03/07/2022 #170
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03/03/2022 #169
šŖ§ Itās a Creatorās Market
: The fact that G/O Media let a strike happen on its watch is a massive miscalculation in an era when readers are more likely to follow individual journalists than brands. 03/01/2022 #168
ā ļø Solving the Brand Safety Problem
: Advertisers specifically avoid showing up next to big news stories. This is a big problem that threatens the long-term future of news. And we need to build creative solutionsāwith the help of advertisers. 02/28/2022 #167
šø The Death of Consistency
: Being great and consistent at what you do is an excellent way to build a track record, but what happens when thatās no longer enough? Consider another buzz strategy. 02/24/2022 #166
š» Donāt Tune It Out
: Thoughts on how to parse whatās happening in Ukraine right now, for external observers who may all-too-easily be tempted to tune it out. 02/22/2022 #165
šØ Redesigning the Nail
: On the ultimate failure of Appleās Touch Bar as a laptop feature, contrasted with the unqualified success of the Elgato Stream Deck. 02/21/2022 #164
āļø Who Owns Markdown?
: Writers do, not developers. If your argument against Markdown starts with the needs of developers rather than content creators, youāve already missed the boat. 02/17/2022 #163
šÆ Century Club
: Why the makers of three major web browsers, nearing a very large version milestone, are suddenly worried about a bunch of sites breaking. (Hint: Itās kinda like Y2K.) 02/15/2022 #162
š» Vindication At The Source
: A journalist falsely accused of being a hacker by a governor for political reasons finally gets the last word. 02/14/2022 #161
š° Tales From The Crypto
: Cryptocurrency understandably took a big leap into the public eye with this yearās Super Bowl, but the way it did really raises questions about the level of risk weāre encouraging regular people to take. 02/10/2022 #160
šŗ The Monoculture Lost
: Our culture is less collective than it was a few decades ago ā¦ and really, is that a bad thing? Some thoughts on embracing the small pockets. 02/08/2022 #159
šŖšŗ Semiconductor Second Chance
: The chip manufacturer ARM, with its NVIDIA acquisition cancelled, appears to be going public at a time when the EU really wants a larger share of the semiconductor market. Maybe the homegrown ARM could help? 02/07/2022 #158
š² Tied Up in Contracts
: As phone providers start pushing three-year device contracts, the question becomes when phones hit the price-performance level that a contract isnāt actually necessary. 02/03/2022 #157
š Frustration Provider
: Appleās unusually aggressive push to retire widely used kernel extensions has caught a lot of cloud providers on their back feetāand the laptop-maker might be causing a lot of unnecessary headaches for end-users in the process. 02/01/2022 #156
š© Wordle Wars
: The fact that even a simple, successful word game has at times felt divisive says something deeper about our society. Collectively, we have no chill. 01/31/2022 #155
š£ Free Speech Zones
: An exchange between the founder of Twitter and a number of loud critics secretly highlights what the broo-ha-ha about free speech has really been about. 01/27/2022 #154
š§ The Idea Generator
: The great secret of this newsletter is that, often, I have no idea what Iām going to write about before the timer starts. Yet, I somehow finish the piece. If you want to do that, you need practice. 01/25/2022 #153
š¤Ø The Question I Keep Having
: Considering what MidRange is going to become, and how that ties into what Tedium currently is. Real talk: Iām going to be honest about the road I see going forward. 01/24/2022 #152
š„ The Power of Rhythm
: The nice thing that writing a newsletter around a timer is that it really focuses your writing. The challenge is trying to apply it elsewhere. 01/20/2022 #151