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“To be successful at anything, you don't have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren't…consistent, determined and willing to work for it. No shortcuts."
~ Tom Brady
🚨 BREAKING: Nike just introduced their Olympic commercial and slogan "Winning isn't for everyone"
This is a masterclass in marketing for so many reasons
Goosebumps:
you need to watch this clip of Sparks on Tiswas all the way to the end ..
the prison walls become visible
Are we sure the @CrowdStrike crash wasn't deliberate? They pushed a file full of NULL bytes to their agents which caused the BSoD...
CrowdStrike CEO is getting pummeled for his response to the global outage.
Why everyone hates it:
1) WEAPONS-GRADE CORPO SPEAK
Let’s be clear. Legalese doublespeak is designed to dodge and obfuscate rather than inform or communicate. This statement was obviously written by a committee of lawyers and middle managers whose only goal was to avoid legal risk and threats to their own job security.
If you can’t understand what the statement is even saying, it’s working as intended.
2) NO APOLOGY
The first words should be “I’m sorry” — but you won’t find that anywhere in this statement. Nor the watered down “I take responsibility.” Not even the weasely “We regret…” Nothing!
It comes off as cowardly and callous. CrowdStrike caused an outage that took down airlines, a stock exchange, hospitals, ICUs. People might have died.
And the CEO is not sorry.
3) PASSIVE VOICE THROUGHOUT
This is such classic move to avoid accountability, it’s even become a joke: “Mistakes were made!”
This statement is almost comical in its efforts to dodge assigning responsibility.
“This issue has been identified…a fix has been deployed.”
Which issue? (Global outage)
Who caused the issue? (You, CrowdStrike)
What fix? (🤷🏻♀️)
Did it work? (🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️)
4) DISMISSING CUSTOMERS
Don’t bother us with your petty complaints of power going out in your local hospital!
“We refer customers to the support portal” and “we further recommend customers ensure they’re communicating with representatives through official channels.”
You, the customer, are bothering us and making our lives harder.
5) USELESS INFORMATION
So many words, so little meaning. This statement says nothing useful — not what the problem was, who caused it, what they learned, what the fix it, how long it might take, what they’re working on, or anything at all.
It assigns extra work to the customer by telling them to go through official channels but does NOT then link to the official channels. The onus is on you, customers!
If you want to learn more about how CrowdStrike has ruined your day, you go do the work.
As disasters cascade around the world from a single bad software update at a single company, time to re-read these 3 wise pages.
“All of the interesting systems (e.g. transportation, healthcare, power generation) are inherently and unavoidably hazardous.”
12-hour timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history forced a nationwide ground stop of the three airlines.
Ukranian YouTuber discovers dozens of clones of her promoting Chinese and Russian propaganda
Each clone has a different backstory and pretends to be a real person
"She has my voice, my face, and speaks fluent Mandarin."
Deduction & induction
The phrase "co-work with users" sends a thrill of excitement through me. This is a startup that's likely to succeed.
let's race @openai gpt-4o-mini vs @anthropic claude-3.5
Using a VR headset to learn to play guitar is one of the coolest things you can do.
@Gracro5 Prefer this take on a great track
The Fonz dancing to Disorder - Joy Division
the state of b2b content:
1) people want to see others "cooking". live jams, live figmas, show me how the sausage is made
2) people want to hear real stories. share with me the good, the bad the ugly. name names
3) people want to laugh. memes, niche videos that put smiles on your face
4) people want gossip. self-explanatory. human nature. that's why a rise of these anonymous accounts sharing gossip are getting popular.
that's it. this is what's working.
choose your adventure.
The man who taught a monk that hesitation hinders progress.
It’s been 6 months since I left my full-time job to pursue entrepreneurship.
Runway is dwindling down, and mental stress is at an all-time high.
Personal advice: Quit your job only if you have a huge war chest or a product with traction.
How billion dollar revenue generating companies in the future might operate with ten employees, or maybe even zero
"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly." — Marcus Aurelius
The way to manage people is to keep them in suspense.
“If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you’re going to lose. The only way to really get ahead is to be different.”
~ Larry Ellison
“The young man knows the rules, the old man knows the exceptions.”
— Charlie Munger