Mike Wolfinbarger

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Sooner born and bred. Former technology director for the Oklahoma Mesonet. Apple developer since the ’80s. I lead the RadarScope team at DTN.
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The biggest surprise of the MacBook Neo

Remembering the PC market Almost 10 years ago I said “Managing the Mac product line must be one of the most challenging problems at Apple. That may not be obvious given the product’s success.…

Asymco

Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale," a tool designed to measure how impressed people are by business school-style jargon that sounds strategic but says very little.

The findings, described in a recent study, suggest that employees who rate this sort of language as insightful are more likely to struggle with analytical thinking and workplace decision-making.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/corporate_jargon_research/

#Bullshit #IntelligenceTest

Those who 'circle back' and 'synergize' also tend to be crap at their jobs

: Cornell Uni researchers pivot to pluck low-hanging fruit to optimize bandwidth

The Register
“If we’re doing this — I don’t like my local tennis courts at the park, so I’ll need a voucher to go to a country club.” 🔥 @[email protected] rips Lamberth’s private school vouchers program doubling bill (to $300 MILLION) mostly for kids already in private schools
🤷🏼 let this in for a second (From @[email protected] )
Gullible, Cynical America. “They’ll insist that you can’t trust scientists, because they’re part of the conspiracy. The podcaster selling you his special creatine gummies, though? He seems trustworthy.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/cynical-gullible-american-man/686079/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ42l9MNbAg-9xXHmgFRIyxo
The Cynical, Gullible American Man

The trouble with believing anything and nothing at the same time

The Atlantic
‘The Last Quiet Thing’

Link to: https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

Daring Fireball
raise two million. burn it. pivot. raise eight million. burn it. pivot. add AI. raise twenty million. burn it. rebrand. run out. acquihire. linkedin post. 200 likes. raise two million. burn it. pivot. raise eight million. burn it. pivot. add AI. raise twenty million. burn it. rebrand. run out. acquihire. linkedin post. 300 likes. raise two million. burn it.​​​​​​​​​​ pivot -

Gluttony became “eating seed oils.”

Sloth became “suboptimal sleep hygiene.”

Penance became “cold plunges.”

Grace became “social media engagement.”

The religious architecture survived.

Only the theology changed.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-optimized-self-and-the-life-that-got-away/

The optimized self and the life that got away

This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it’s

Westenberg.
Conservatives built an economy that requires two incomes to do what one did and then blamed women for going to work
This is a beautiful post that I recommend reading. https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/
“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.