andrea
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dreaming about the future, romanticizing the past
andrea
At the moment our gardens are rather solo affairs. We haven't figure out how to make them multi-player. But there's an enthusiastic community of developers and designers trying to fix that. It's hard to say what kind of libraries, frameworks, and design patterns might emerge out of that effort, but it certainly isn't going to happen behind a Medium... See more
Maggie Appleton 🧠• A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
We don’t do focus groups—that is the job of the designer,” said Jony. “It’s unfair to ask people who don’t have a sense of the opportunities of tomorrow from the context of today to design
33% of British criminals were dying en route to Australia in the 1700s.
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Britain switched from paying sea captains for every passenger who walked on the ship to paying them for every passenger who walked off. Immediately, the survival rate shot up to 99%.
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Britain switched from paying sea captains for every passenger who walked on the ship to paying them for every passenger who walked off. Immediately, the survival rate shot up to 99%.
The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light.” – Marshall McLuhan
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy on Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.comFantastic episode on thinking outside the box!
Restaurants famously have low margins, but Nick Kokonas transformed the cashflow and risk profile of his restaurants by rethinking what they were selling as performances rather than just food. This made them realize they could sell tickets instead of having people pay after the meal, which allowed them to plan ahead and cut costs, all the while increasing their margins. While I’m not personally involved in the restaurant business (in fact I almost didn’t listen to this episode because I thought the topic would be boring!), this interview was a great reminder that there is still so much opportunity to figure things out and make things better for everyone, even in an industry as old as the restaurant business.
There’s one other BIG thing we’re aiming at, which is to build this publication in such a way that it fills us with life. That’s our north star. It’s gotta be fun, and it’s gotta enrich our collective spirit.