They’re not always for good. It's more complicated than that.Reports of my demise (writing for this newsletter) have been greatly exaggerated.
On to this weeks’ briefing.
If it is not apparent, I am quite positive and reasonably optimistic about digital technologies and what they can do for us in business, but also what they can help us with for society. Steve Jobs once said that computers were like bicycles for the mind.
I've updated the website. Let me know if you want me to resend an updated emailFor nearly two hours I’ve been agonising whether I should send another email to let you know that I do know how to count and that I just made a quick editing mistake and had 10 items in the list and not 9 as the text suggested. 🤦♂️
I’ve fixed it on the website, but if you’d prefer the updated version by email I’d be more than happy to resend it if you request.
Apple’s correction course — undoing poor design decisions and ignoring theorySign up now
I’m a little late getting this one out the door, having not written an update last week at all. My apologies. Life got in the way, preventing me from taking the time to sit down, research and write the email. It’s a long process and demands a lot of concentration-time, something that is increasingly difficult to find for good reasons.
A rant about the semantics and meaningA little different today, but bear with me as I climb on to my soapbox to rant about Digital Transformation. 😉
Upfront, I apologise, I’m sorry.
On to the update/rant.
The phrase Digital Transformation, and why it is misused
I understand the lure; honestly, I do. It’s a snappy phrase and something that evokes moving forward and resolving problems, but boy do I dislike the phrase Digital Transformation!
Orange, Canal+ and Netflix going toe to toeSometimes these newsletters virtually write themselves. Other times it’s a struggle because the topic is so big or so complicated that I can only hope to scratch at the surface, doing a poor job at that.
I’ll let you guess which type this one is 😢
On to the update.
China, Venezuela and The Cloud
With the recent kerfuffle between China and the NBA, China and the Trump administration and then Apple (or more precisely the App Store and China), I thought it would be interesting to analyse a little of what is happening and how companies are starting to do rewind years of work entering China.