Kurimo

Also, the author of this article criticizes the original article for playing fast and loose with facts. But then takes an unsubstantiated claim from the CEO of the company in question as evidence that the Apple Watch is doing great. Maybe not the best source for such information. I've never heard a CEO say "Sales are not what we hoped" without raw data forcing that concession out of him/her.

I would add that when you put a person in a position that you have asked them for input, they will feel pressured to give SOME kind of input, whether or not it is actually warranted. You're kind of setting them up to give input in the same way you might set someone up to tell a joke, they feel pressured to fill that space with SOMETHING.

Most of the time when I have built features that came from customers, it ends up being the least used feature of a particular update cycle. Sometimes to the point that we have to reverse or highly modify it later. The reason your customer isn't in the business of making the thing you're making, is because they have no idea how to make that thing.

If you ask a person what they want out of a new Ford car, they are not going to say "Brake pads with a higher durability for longer use," they are going to say "More cupholders wouldn't hurt, and maybe you could offer it in magenta?"

See also "The Bike Shed Problem": http://bikeshed.org/

As soon as you abandon democracy because the majority doesn't represent you, you are surrendering your ability to be heard. When you throw out democracy, the majority doesn't disappear and become magically replaced with someone who does represent you. In most cases, a strongman with the backing of extremists in the military will end up filling that vacuum. And that person won't care about anybody's voices except his or her own.

Democracy only works if people actively participate and make their voices heard. Not voting, campaigning, etc. only leads to further entrenchment of the lobbyist nightmare.

Further, rejecting democracy because "your side lost" is idiotic. When your side loses in a democracy, you get to try again in however many years when hopefully your side's arguments bear out in the negative impact of actions of the other side. When your side loses in a military dictatorship, if you try again, you go to jail.

Any time someone says they have "the secret," they are selling you something. And more often than not, there's a good amount of snake oil in that bottle.

If the NYT chooses not to print an op-ed you send them, it is NOT censorship.

If the United States government forces the NYT not to print your op-ed, it IS censorship.

See the difference?

My solution: Move out of the big cities. I live in a small town in the countryside and my world is that fantastic.

Planets are noted for, among other things, being rather large.

I think this will be a more and more common thing as more of our lives ends up online. It won't matter when the sun shines so much as what is normal to the individual.

There are notable ceasefires still in effect in the middle east, eastern europe, and asia that have been going on for years (if not tens of years).

Of course, ceasefires, like medication for a psychological illness, are merely a treatment of symptoms and not a cure for the cause. But they do create stable living conditions for the civilians in an area.

And, perhaps equally as importantly, they open up the opportunity for diplomacy to find that cure that will lead to a longer, more lasting peace.

I've been a part of a startup where we were growing our core product at a reasonable rate and having success. But some of our customers kept throwing certain buzzwords at us, "Millennials" being the most oft repeated one. As a result, our founder pivoted hard to a new product targeting that buzzword. The consequences have not been ideal. Another buzzword that is currently threatening to derail us again is "bots."

Buzzwords or trends are something big companies can afford to waste thousands or even millions of dollars chasing aimlessly (often for no real return). A startup cannot. Startups need to have a clear vision of a single product and pursue it relentlessly until they are in the black.

When our customers throw buzzwords at us they aren't expressing a need. Reacting to it as such is often self destructive.

Personally, I really enjoyed Bioshock Infinite including the so-called "Twist" ending. I did not see it as a Twist since they very obviously foreshadowed it. But to each their own.

"It's not me, it's a lack of judgement in her gender!"

That very thought in and of itself defines one as a jerk, imo. Of course people like and prefer to be around nice people.

I have no idea how to solve the monstrous problems related to internet harassment. It is well out of hand, especially as regards women on the internet (see: Anita Sarkeesian).

I think a discourse definitely needs to happen. But maybe the only solution lies in the education and mental health systems. But again, I don't know. Wish I knew, wish I could do more to help. Wish my gender weren't responsible for the vast majority of the harassment, violence, and threats of violence.

Best of luck. Please keep posting about this topic and looking for and experimenting with solutions. Progress can only be made by people like you taking the time to try to do something about an urgent problem like this.

You don't need to "jump to another CEO role" to continue to be fabulously wealthy.

Failing spectacularly as a CEO often does nothing to impact your employability for future roles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hayward

Or Carly Fiorina or loads of others we could sit here and review if we were so inclined.

There is, ultimately, no justification for the compensation CEOs receive. They don't deserve it. They haven't earned it. And often their actions are degrading to the company they are hired for, yet they still get paid exorbitant amounts and go on to other positions of responsibility and high compensation.

:P

Zillow and other home pushers are interested in selling houses, not in the consequences for the buyers thereafter.

This is basically just an advertisement, not much useful information in it.

I think the article should have emphasized more that the acts highlighted only really impact companies that are publicly traded. I don't know of any company with "19 or fewer" employees that is publicly traded.

Guess lots of folks were never told to clean up their crap growing up. What's next? A book deal for some weirdo who starts a movement about using bidets to get a really clean butthole to "center your rectal chi"?

The nonsense people will subscribe to in order to pursue a quick fix for the struggles of being an adult never ceases to stupefy me. No matter how organized you get, the reality: life == hard, never goes away. Accepting the challenge with dignity is much better than giving all your money to trendy cult-figures like this one.

Oh and: clean up your crap!

Yeah, not really what I meant. But kinda cool!

He's failed at a lot of things. But yes, he went into business with an experienced restauranteur and opened a couple of restaurants. Then as they started to dip, he tried to "dilbertize" them which naturally did not work.

Beyond that, he's just a sexist, narcissistic, asshole

http://comicsalliance.com/scott-adam-sexist-mens-rights/

Nobody should listen to anything he says.