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...if the mission of these aliens calls for stealth, they seem surprisingly incompetent. You would think that creatures technologically capable of traversing the mind-boggling distances between the stars would also know how to turn off their high beams at night and to elude our primitive infrared cameras.Astrophysicist Adam Frank, "I'm a Physicist Who Searches for… Continue reading Logic goes a long way
There may be a fantastic new innovation which could significantly improve performance for the company if it were implemented.But in order to implement the innovation, you need to go through a temporary change, a transition phase, where for a period things could be less stable than they were previously.It is this fear of the reduction… Continue reading Transitions are hard
When you understand your customer, magic happens, and brilliant results follow. If you don’t put time into understanding your customer, then you’re setting yourself up for a battle or, worse, failure."The Complete Checklist To Truly Understand Your Customer", Scott Middleton, Product Coalition This is an eternal truth. Yet a lot of startups - and other companies… Continue reading No excuses
Google can own over half of the digital advertising market, cut its direct rival off at the knees, and receive widespread praise for having done so, even as users give out less personally identifiable information in exchange for being more easily profiled. Yay?"Google’s Ad Announcement, The Privacy Sandbox, Google’s Advantage", Stratechery ($$$) The display ad… Continue reading RIP display ads biz model
[Firefighters] understand that while the innovation might help the company overall, they fear that they might lose the success and respect they have built up by becoming good at solving problems in their current manner. Their identity is so closely associated with their work. If there is no need to go the extra mile anymore, they ask themselves… Continue reading The good firefighter
This fight was not "Facebook v. Australia." Or "Facebook v. journalism" even though some ignorant or dishonest people are making it out to be the case. This was always "Rupert Murdoch v. the open web." We may not like Facebook in the role of the defender of the open web (and it's far from the best representative… Continue reading Call it what it is
...despite the infinitesimally small odds of getting hit by a bolt of lightning, approximately 240,000 incidents happen each year. Technically, it could happen to me or you. But a strategy to increase your chances of being hit while simultaneously hedging on a positive outcome is akin to trying to get hit by a very small… Continue reading Beware of bolts of lightning
As you identify an especially difficult decision or problem, to be able to have a solid hour or more of time to consider the problem, largely uninterrupted (be sure to turn off your phone’s notifications), can fundamentally change the quality of your understanding and your conclusions."Deep Thinking", Marty Cagan via Silicon Valley Product Group Marty… Continue reading Take a walk