Monday, July 31, 2017
Snap joins rivals Facebook and YouTube to fight terrorism
from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/snap-fights-terrorism/?ncid=rss
Google Calendar now plays nicer with Microsoft Exchange
from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/google-calendar-now-plays-nicer-with-microsoft-exchange/?ncid=rss
Minecraft’s cross-platform “Better Together” update arrives in beta
from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/minecrafts-cross-platform-better-together-update-arrives-in-beta/?ncid=rss
Anti-glib: Knowing what you're talking about
Glibness is a disease that's particularly virulent in Silicon Valley, politics, entertainment and the executive suite. Someone has an insight (or gets lucky) and then amasses power. Surrounded by more than they're willing to understand, they substitute the glib statement, the smirk, the cutting remark. They turn everything into a status-fueled professional wrestling match.
It's usually done out of fear, and, ironically, the fear-induced glib approach merely makes things worse, creating even more fear.
The alternative is to know what you're talking about.
To have done the reading. [I've seen this problem in boardrooms, examination rooms and classrooms across the planet].
To be able to hold conflicting ideas in your head as you consider options.
To know and respect the people who have earned a place at the table of ideas.
To have energetic engagements with people who are more experienced, wiser and more connected than you are.
To admit that you were wrong, because you didn't know what you know now, and then to chart a new path.
To ignore sunk costs when making new decisions.
The fans of professional wrestling (in all its forms) are entertained by the glib, because it releases them from the obligation to understand metaphor, to look more deeply, to engage with a logical argument.
Everyone else would rather work with people who know what they're talking about, who respect those they work with and most of all, who seek useful outcomes, not just the comfort of a short-term win.
from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/416970782/0/sethsblog~Antiglib-Knowing-what-youre-talking-about.html
Sunday, July 30, 2017
You've arrived
It's easy to fall in love with the GPS version of the universe.
There, just ahead, after that curve. Drive a little further, your destination is almost here.
Done. You've arrived.
Of course, that's not how it works. Not our careers, not our relationships, not our lives.
You've always arrived. You've never arrived.
Wherever you go, there you are. You're never going to arrive because you're already there.
There's no division between the painful going and the joyous arriving. If we let it, the going can be the joyful part.
It turns out that arrival isn't the point, it can't be, because we spend all our time on the journey.
from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/415784492/0/sethsblog~Youve-arrived.html
Saturday, July 29, 2017
"My side, right or wrong"
The alternative is, "My side is wrong this time, but we can learn a lot, fix it, and do it better next time."
Which path gets us (however you want to define 'us') closer to what we seek?
Which leads to better standards, desired outcomes and work we're proud of?
Which leads to leaders we can eagerly follow?
Tribal identity is an emotional reaction to a complicated world. But when tribal identity aligns itself with a downward spiral of selfish, poorly considered actions, it leads to suffering, not connection.
Not us vs. them. Sooner or later, it's us.
We can do better. Let's do better.
from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/414668600/0/sethsblog~My-side-right-or-wrong.html
Friday, July 28, 2017
Amazon reportedly acquired GameSparks for $10M to build out its gaming muscle
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/28/amazon-reportedly-acquired-gamesparks-for-10m-to-build-out-its-gaming-muscle/?ncid=rss
Microsoft’s slow creep back into mobile
from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/28/microsofts-slow-creep-back-into-mobile/?ncid=rss
Stitch Fix has confidentially filed for an IPO
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/28/stitch-fix-has-confidentially-filed-for-an-ipo/?ncid=rss
Amazon gets into shoes and handbags with its new private fashion label ‘The Fix’
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/28/amazon-gets-into-shoes-and-handbags-with-its-new-private-fashion-label-the-fix/?ncid=rss
AWS won’t be ceding its massive market share lead anytime soon
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/28/aws-wont-be-ceding-its-massive-market-share-lead-anytime-soon/?ncid=rss
Ocellate
It means "eye-like" as in the spot on a stingray that makes it appear to be looking at you.
As far as I know, there are no words for nose-like or even ear-like.
We're hardwired to be aware of eyes. We want to be seen, we're afraid to be seen, we need to be seen.
The very best way to engage with your customers is for your organization to develop some more eyes. And the empathy to use them. Not to spy on us, but to see us, understand us and treat us the way we want to be treated—like people.
from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/413665354/0/sethsblog~Ocellate.html
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Crunch Report | Jeff Bezos Becomes World’s Richest Person*
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/crunch-report-jeff-bezos-becomes-worlds-richest-person/?ncid=rss
Amazon launches ‘The Hub’, parcel delivery lockers for apartment buildings
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/amazon-launches-the-hub-parcel-delivery-lockers-for-apartment-buildings/?ncid=rss
It looks like Amazon would be losing a lot of money if not for AWS
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/it-looks-like-amazon-would-be-losing-a-lot-of-money-if-not-for-aws/?ncid=rss
Jeff Bezos’ brief stint as world’s richest human ends with Amazon’s second quarter whiff
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/jeff-bezos-brief-stint-as-worlds-richest-human-ends-with-amazons-second-quarter-whiff/?ncid=rss
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup crowns its 15th winner, the X.GLU smart glucose meter for kids
from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/microsofts-imagine-cup-crowns-its-15th-winner-the-x-glu-smart-glucose-meter-for-kids/?ncid=rss
Jeff Bezos beats out Bill Gates to become world’s richest person
from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/jeff-bezos-surpasses-bill-gates-to-become-richest-person-on-earth/?ncid=rss