Hi! My name is Josh, this me blog.
The dance of pleasing the social media algorithims of the world’s biggest companies, whilst being beat to death by strangers with their comments displeased me so now I’m here.
I wish I were the kind of person who could just live without broadcasting. But there’s an animal inside me — right down in the marrow — that keeps asking ‘can you see me?’ and silence has never once soothed it.
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?
Hey nerds, I was not aware of how nerdy we are. Someone in my Certificate IV in Real Estate class right now just asked the trainer “how many people do you think are moving to smartphones”.
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Brisbane as the clouds subsided today at sunset
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I auditioned to join the Kyle & Jackie O show in 2011 & was flown to Sydney. In the interview the EP asked if it was ok for Kyle to call me a c**t, so him defending Denis Handlin isn’t surprising. I was ok with ‘the name’ but quit radio soon after cause life’s too short.
I was so excited for the gig and remember walking away thinking that if that was the top of the ladder, I didn’t want to climb the ladder anymore.
Buying a property soon? I’m hearing some crazy stats about meth and what it means for your personal health if you live in a house where meth has been used. The trainer is recommending people sign contracts under condition of not only building and pest, but now, also meth.
Over the last 18 months of the spicy cough tearing apart the wedding and events industry, confidence has never been lower.
So I’m in a classroom today studying for a Cert IV in Real Estate.
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I think about this daily: Your Professional Peak Is Earlier Than You Think - The Atlantic
For the first time in history, Robert Palmer’s Simply Irresistible has been followed in a playlist by Feel Good Inc from the Gorillaz. Attending this real estate course this week has been a wild ride of experiencing the trainer’s playlist tastes.
My greatest fear, as recognised in 1947 by ad-man, Bill Bernbach:
“I'm worried that we're going to worship techniques instead of substance.”
If there was a vaccine for “sameness, a mental weariness, a mediocrity of ideas” I’d be first in line.
Remember that time Sesame Street’s Bert marched with Bin Laden?
“No major Hollywood release has portrayed China’s government in a negative light since 1997’s Seven Years in Tibet, as analyst Matt Schrader has shown.”
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Dear, tonight's hotel, two things.
Firstly, thank you for taking some of the covidsafe precautions.
Secondly, 75 emails?!
Can you recommend a relationship manager/app that’s very iOS/iPadOS/Mac/internet native.
In particular, it’d be super cool if a contact was in the CRM and when they called, Phone.app would display the name because it integrated with the CallKit Call Directory app extension.
I’m still really proud of this photo. It was my first photo that “went somewhere” … it was printed on the side of a Queensland Rail Citytrain. Taken from what is now @hotagc.
Three years ago I pontificated that the future of the iPhone was the Apple Watch, @markgurman lent that way today in his Power On email … should’ve put some cash down on it
I’m in training all week this week and it’s fascinating to be reminded that not everyone is all in on the Apple ecosystem. 20+ people, me and 2 others on Apple.
You are not an aspirant. You are as complete as you can be today. None of us are finished. All of us are aspiring, so none of us are.
A Primer on the Parasocial Economy - Cybernaut
“One aspect of the creator economy I’ve found curiously under-explored is precisely why fans pay their favorite creators; both indirectly in attention”
Revenue generating idea for Facebook: I will pay lots of dollars a month, maybe even $3, for any of your apps to never show me a red dot or notification ever again.
Honestly, if you saw Nate become (redacted) in the season two finale of Ted Lasso you’re officially smarter than me.
Luna just found out that polar bears and dogs can be friends and it’s like that scene in Ted Lasso when the billionaire tells Banksy and Sam that they both just met a cool person.
I’ve been on the job hunt for a while now and I’m open to new roles that might benefit from a set of skills someone like me has. Here’s my resume … I figure that if you follow me here you might have insight into who I am and maybe that’s helpful?
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Ever since they named me Person of the Year 2006 I knew that this Time magazine thing might go somewhere
"The more you create, the more powerful you become. The more you consume, the more powerful others become."
– James Clear
There are two ways of making a living. The familiar, predictable way, and a Pareto style payoff.
"This Pareto world is extremely competitive, random, and highly unpredictable.”
Tyre shop guy: we’ve got tyres in that size from brand blah blah we’ve got the bluh bluhs and from brand ughh we have their gobble gobbles and the crapshoots.
Me: I’ll take the whatsamacallits from whosiewhatsit, because trust me, I know a lot about tyres.
"Either we are the makers of our future or we’re the victims. And if we don’t understand these fundamental components of how the world works, our actions may undermine our goals as well as the people around us.”