Dose of Stability to a Continent in Flux
I think that headline can be read two ways.
Boris Johnson wins court challenge over £350m Brexit claims
“Following the hearing, Ball said: “We have just given the green light for every politician to lie to us about our money for ever.”
Mailchimp is dead to me, but one site was littered with mailchimp subscribe forms.
What to do?
Mars Edit
- search for form
- get list of entries
- For each post copy and paste over MChimp html with Substack block
I have this feed - which got me to thinking - if I cant get the 🎵 JSON feed working for @justgoodmusic … maybe I could pull categories from anyone who wants to auto publish and not publish separately. LMK the feed you publish your music to and lets see if it works.
Yes - been playing a little bit of catchup this afternoon - including adding some categories to posts.
Sometimes resolutions just don’t stick ….
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.