Me, telling friends about the Hamilton soundtrack being re-released in spatial audio
What the actual? The notification takes you to the iCloud Backup section of settings to make sure you’re backed up before you switch to a new iPad?!
I have not purchased a new iPad, do not intend to, nor do I need to, this one is months old.
I know that ultimately this is a tech error inside Apple, but damn you’re looking creepy Apple.
“The measure of a commercially successful newspaper is not simply how well it reports the big events, but what it does when there are no dying statesmen, bloodthirsty desperadoes, or heinous crimes to write about. Hearst succeeded in New York not only because he knew how to report the big stories, but because he was a master at constructing news from nothing.”
From The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst, via David Perell’s email.
David goes on to say,
“Newspapers aren’t any shorter on a slow news day. People need to stay busy. Advertisements still need to be fulfilled. The revenue needs to keep rolling in.
To that end, the biggest source of bias in the media industry isn’t the perspective a newspaper takes on a story, but its decision to report on a story in the first place. Knowing that, Hearst was a master at taking inconsequential stories and turning them into must-reads. He knew that events only become news once journalists and editors commit to publicizing them.
Are things any different today?”
Avis Car Rental brings “car as a subscription” to Australia.
Have you ever wondered who coined the term “Content is King”? The year was 1996, and Bill Gates published an essay.
Apple Prediction in October 2021: the Apple Music Voice/Siri plan lasts no more than two years.
Going down market never looks good on Apple. “Here’s a cheaper crappier version of our thing if money’s really important to you, whatever, we don’t care”.
The year is 2061, @Anthony_Wiggle with a long grey beard is sitting on a large wooden throne in Wiggle Town making an announcement of a new Wiggle coming & an old Wiggle leaving; people in virtual reality are booing and slapping the elderly Wiggle, screaming for good ol days.
I’ve just finished the seven episode podcast, 9/12, which tells the story of a post 9/11 America, and crescendoes to a beautiful finale. It’s a valuable story to engage with, not just what happened on 11 September 2001, but how the world responded, and why we “never forget”.
Sunday was a doozy. Over the past few months we’ve shared photos on social media from trips when travel was allowed and legal, in a time when it wasn’t allowed. So the Queensland Police received an anonymous tip to Crimestoppers, and that was the start of the day. Luckily I keep great photo and travel records and we didn’t actually breach travel restrictions. So thanks, anonymous.
To end the day last night’s groom got aggressive and threatening because as his wedding celebrant, MC, DJ, I played songs not on his playlist, as he called it “my standard list”. My music selection had people dancing. I guess he wanted his wedding to be a show of his music taste instead of the red flag he kept on waving: “it’s her day.”
If you’re ever curious why late night activities that include drinking alcohol are more expensive, it’s because life’s too short to deal with irrational drunk people.
Ben Shepherd is asked a question that I think about often:
“If you were to start a media company right now, what would it look like?”
And he shares his insightful answer (that I really liked) on his Substack: The Commercial Experience
“I find it hard to understand in my mind what it means to love you after you are dead — but I still want to comfort and take care of you — and I want you to love me and care for me.”
“The human race is likely to be wiped out by a doomsday virus before this millennium is out unless it starts to colonize space, top British scientist Stephen Hawking warned on Tuesday.”
“We are born with only one obligation – to be completely who we are.”
– Mark Nepo
Turns out that in 2005 I was the 312th person to register for an account on the new website, Reddit, and today I’m one of 30 of that 312 still registered users.
This is what old age looks like.
In 2055 I’ll be interviewed on 60 Minutes for the 50th anniversary of Reddit.
I’m that insecure the password to my heart is my first daughter’s first name, capital first letter, followed by the number 1 and an exclamation mark.
Please tell me there are more than 30 people that have been on Reddit for more than 16 years?! I
Hey, I don’t like to discuss medical freedoms on here, but what is Apple TV+’s insistence on viewers watching the show’s credits to the end? Every other streamer shows the “watch next” selection straight away.
“The best business ideas have yet to be tried. The best books have yet to be written. The best relationships have yet to be formed.
It’s not too late. The space of possibilities is endless. The most interesting terrain remains unexplored.”
– James Clear
Your top 20 songs by plays says a lot about who you are
“We are a revolutionary cloud-based website” says this guy selling virtual staging to real estate agents.
Why does everything in sales have to be dodgy and buzzwordy.
Are humans not capable of being sold to without bullshit?