Sunday, June 11, 2023
This could be a headline from The Onion. You know things are bad when Nigeria decides your business is too scammy to be allowed to operate in its country. Binance ordered out of Nigeria: Nigeria…has ordered Binance to “immediately stop soliciting Nigerian investors in any form whatsoever”. I bet there are many Nigerian Princes happy to once again have a clear run at the market.
Thinking about Slack’s fall from grace. Acquired by Salesforce. 🤮 Squeezed on the business side by Teams with typical Microsoft embrace, extend, extinguish. Squeezed by Discord from the casual side. Slack will probably keep limping on as a sad brand, Yahoo!-style, for years.
Friendships make my heart sing.
Friday, June 9, 2023
Social Media Deathwatch II - Mark writes: When a site tells you they don’t want you using it, except by their captured clients, you should stop using it. All they want is to control you and put ads in your eyeballs, until you explode. … Reddit came out of Digg being fed into a woodchipper just because Kevin Rose wanted a little bit of money… Don’t use closed networks owned by someone else.
Thursday, June 8, 2023
I’m happy to see pressure mounting on the RBA. Not so much even for the decision to lift rates, but on it’s myopic approach to analysis. The economy has changed; it has become more integrated, and duopolies and oligopolies rule the Australian markets. A fundamental lack of competition is allowing the growth of profits, and the RBA currently seems unwilling to accept this as a line of thinking. Bernard Keane, writing for Crikey, knocks it out of the park on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s approach to inflation.
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Most people have a set of skills that aren’t monetised. These skills are often linked with hobbies or interests. Why don’t people make money from them? Perhaps there is no discernible market for the particular skill. Maybe the joy is removed when a transactional element is added. For whatever the reason, humans are adept at many things, and we often only get paid for a small aspect of the overall talent inherent within us.
Oh no, now I’m going down a Safari versus Arc versus Vivaldi browser showdown rabbit hole. 🕳️🐇
Oh, is that all we have to do? More gold from the guy earning in excess of $900,000 per year from his one job.
“People can cut back spending, and in some cases find additional hours of work that will put them back into a positive cash flow position.”
– RBA Governor Philip Lowe
Creating rice outline islands with my boys.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
The “party” that is neoliberalism has been giving our society gift after gift. We’ve had corruption and self-interest at the highest levels, as PwC executives had their snouts in the trough on both sides of the consulting equation, giving legislative design advice to government then flipping that information and advising their corporate customers on ways around said legislation. We’ve had executive wages grow exponentially over recent years, irrespective of their performance, or that of the company they lead.
So we are at the point where the feature update for macOS is… screensavers. Better for energy efficiency, and thus climate change, to simply have the screen turn off.
Sick day. Watching episodes of Seinfeld.
I’ve discovered the music artist Jelly Roll. Really digging his sound. 🎵
It’s storming outside. I’m sick and don’t have a voice. Today’s Public Holiday is wasted on me. My boy wanted me to feel better so brought me breakfast in bed. 🥰
Life admin takes up an inordinate amount of time, effort and resources. Problem with having a task manager is nothing ever gets lost in the mix. Full personal accountability can be a real bear.
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Incredible acting supported by great lighting and the 4:3 aspect ratio.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Turns out I like Carmelo Anthony, even though he carved up Australia when playing for USA.
Arcadia June, the annual @HemisphericViews gaming event, is getting underway. Check out our launch video!
How the heck was this opening sequence from Apple 10 years ago? Feels like last week. via @jarrod
Monday, May 29, 2023
I think this list is complete, and compiled in no particular order. Thanks @manton for the inspiration. 🇮🇹 Italy 🇻🇦 Vatican City 🇫🇷 France 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇯🇵 Japan 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇺🇸 United States of America New York Washington D.C. Virginia West Virginia Tennessee California Texas Florida 🇦🇺 Australia Tasmania (born) Perth (reside) Darwin Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Canberra