Clever heading here – Welcome
Just a place for me to put my random thoughts …
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Marketing and Propaganda
In its best form “marketing”/”advertising” is just “information” If you have a great product that does “whatever” the best use of your “marketing” budget is to build awareness of the products benefits among folks that need to do “whatever it is that your product does” e.g. say you make beer or running shoes – and…
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Profit Margins
If a company is “profitable” over a long period of time that PROBABLY means it is “well run” or “managed properly.” Of course we need to define “long period of time” — in a healthy economy companies will come and go just by the natural cultural shifts and technological advances. e.g. Thirty years ago multiple…
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… have a drink on me
… “spirits” as a reference to “distilled alcohol beverages” apparently traces back to the belief that they drinks held the “life force” (i.e. “spirit”) or the “essence” of the grains or plants that were used. the English word “spirit” (first usage as a noun – 14th Century) traces back to the Latin “spiritus” (literally, breath,…
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To REALLY mess things up …
SO, I tried to change “permalinks” in WordPress and ALL the links broke. I’ve been using WordPress for years – but to be honest I’ve never tried to do anything “complicated” (i.e. beyond the “content management” for which WordPress is designed). Of course this “blog” thing isn’t making me an $$ so I don’t put…
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Simple Fitness part 2 – the interval trainer
Google tells me that the “fitness industry” was forecast to pass $32 billion in 2022. Which means that “personal fitness” is more than a New Year’s resolution for a large number of people. Elite Athletes “Exercise Science” has become a more rigorous academic discipline than the old “physical education” catch all. My guess (100% me…
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talkin football
The NFL “divisional playoffs” were this weekend (January 22, 2023) – I thought the “better teams” all won today (Cincinnati beat Buffalo, San Francisco beat Dallas) Bengals The final score was Bengals 27 – Bills 10. To my eyes the Bengals are playing like a championship team – I’m not predicting anything, just saying that…
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Simple Fitness
“Fitness” does not need to be complicated and time consuming. The amount of exercise required to “prevent disease” is relatively small – but there are enough variables to make the subject confusing. SO I’m going to try to boil the subject down as much as possible. I will start by saying that I am NOT…
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authentication, least privilege, and zero trust
When we are discussing “network security” phrases like “authentication”, “least privilege”, and “zero trust” tend to come up. The three terms are related, and can be easily confused. I’ve been in “I.T.” for a while (the late 1980’s) – I’ve gone from an “in the field professional” to “network technician” to “the computer guy” and…
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Brand value, Free Speech, and Twitter
As a thought experiment – imagine you are in charge of a popular, world wide, “messaging” service – something like Twitter but don’t get distracted by a specific service name. Now assume that your goal is to provide ordinary folks with tools to communicate in the purest form of “free speech.” Of course if you…
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SDLC, youthful arrogance
I achieved “crazy old man” status a few years back — so when I encounter “youthful arrogance” I’m always a little slow to perceive it as “youthful arrogance.” Googling “youthful arrogance” gave me a lot of familiar quotes – a new favorite: I’m too old to know everything Oscar Wilde Being “slow to recognize” youthful…