#business

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https://www.apple.com/community-letter-from-tim/

And the letter he has written to the community of Apple users seems really very genuine and plausib...

alasdairw Apr 21, 2026

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital...

I suspect I'm not alone in watching more Youtube that broadcast TV. But I do still get odd looks wh...

alasdairw Apr 15, 2026

https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1

Fascinating set of insights into how far an AI agent can go, and how it breaks down. The other thin...

alasdairw Jul 01, 2025

https://stratechery.com/2021/internet-3-0-and-the-...

This is a solid bit of writing from a few years back that explains a lot about the stages of growth...

alasdairw Apr 12, 2025

https://interconnected.org/home/2020/11/17/self_dr...

I would absolutely love this. I have a tiny business that this year has basically been nothing but...

alasdairw Nov 25, 2020

https://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter/full-list-...

A list of lessons in running a kickstarter (or similar project). One to come back to.

alasdairw Jun 22, 2018

http://priceonomics.com/how-mickey-mouse-evades-th...

I knew that Mickey was a huge part of the reason for ongoing copyright extensions. What I didn't kn...

alasdairw Jan 20, 2016

https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tou...

I'm always fascinated when indie artists in any medium release a breakdown of their financials.

alasdairw Nov 25, 2014

http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are...

Tesla have open-sourced their patents, in a bid to get the car industry to play catch-up. Their lan...

alasdairw Jun 13, 2014

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/0...

Here's a good primer on why Amazon are likely to be long-term bad for creators. As well as being sh...

alasdairw May 27, 2014

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/0...

I have had a few conversations recently with people who have kvetched about having to pay the same p...

alasdairw Apr 18, 2012

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2012/0...

Mr Stross, on Amazon's strategy, and the obvious step publishers could take to help unseat them from...

alasdairw Apr 17, 2012