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Balaji thinks a “personal dashboard” will replace the daily newspaper - It will contain personal information on your fitness, diet, sleep, and family information like what your kids need that day, that month, etc.
Balaji S. Srinivasan • Legacy Media Is Lying To You - Balaji Srinivasan | Modern Wisdom Podcast 519
Apple realized that it owns some of the most valuable pixel real estate in tech: The home screen. And the best way to monetize that real estate is by occupying as much as possible of it yourself.
Julian Lehr • The Power of Defaults
Guy Kawasaki, “From the Desk of Management Changes at Apple,” MacUser, December 1991, and then a follow-up piece, “How to Prevent a Bozo Explosion,” How to Change the World, February 26, 2006, http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/how_to_prevent_.html.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Taste figures much more prominently when it comes to Apple Music and other similar endeavors. The DJ-focused Beats 1 “radio” station, for example, is clearly intended to make certain songs popular, not simply identify popularity after it is already attained. This in particular is a natural fit for Apple, and is the part of Apple Music I am most int... See more
Ben Thompson • Curation and Algorithms

The media landscape of today is oriented toward what is novel and public—
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Netflix and the Conservation of Attractive Profits - Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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Gimlet Media fits the bill in both cases. While the company’s current roster of podcasts will remain freely available, future podcasts will almost certainly be exclusive to Spotify.