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Some more lessons I learned publishing every day[30 Days of Blog 21]

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 […]

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How Apple will make money from services[30 days of blog 20]

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, […]

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iMessage is not service, it’s a feature[30 days of Blog 19]

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 […]

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Human Pheromones Don’t Exist: And Other Lies Marketing Told Us[30 Days of Blog 18]

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 […]

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The Coming Digital Bazaar Revolution[30 Days of Blog 17]

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 […]

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300 words[30 Days of Blog 16]

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 […]

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Technological Debt and the Pakistani Restaurant Industry[30 days of blog 15]

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, […]

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4 Lessons I Learned Writing Daily[30 Days of Blog 14]

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 […]

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A Helpful Guide to Being Right all the time![30 Days of Blog 13]

This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. In face of egregious conventional “wisdom”, common “sense”, or general orthodoxy, being right can be quite taxing. In hindsight, as a member of privileged class, you see this as a not terrible problem to have. However, in the moment, things […]

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Business Basics: Free Cash Flow[30 days of blog 12]

This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Free Cash Flow(FCF) is an accounting term, with the formula “Cash Flow — Capital Expenditure”. In layman’s terms, Free Cash Flow at any given period is all the cash you have left over after you have paid all your current dues. For […]