I wrote 30 blogs is 30 days in June-July 2020. They were all written, more or less, in one day. Most of them have many errors, due to not having the luxury of a second-draft or even basic proof-reading.
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Audio is a ‘hot’ medium. Text-messages are a ‘cool’ medium. Voice Notes( or voice messages) have no place in text messaging conversation. This high-brow media theory is not why voice-notes annoy me, but it provides an explanation. Media and Messages Marshall […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Modern work is still valued as if it was done in the 18th century. This has created an unmotivated workforce that wastes most of its time on busy work. In The Beginning When Adam Smith wrote about labor specialization in […]
Writing every day can be a chore. I have made mistakes so you don’t have to. Part 1 here. There will be no second drafts When you write everyday, you don’t have much time to revise your drafts. So make sure to set aside time not just to write but to proofread as well. You will […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Apple will make money the only way it knows how; by exploiting its monopoly position. It will be couched in high-minded pretense of privacy, but it will be dirty. Competing Apple does not like competing. Competition is a fools game, […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. The title is a bit of a clickbait. iMessage is an extensive, large scale messaging app with supposedly 1.3B active users. On a technical level, it is a ‘service’. However Apple’s business case for building this service and just giving […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Selling stuff is hard. People who have money, would rarely part with it without reason. So sometimes you just have to invent reasons, so people may buy your wares. This is called commercial propaganda advertising. Sometimes these are so effectively […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. A fashion catalog from 1890s The digital mail-order catalog interface of ecommerce will be relegated to the minor league. Most of the world’s consumers will shop with the Digital Bazaar model. This statement might seem strange in the face of giants […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. An empty page can at once be overwhelming and a call to adventure. Some authors can fill page and pages, pouring their heart out. Others find it hard to write a page full of fluff, like yours truly. Daunting as […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. The future is grim for restaurants everywhere. David Chang, world famous chef and restauranteur, claims that the restaurant industry will not survive this pandemic. All around the world, restaurants are cutting staff trimming menus, focusing more on delivery and takeout, […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. 1) Writing is hard This is self-explanatory. Writing is work. When you write for public consumption, you have two competing goals; to express yourself in an efficient and concise manner. Brevity is the soul of wit, but the majority of people […]