🔗 An Update To This Published in 2021
I have all the confidence in the world that President Trump has the legal authority, but more importantly, he’s doing the right thing.
💬 Lindsay Graham
“Perhaps we really do live in a time which begets nothing but the mediocre.”
💬 Michel de Montaigne (1533--1592)
I wonder what Michel would have made of the 2020s.
Here’s a clever thing that I noticed last night about 🍎📺 .. you watch and something critical was said - and you missed it. You wind back 10 - 20 seconds - it plays again .. with temporary subtitles - that then fade away - brilliant.
Your blogroll, anywhere - courtesy of Chris Hannah.
Only on free - but at 2 bucks a month - that could change very soon.
Thought For Today - read it carefully.
Thought For Today - read it carefully.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ When They Got There - The Cupboard Was Bare.
It’s been a while since I read him .. when I did .. absolutely loved .. as did many others .. and certainly not lacking in literary skills and abilities .. sold lots AND great plaudits from his peers - and yet today we hear nothing. Why don’t we see more of 📚 J.P. Donleavy❓
Accurate | Clever | Sad â- all at the same time.
⦠and what to do about it.
When NZ fully embraces AI and launches yet another government department to ‘help’ …. two pieces of advice.
1] Don’t (but they rarely never call be for advice .. so not holding my breath.)
2] Get some good marketing advice on the name.
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NZAI
Won’t be a good look.
Right then - which end of the sentence is trueâ
Image grabbed from ðNews
… and what to do about it.
Accurate | Clever | Sad —- all at the same time.
Right then - which end of the sentence is true❓
Image grabbed from 🍎News
🔗 The empathy of instructions | Seth
Yes and if you are in tech development - particularly indie developers ( not all ) this also means you. The assumptions made in help files, forums and even the products are extraordinary. I firmly believe this why really cool stuff doesn’t take off.
🔗 Timelines for people references in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
Fun graphic.
My mental model for musical history has Chubby Checker feeling much older than Dylan.
Turns out Dylan’s a bit older than Chubby. 🤯
Research (including a now widely cited Harvard Business Review article) shows that women and underrepresented founders are far more likely to be asked downside-focused questions–about risk, competition, defensibility, and failure–while white male founders are more often asked upside-focused questions–about scale, vision, and growth potential.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ Truth From Ted - not that one.
via Mathew Ingram mathewingram.com