"“The first rule is: attack, attack, attack.”
“Rule two, Admit nothing, deny everything.”
“Rule three? “No matter what happens, you claim victory and never admit defeat.”"
💬 Roy Cohn.
"On impulse he might die for her, but living for her would be quite different."
💬 Margaret Atwood
🖇️🔎 The Business Equation involves a number of dimensions starting with ‘The Quadrants’ - the top quadrant is market facing, bottom is organisation facing.
The Organisation Facing quadrant is supported by ‘Systems of Record’ - increasingly transitioning to ’Systems of Compliance’
The Market Facing quadrant is supported by ‘Systems of Engagement’.
Businesses spend an inordinate amount of time focussed on ‘systems of compliance’ - to the detriment of ‘systems of engagement’.
"Despite Business Growth emerging from ‘Systems of Engagement’."
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https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=the+business+equation https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=businessbytes https://yaks-laugh-hm1.craft.me/4WSn8xlwx6aJmn
We shouldn’t be worried that the Chinese Military have built their own model on Llama should we?
Thought not.
All (?) kiwi wineries have this on their home page - anyone can check the box - there is no validation - so why bother - except a stupid law on the statutes somewhere.
Daring Fireball: Russian Court Hits Google With a Fine Larger Than the World’s GDP
How Fucking Stupid
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/10/30/russia-google-fine
What does the Kiwi world think? Is he spot on or smoking something ❓
It’s not just being different. It’s not only being the ‘only one that ‘does what you do’ (hat tip to ‘Jerry’). It’s not just following your dreams. It’s all of that - at the intersection of letting go of the ‘woulda coulda shoulda’ and wrapping that all up in a package that others value and give a shit abo... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/31/its-not-just.html
Love Is Not All - Edna St. Vincent Millay https://john.philpin.com/2024/10/31/love-is-not.html
Just in case you are having any kind of upbeat moment today, tis will drag you back down to despondency and depression.
🔗 Trump’s clown car cabinet - by Lisa Needham and Aaron Rupar
https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/trump-cabinet-rfk-jr-cannon-tulsi
🔗 It takes courage to take any kind of stand against ‘the flow’, much less a principled one. The story reminded me of the much heralded Saudi launch of LIV back in 2022, but the short post is really seeking a solution to a totally different, yet related dilemma. Feel free to weigh in.
20% cut at Dropbox. #SignOfTheTimes ❓
🔗 An Exegesis of Markdown, the Most Ubiquitous Piece of Code on the Web ( 🍎📰 )
🔗 🎙️You Must Answer The Questions About Feet
I might have posted this link before, but I keep sending it to people. It ties back to 🖇️🎙️my own podcast about Agents - nearly two years ago now. Still an issue - and will be for a long time yet.
https://overcast.fm/+ABEtMiGxvXo https://substack.philpin.com/p/why-dont-we-all-have-agents-3a3
"Musk concluded his segment by offering support for Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, explaining that he believes humans are more likely to reach Mars before the end of the decade if Trump wins next week."
💬 The Information
"WTF …"
💬 John Philpin
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💬 I’ve not seen that statement anywhere else … have you?
Is it Art?
💬 That was then about a time even before that - and we wonder about now?
I am writing a post for 🔗 ‘Human By Design’ .. and this popped up today. Very relevant.
