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- ChatGPT pretends to be me. And that's scaring the crap out of me. - without bullshit
Interesting dialog Bernoff had with a chat bot trained to be him. The entire dialog is a fun read, and I think Bernoff's take on it is a good one. It makes stuff up, in Bernoff's…
- Plan to write. Write to learn. - without bullshit
Writing is learning — I believe that firmly. Paul Graham highlights this all the time. This is the number one reason I think blogging and writing online can be such a great thing…
- You're not building a career. You're building a network. - without bullshit
There is some wonderful brilliance here that I really like. But in the course of that long career, I met and worked with over a thousand people. A lot of that, but not all of it,…
- My cancer
- The promise of social media - without bullshit
Bernoff assesses the current state of social and asks the important question: I wonder if it is even possible to have a mode of social media interaction that… He enumerates a few…
- Crush Facebook - without bullshit
I agree with a lot of this, but not the part about asking governments to shut it down. People need to vote with their feet (or phones, as it were).
- Improve your business writing with the TL;DR principle - without bullshit
I like his recipe to follow when you feel an urge to add a TL;DR section to something you have written. Why does this improve things? Because it focuses on the true meaning of…
- Fastly crippled much of the Web, then issued the perfect apology - without bullshit
This Fastly outage had a big impact on the entire Internet. You can’t control when and how problems with your company affect customers. What you can control is what you do when…
- Editing it down - without bullshit
Good advice for writing with more clarity and impact.
- How the Fairness Doctrine should apply to social networks - without bullshit
I’m also not a proponent of breaking up Facebook. I don't think it will do much to help with the problems they have created. I do like the idea of treating them as a media…
- Write more. Meet less. Reflections on the memo culture. - without bullshit
- Corporate statements that do and don't work amid the #BlackLivesMatter protests - without bullshit
I always enjoy Bernoff's critiques of various corporate communications. I’ve surveyed corporate statements in this fraught moment. The best include two elements: a statement of…
- Brian Chesky lays off 1,900 Airbnb staff . . . like an actual human being - without bullshit
I appreciate Bernoff’s posts where he analysis communication like this. Chesky’s email is logical, well organized, makes it clear not just why they made the decision but how they…
- Virtual Stadium - the Zoom live event product we need now - without bullshit
I'd love it if this software existed.
- How Zoom is reclaiming its brand . . . and why it will succeed - without bullshit
I agree with this analysis of Zoom's response to recent security and privacy issues. My experience as an analyst covering technology companies tells me that this is not a typical…
- A few very dumb COVID-19 corporate messages - without bullshit
So many companies have, in many cases I suspect for the first time, had to get messages to their customers regarding Covid-19. I like this framework of what to communicate. Unless…
- The (only) three corporate messages that make sense right now - without bullshit
Good, practical advice on what companies should be communicating during the pandemic.
- Delta Air Lines coronavirus response beats the other US airlines - without bullshit
- What's your 3-second brand? - without bullshit
- Who deserves a reply? Take the "No Ghosting" pledge. - without bullshit
- CBS shows Mark Zuckerberg is a human. Does that matter? - without bullshit
Total PR puff piece. He’s not evil. But Facebook is. And we need to hold him responsible for that. Yes.
- It's time to ban all political ad targeting . . . everywhere - without bullshit
I can completely get behind this idea. But if we don’t ban ads outright, why ban targeting? Because everyone should see what political advertisers are doing. I don’t want…
- How to cultivate a lifelong network when you suck at networking - without bullshit
I enjoyed this read because I also am terrible at networking. When faced with a room of people mingling and having small-talk about whatever it is people have small-talk about, I…
- Every business leader should read Charlene Li's "The Disruption Mindset" - without bullshit
Very strong endorsement for The Disruption Mindset . According to Charlene, the three elements of disruptive transformation are: A strategy inspired by future customers to make…
- Travis Kalanick wrote an awesome letter to Uber employees. They never saw it. - without bullshit
I always assumed Kalanick was unrepentant about the caustic culture that he helped create at Uber, but it looks like he did see the light right at the end. It was far, far too…
- How to plan and write pieces of any length - without bullshit
Simple advice for writing things, anything.
- Talking sense about acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, and neologisms - without bullshit
The technology industry has to be one of the most severely acronym'd industries out there. Abbreviations, initialisms, acronyms, and neologisms are jargon. You want to keep the…
- Facebook's arrogant and patronizing statement about changes to the News Feed - without bullshit
How you should read Facebooks recent experimentation with the news feed. If you use Facebook to reach your customers you are kidding yourself if you don't believe you will have to…
- Proof that the pronouns "I," "we," and "you" improve not just your writing, but your stock price - without bullshit
Interesting brief read on impact of pronoun choice! I am deliberate in my use of pronouns. I would never use the objective 3rd person but I do always make sure to use "we" when…
- The James Damore Google manifesto is a toxic exercise in generalization - without bullshit
I like Josh Bernoff site and how he cuts through the bullshit of documents. This sexist manifesto has been making the rounds this week and his analysis of it is solid.
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- Donald Trump’s debate ramble was like an Abbott and Costello routine
Abbott and CostelloI try to be balanced. But I admit that I am biased in favor of candidates who are coherent. By the end of last night
- What I learned from blogging every weekday
Image: Blogging Printables on PinterestI have blogged 500 to 1000 words, every weekday, since March 26, 2015. That spans 387 posts, nearly all of which covered issues of…