Things Pumpkin Can Do

”We live in an incipient dictatorship. I wonder when more of us will start to take this seriously.”

David Friers


What’s wrong with bots is they’re not ours

@dsearls is not wrong … interesting breakdown of the language used by Zuck.

Bottom line … ‘you’ means whatever ‘he’ wants it mean at a given moment.

It’s like black magic ….


Facebook bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to public

… well they said it was a bug … who else thinks that might not exactly be the truth?


Warriors and Leno leading … nothing final yet, but all heading in the right direction.


3 - 0 …. wow … and I don’t even follow basketball!


Hedera Hashgraph … any insights from this fine community?


Uber to Spend Up to $500 Million on Ad Campaign

… designed to repair their image.

What could possibly go wrong, after all Advertising is such a trustworthy medium.


We might not have had as many people as San Jose

… but I bet we could compete on the total people-hours spent at the event.

What say you @devilgate?


Not a lot to argue with …. … but if that is the case do we agree with the conclusion ….

… it’s the ‘America is doomed’ and its happening fast scenario.


There’s something about bookshops … like when you find 4 books you want to read all arranged for you … but traveling light .. so another day.


In Praise of Micro.Blog is written in response to a friend who asked me to ‘tell him more’.

Rather than emailing him back - I took @brentsimmons advice from 2014 and wrote a blog post.

It isn’t perfect - but then - what post is?


Under Pressure, Uber Tries New Approach in Japan

… you know … that one where you partner with people already doing what you do to do what they do for you … that one.


My first story from the new series ‘real stories from real people’ is now published on BIZCATALYST 360°


People: Pete

Pete … loud … but nice. Turkish is his ’baby’ has ‘been with him for 15 years’. Turkish looked up at me from Pete’s lap. Cute.

Read More →


More an experiment than anything.

Do I mention the WWDC conference on Monday OR did I have to mention the WWDC conference on Monday actually on Monday?


Microsoft confirms it’s buying GitHub for $7.5 billion

I saw a 2 billion number this morning … so wow!

second wow … softies stock up 40% in the past 12 months … if that climb continues ….


Sex robots ‘won’t solve loneliness’

Good to know … but was that the intent?


📚 🎵 My Book of Genesis looks like a good one if you want a different spin on the band


James Patterson has a new book out : The President Is Missing Apparently

”weaving a suspenseful and gripping technothriller that will leave readers wondering, ‘Could this really happen?”

“Oh I hope so” … I thought aloud.


”We think as we grow old, we grow wise and more tolerant; we just grow more lazy.”

💬 John Fowles