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Bossy people can’t build capable teams
Bossy people can’t build capable teams
If you want a capable team, don’t boss them around. This may come as a shock to some “managers” who believe that their function as…
Paul Jacobson
Feb 29
Newsflash: Treating employees like children doesn’t work
Newsflash: Treating employees like children doesn’t work
When I was last a manager I couldn’t help but draw analogies between raising children and managing employees. Now, having been both an…
Paul Jacobson
Feb 1
6 course corrections around business failure
6 course corrections around business failure
Nathan Jeffery is an entrepreneur, developer and speaker (among other things) who I have mentioned a couple times in the past (including…
Paul Jacobson
Jan 31
Instapaper + Outliner = Research Bliss
Instapaper + Outliner = Research Bliss
Instapaper has become so much more than a reading app to me. It has become a fantastic research tool too. As good as it is, it could be…
Paul Jacobson
Jan 3
Advertising need not be so alienating
Advertising need not be so alienating
David Ulevitch wrote an interesting post about the the downsides of algorithmic advertising and a purely data-driven approach. I…
Paul Jacobson
Feb 26, 2015
Too often we just don’t work on meaningful projects, let alone receive reminders that the work is…
Too often we just don’t work on meaningful projects, let alone receive reminders that the work is…
meaningful. This, alone, is invaluable!
meaningful. This, alone, is invaluable!
Paul Jacobson
Dec 12, 2015
Does this mean you are able to transfer all your legacy posts to Medium or is this just for new…
Does this mean you are able to transfer all your legacy posts to Medium or is this just for new…
posts and into the future. It would be very interesting if Medium enabled a complete import, preserving publication dates and other…
posts and into the future. It would be very interesting if Medium enabled a complete import, preserving publication dates and other metadata (I don’t think it does at the moment, at least not for general users?).
Paul Jacobson
Dec 12, 2015
How the blockchain could revolutionise your next contract
How the blockchain could revolutionise your next contract
Contracts are necessary in our commercial world. Imagine a future where you could execute complex contracts that execute themselves and…
Paul Jacobson
Oct 30, 2015
The looming domain name war
The looming domain name war
New gTLDs mean a lot more domains are going into circulation and this means trouble for unprepared brands
This article was originally published on Web•Tech•Law’s site on 19 March 2014.
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You probably read or heard that ICANN (the body responsible for administering the domain name system that makes the Internet work) approved a number of generic Top Level Domains (usually referred to as “gTLDs”) in 2013. You are familiar with a number of gTLDs already: .com, .net, .org, .info and more. What changed last year is that a lot more gTLDs were approved.
Paul Jacobson
Mar 22, 2014
Consumers respond to ads with “block all”
Consumers respond to ads with “block all”
Seth Godin’s post titled “Ad blocking” is spot on (as usual):
And advertisers have had fifteen years to show self restraint. They’ve had the chance to not secretly track people, set cookies for their own benefit, insert popunders and popovers and poparounds, and mostly, deliver us ads we actually want to see.
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Alas, it was probably too much to ask. And so, in the face of a relentless race to the bottom, users are taking control, using a sledgehammer to block them all.
Paul Jacobson
Sep 19, 2015
A digital workflow vision in our lifetimes
A digital workflow vision in our lifetimes
I love Microsoft’s Productivity Future Vision videos. I am not a huge fan of their current products but I love their thoughts about future…
Paul Jacobson
Oct 9, 2015
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