Mind is truly blown.
This presentation is amazing both for the ambition of the company and sophistication of the technology, and also for the lack of presentation polish (both the presenters and the slides). History in the making though!
The thing reminds me of Black Mirror!
It's not a left/right thing. It's a forward/back thing. I love this man.
Whenever I introduce my wife to a new phrase or concept she invariably starts to use it with me and AGAINST me within 24-48 hours. I feel like I'm creating a beautiful, dangerous monster.
Here's some examples of what she's trying to say and what she actually says after spending 2 years hanging out with me:
- "It's just something that looks good but has no substance" = "Baby it's just like Alex Kurtzman"
- "You have to focus" = "Be like Slack!"
- "That's something we can figure out later" = "Baby that's just implementation details"
Note: I chose the image based on how she laughs when I catch her being this kind of cheeky!
While growing up, I developed these mental lists of the things I wanted from a partner (as I suspect we all do). As part of this process I had a vague notion that I hoped she would get along with my family and/or that my family would “approve” of her.
Honestly, though, it never seemed as important as all the selfish and superficial things one cares about when they're young. It was maybe 5th or 10th in the list of things that “mattered”.
However now, seeing how amazing my beautiful wife is with my mother, father, brother and step father (and extended family), I can’t imagine how or why it wasn’t the first thing on my list.
I love how, from the moment she met my dad, she gave him a big hug and her trademark room-brightening smile - effortlessly making him fall in love with her.
I love how the moment she connected with my mum on Facebook, they’ve become mother and daughter - swapping stories and advice in a way that happily rivals my own relationship with my mum.
I love how she’s become the spark that makes our family backchannel fun and filled with cute emojis and family pics.
I love you Aliya. And my family loves you. I can’t believe how important that has turned out to be to me, and how happy that makes me.
I've made this handy chart to help you understand the role of government in the 3 countries I know best. I hope I don't get arrested.
There are no reasons. There is just the meaning we apply and our own ability to manage some small fraction of the chaos.
"People stumbling around in the debris of dreams they thought they were entitled to, and plans they didn't realize they had made"
Wow. Powerful stuff.
Uber “invades”, “barges” and “inserts” itself into restaurants, “avoids paying drivers” and “eats into restaurant margins” with this new Uber Eats feature that simply lets your order ahead before going to a restaurant.
The negative bias against Uber in the press is so interesting to watch.
Imagine a news network with the reach and brand awareness of CNN but with none of the snark, sarcasm, glee, self-righteousness, fake shock, and political theater of hiring crazy people on both sides just to have a faux argument.
Some of my earliest memories are of my mother saying to me "It's not what you say, Chris, it's how you say it".
As a child, I could often say things in a harsh or biting way. I guess, in some ways, I felt like if what I was saying was accurate and clever then I should be allow to say whatever I wanted to whoever I wanted - consequences be damned.
Needless to say, it got me in a lot of hot water with my parents.
To my mother and father's credit, though, they would always take the time to remind me that they only objected to my tone or framing rather than the veracity of my facts/perceptive, my desire to express my opinion and my efforts to shape the world around me.
Just now I was reminded of how much my life, and my career, has been shaped by my mastery (or not) of this lesson and skill.
I feel like most of my evolution as a competent entrepreneur, operator and adult has been rooted in maturing the way I communicate the ideas in my head.
I really think that any growth in my success has mirrored improvements in how effectively I say the things I want to say. The same can be said for many of my failures.
Not so much WHAT I say, but HOW I say it.
Thanks Mum and Dad!
Goosebumps
I was just watching George Wills (intellectual conservative) on Bill Maher. I liked the way he articulated things.
I’ll say it again: Conservatism is a legitimate political ideology (although I might not agree with most of it), but the Republican Party is no longer a legitimate political entity.
I aspire to have a designer's heart, an engineer's mind, a builder's hustle & an explorer's restlessness
It's rare when you find people who can execute effectively on the thing you discussed together - delivering something that matches the vision you had in your head.
It's even rarer to find someone who takes the spirit of the vision and delivers something even better than you imagined.
Hold on to both types of people for dear life.
My grandfather wrote a poem a long time ago. He just read it to me...
- If you give me money, don’t take my happiness
- If you give me strength, don’t take my intellect
- If you give me success, don’t take my humbleness
- If you give me humility, don’t take my self-esteem
The realignment of global power away from the US continues. This is very, very bad for anyone brought up on US democratic values
Last night my Grandmother on my father's side passed away quietly in her sleep.
She was one of the most gentle souls I've ever encountered.
Sadly we didn't live in the same city growing up so I saw her all too rarely.
I'll never forget how, one visit when I was very young, she wanted to give me a kiss on the cheek but I wouldn't let her. I'm not sure the reason now. I know it's hard to imagine, but I was a stubborn kid.
So instead of using brute force she said she'd get me a toy if I let her give me just 1 soft kiss on the cheek.
A whole toy!? I reluctantly had to give in to her bribery.
I'm so glad I did. Her kiss was so gentle and loving.
Ever since that day, I relished every opportunity to give her slight frame a big hug and many, many kisses.
She raised loving and kind children and has left a wonderful legacy of vibrant grandchildren, daughters-in-law and soon some great-grandchildren.
She taught me that speaking softly and being kind can be a superpower.
I'll miss you terribly Teta Saad.
Imagine how many einsteins and hawkings we've casually killed and starved due to our petty squabbles and inefficient allocation of global resources. How could they have changed the face of the world for the better?
