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  • The economics of free vs paid for

    I’m a little late with publishing my posts to be strictly adhering to the challenge. Still, as its a voluntary test, I’m not particularly worried as no money is relying on this working. I guess if I publish 30 articles in the 30 days with an approximate schedule of one a day, then it could be considered that I completed the task.

    Many of us use services on a daily and regularly that are free. What many of us don’t seem to appreciate is how those services are paid for. That in itself might seem like a silly question to some, that have come to expect that services are generally free.

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    → 11 November 2019, 05:59
  • Autonomous Driving on the highway is coming sooner than you think

    We're not going to get to Level 5 autonomy anytime soon for a whole host of reasons. That's why it's interesting to see a new idea about self-driving cars.

    Car manufacturers have carefully studied the pain points for drivers and, I'm guessing by using Jobs To Be Done Theory, have set out to solve an exponentially simpler problem that point-to-point or start-to-finish autonomous travel. They're concentrating on highway driving only, in what they call on-ramp to off-ramp. The basic premise is to allow the car to take control as it gets on to the highway and relinquish the same as you move off the highway.

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    → 9 November 2019, 18:38
  • Anyone for a Conference hosted on Fortnite?

    A long, but informative article, on redef from Matthew Ball. Really worth the read.

    I was thinking about this and other ideas around Fortnite. 12 Million people attended a Marshmello concert hosted by Fortnite. Then 12 hours later, they did it again with almost as many people attending.

    Think about that for a minute. A 12 million person concert! In less than 24 hours it was possibly something like 20 mIllion. That’s phenomenal, for the phenomenon called Fortnite.

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    → 9 November 2019, 06:35
  • To see what will happen with self-driving cars …

    … Just look at what it happening in the world of photography.

    Digital camera sales have fallen off a cliff and are unlikely to rebound to the highs of 2008 to 2011.

    Why?

    Smartphones are a simple answer. Smartphone photography has gotten better and better in recent years, with advances in lens and sensor technology allowing them to almost compete with quality DSLR cameras.

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    → 7 November 2019, 12:09
  • Podcast appearance

    Had a great time recording this. I hope to do it again soon. You should check out the work Kadia is doing and follow her on all the channels.

    We talked about the human side of Digital Transformation and the issues and fears surrounding change in a changing world.

    Enjoy!

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    → 21 October 2019, 07:35
  • The BBC killed the paragraph

    Is it just me?

    Am I alone?

    The only one that thinks that the way the BBC writes it's articles is awful to read?

    They have taken to writing one sentence per paragraph.

    Perhaps to break up the text.

    But it makes it more difficult to read.

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    → 14 October 2019, 16:24
  • Book recommendation

    I really do think you should take the time to read this book.

    Talking to Strangers

    I get to the heart of why seemingly innocuous encounters can turn into tragic events. It additionally makes you think about yourself and the encounters you have with those strayers around you.

    20 September 2019 — French West Indies

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    → 20 September 2019, 08:33
  • U SHOOT VIDEOS?

    A wonderful short film worth watching on a big screen.

    U SHOOT VIDEOS?

    A Film by Morgan Cooper

    → 14 September 2019, 15:12
  • Feeling better by effort

    I can’t quite put my finger on when exactly I decided to do it, but after more than a month I feel a lot better. Better physically, but better physiologically.

    I’ve been manipulating my life to fit in a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise a day, logging it using my (don’t laugh) 2nd Gen Apple Watch. I’ve had the watch for a few years now and I still wear it every day. I have a quick vacation at a hotel that was sports oriented — not in the Sports Bar way — and I’ve continued the regime up daily since.

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    → 12 September 2019, 18:34
  • Sunday Mornings

    Sunday mornings is my time. I wake up early, usually around 5am, so that I can have a coffee and prepare my things for a morning ride. I’m a (Sunday) cyclist and have been cycling for many years. It’s a ritual that is not only good for physical health —I have a resting heart rate of someone may years younger— but it is very good for the mind too.

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    → 8 September 2019, 11:28
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