Do Not Bottleneck, Minion

Do not obstruct or blockade normal business processes to seem more important. We get it, you cannot say “yes” but you can say “no.” However do not try to turn…

Italy Is Not Killing ChatGPT

Italy temporarily banned ChatGPT following a data breach on March 20th. According to OpenAI, the breach allowed some users to view information of other users, including name, email address, and…

Twitter Is Not A Tentpole Traffic Driver For NPR

Mainstream publications like The Atlantic, or The New York Times, or even digitally native publications like Vox and Buzzfeed, don’t get much traffic from Twitter. Extrapolating from third-party tools, Twitter…

Focus On Value Not Busy Work

Stop with the busy work, and focus on the value drivers. When business or life are not going well, people often look for anything to do. Doing something may make…

That’s a Dysfunctional Business Not a Family

When someone I’m considering working with says, “we’re a family” or anything similar about their business relationships, I start backing away slowly. I’ve almost written this post a few times,…

This war correspondent does not exist

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by widespread interest in real-time news and information on the conflict, and an explosion of Ukraine-themed “news” accounts on social media have…