Nic Goodman

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One of the impressive things about the Atlantic is that it was playing the same scale game as every other 2010s-era social-media-first publisher but managed to see the writing on the wall and pivot hard toward paid subscriptions. It famously shuttered its Atlantic Wire news aggregator and then doubled down on quality. It never installed abusive ad tech, and its leaders recognized that consumers would pay for highly differentiated content they couldn't get anywhere else. The strategy took a lot o

https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/the-atlantic-jeffrey-goldberg-profit/
How The Atlantic won 'tortoise and hare' race versus digital news start-ups

The Atlantic is in a "virtue cycle" of making a product people will pay for and putting the profit back into the business, its editor said.

Press Gazette
Last week, Jony Ive showed me the interior of the first Ferrari electric car that LoveFrom designed.

He was candid about his philosophy on who he works with post-Apple and where his head is as he builds OpenAI's first device. https://sources.news/p/jony-ive-is-done-working-with-assholes
Jony Ive is done working with "assholes"

What the Ferrari Luce reveals about Ive's post-Apple life. Also: Fidji Simo on OpenAI's ads push.

Sources
It's been a year, indeed. We've launched the second, longer term project to address systemic problems in this country. https://blog.codinghorror.com/launching-the-rural-guaranteed-minimum-income-initiative/
Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now. 2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications of time or funds towards

Coding Horror

There's a non-zero chance that if https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games stretch goal is achieved, the next game after Frenzic would be a dungeon crawl sort of thing.

Just sayin'.

Not promising anything.

Just talkin' out loud.

I have the Criterion Edition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI6Jmgb04lU

Dissing Your Dog - SNL

YouTube

There is an art to a good conversation. It’s an ebb and flow with active listening and responding.

It’s a skill that most people no longer possess or practice.

I blame <waves hands> everything.

Let me say this as plainly as I can. Go fuck yourself Washington Post. It ABSOLUTELY is. If he is allowed to take Greenland he WILL NOT STOP there. Canada will be next. Is THAT worth destroying NATO over?? #USPolitics
Unifi's new Travel Router is really, really small. https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/utr