You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.…
Slavery was the root of all struggle. For it was said that the factories enslaved the hands of children, and that child-bearing enslaved the bodies of women, and that rum enslaved the souls of men. In that moment I understood, from that whirlwind of ideas, that this secret war was waged against something more than…
Ryan Holiday’s Daily Stoic show today, titled “This Is Why You Have To Care”, beautifully addresses this difficult moment. Although He’s revisiting a theme that he’s covered before, it’s still and once again timely. Listen to the whole thing. Really. https://overcast.fm/+ABQf3UIMt9M https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-why-you-have-to-care/id1430315931?i=1000747545681
Simon Sinek, with a customer service story: https://youtu.be/7dQYLzW-7yU?si=mDgfUDzUH3xbcvuk My corollary to his story: If service is done right, customers who needed support & service are more loyal to your brand and product than those who have never had a problem.
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Dead Wax is a favorite show. I love listening to brilliant people talk in great detail about their craft and appreciating the brilliance in others. If you ‘re into music, you’ll love it – especially if you’re a musician of any sort. Today this show is brought to mind because I watched this episode with…
Anytime I get a chance, I tell people they should be using a password manager. I don’t want to rattle on about a bunch of technical details that most people don’t care about. If you are interested in an excellent and concise explanation of why your old approach for passwords does not work and how…
If you’re interested in understanding Apple Vision Pro, I recommend the review by Marques Brownlee (MKBHD), who says, “Just as interesting as this individual product is the possible future that this implies” Apple Vision Pro Review: Tomorrow’s Ideas… Today’s Tech! As usual the production is superb, but more important is the insight Marques brings. Watch…
I’ve had my hands in Unix/Linux system administration for most of my life. I first touched Unix at University, but didn’t really get into it until a couple years later when I was working in Manufacturing and Technical Support in my first job. Later, at Silicon Graphics, I was deep in it – at one…
The Social Internet today is a mess. Users are tracked across the internet and manipulated for more engagement to drive advertising revenue. However, big social media sites are faltering. There is a better future coming. Much better in fact. ActivityPub is a protocol that allows for sharing and social connection across the internet in a…
