I think the statements: "CA were ineffective charlatans" and "Carole Cadwalladr is misinformed" and "the methods by which CA attempted to influence the election were wrong" can all be simultaneously true.
The 'hard STEM degrees' and 'brutal interviews' are irrelevant if the industry is functioning: are the people in these roles are able to perform them and are the companies profitable whilst able to pay high salaries. If…
His perspective seems built around ego. It's no longer the special club he wanted it to be, it's not "hard enough" for the people he sees as "wrong" to participate. He liked YC when it was a band no one else had heard…
"I have the world at my hands. Access to written knowledge from any point in the history of time. Tens of thousands of video games and movies available for under $10 and/or a small subscription price. I can learn the…
You should probably check the authors resume: https://georgetannenbaum.com/resume/ He certainly understands the concept of brand and product advertising.
Passive safety sounds like exactly the kind of thing you'd want to focus on when designing nuclear reactors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal–agent_problem
News+ is the new subscription service, in addition to the free service ('News').
Yes. I think many in their 30s and older have missed the new reality. That more culture is being created on the internet on mobile platforms and apps they've never heard of (and in languages they don't speak) than ever…
Yes, I don't understand why he supposedly kept the account 'secret' (why not run two, one for the demo and one for... whatever else!?).
...what?
> So the business model is asking users for a donation? This sounds more like a non-profit to me. I think the idea is to get enough donations that they're no longer a non-profit.
My understanding was that basic banking in the US lags most of Europe; contactless infrastructure is poor, mobile payments non-standardised, charges for basic accounts & general fees are all more common, more barriers…
“The real you” also doesn’t know math, science, how to read, operate a computer, how to cook... ...learning isn’t a bad idea.
Absolutely. It’s not limited to marketing either, management theory is full of this too. Almost all of Frederick Winslow Taylor’s work and reputation was built on unverified case studies and anecdotes. (A great book on…
Everyone hates advertising, until they lose their dog.
It's fair for us to assume you didn't actually read it, as much as you may plead for us to think otherwise. This clearly isn't a simple story of 'happy man in a humble job'. I mean, the man still buys lottery tickets…
It's a really bizarre bit of writing in general. I'm oddly bothered by how much this guy hates breakfast, without actually explaining why. > “A sales breakfast for seven hundred people?” I grimaced. “That’s downright…
Ah, but marketing isn’t simply coercion or persuasion. For instance, if you’re gathering requirements from customers before, during and after the development of a product you’re doing marketing whether you realise it or…
Considering demand for product is outstripping their ability to produce product, their sales & marketing teams are setting a high standard of work the rest of the company has yet to meet. Feels a little unfair if they…
Quite. The only 'sort of smoking' gun is that one slide. From which an awful lot more has been extrapolated. Looks to me like they've been a bit ambiguous with promises of earned media, which is a typical goal of…
> If you want to learn how to solve business problems, there is a course that is uniquely suited for this. Software Engineering. I wouldn't say software engineering is necessarily uniquely suited to this. Any 'practice…
JD Power typically produce rankings of faults per 100 vehicles, which seems to be the best metric: http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/jd-power-2018-us-vehic... Unfortunately Tesla aren't part of this study.
All that the Hotmail story really highlighted was the reliance on inductive reasoning by actuaries. It also didn't make clear whether they had identified drivers who caused accidents or had been the victims of…
It's a bold claim that Netflix & Amazon customers are more proactive & 'thinking' than others. Or that TV viewers are more passive & more easily influenced. The claim of 'influence' is probably worth exploring: How does…
I think the statements: "CA were ineffective charlatans" and "Carole Cadwalladr is misinformed" and "the methods by which CA attempted to influence the election were wrong" can all be simultaneously true.
The 'hard STEM degrees' and 'brutal interviews' are irrelevant if the industry is functioning: are the people in these roles are able to perform them and are the companies profitable whilst able to pay high salaries. If…
His perspective seems built around ego. It's no longer the special club he wanted it to be, it's not "hard enough" for the people he sees as "wrong" to participate. He liked YC when it was a band no one else had heard…
"I have the world at my hands. Access to written knowledge from any point in the history of time. Tens of thousands of video games and movies available for under $10 and/or a small subscription price. I can learn the…
You should probably check the authors resume: https://georgetannenbaum.com/resume/ He certainly understands the concept of brand and product advertising.
Passive safety sounds like exactly the kind of thing you'd want to focus on when designing nuclear reactors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal–agent_problem
News+ is the new subscription service, in addition to the free service ('News').
Yes. I think many in their 30s and older have missed the new reality. That more culture is being created on the internet on mobile platforms and apps they've never heard of (and in languages they don't speak) than ever…
Yes, I don't understand why he supposedly kept the account 'secret' (why not run two, one for the demo and one for... whatever else!?).
...what?
> So the business model is asking users for a donation? This sounds more like a non-profit to me. I think the idea is to get enough donations that they're no longer a non-profit.
My understanding was that basic banking in the US lags most of Europe; contactless infrastructure is poor, mobile payments non-standardised, charges for basic accounts & general fees are all more common, more barriers…
“The real you” also doesn’t know math, science, how to read, operate a computer, how to cook... ...learning isn’t a bad idea.
Absolutely. It’s not limited to marketing either, management theory is full of this too. Almost all of Frederick Winslow Taylor’s work and reputation was built on unverified case studies and anecdotes. (A great book on…
Everyone hates advertising, until they lose their dog.
It's fair for us to assume you didn't actually read it, as much as you may plead for us to think otherwise. This clearly isn't a simple story of 'happy man in a humble job'. I mean, the man still buys lottery tickets…
It's a really bizarre bit of writing in general. I'm oddly bothered by how much this guy hates breakfast, without actually explaining why. > “A sales breakfast for seven hundred people?” I grimaced. “That’s downright…
Ah, but marketing isn’t simply coercion or persuasion. For instance, if you’re gathering requirements from customers before, during and after the development of a product you’re doing marketing whether you realise it or…
Considering demand for product is outstripping their ability to produce product, their sales & marketing teams are setting a high standard of work the rest of the company has yet to meet. Feels a little unfair if they…
Quite. The only 'sort of smoking' gun is that one slide. From which an awful lot more has been extrapolated. Looks to me like they've been a bit ambiguous with promises of earned media, which is a typical goal of…
> If you want to learn how to solve business problems, there is a course that is uniquely suited for this. Software Engineering. I wouldn't say software engineering is necessarily uniquely suited to this. Any 'practice…
JD Power typically produce rankings of faults per 100 vehicles, which seems to be the best metric: http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/jd-power-2018-us-vehic... Unfortunately Tesla aren't part of this study.
All that the Hotmail story really highlighted was the reliance on inductive reasoning by actuaries. It also didn't make clear whether they had identified drivers who caused accidents or had been the victims of…
It's a bold claim that Netflix & Amazon customers are more proactive & 'thinking' than others. Or that TV viewers are more passive & more easily influenced. The claim of 'influence' is probably worth exploring: How does…