John Philpin

No he didn’t.

👁️ It’s been a weekend. My ‘week’ started at 5pm on Friday. Its now Monday at 3:25pm

👁️ I feel like a man possessed this morning

🔗 How LEGO Engineered the Perfect Plaything Yes it is - and yet great as it is - and flexible as it is - it does teach us that everything has a place and that there is a place for everything … which I am not sure is a good lesson. It has a sense that ‘all’ is preordained.

I’d just finished building a dashboard that does what I want. Then I read this. She is not wrong, but continue I will; learning a lot and what I built reveals where best to focus, because it is based on what I want - not what I have. Some things just aren’t being captured. Onto phase two.

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I keep on hearing that there is no bubble. And as one wag pointed out bubbles don’t only pop - sometimes they slowly deflate. Either way - bubble or no bubble - this is the problem. If you don’t look under the hood - you might be lulled into a sense of false security.

🔗 The man hiking the world in search of rare cheeses 🖇️ Not this man .. who has literally walked around the world. I think ‘cheese guy’ is more figuratively speaking. Îs ‘speaking’ the right word?

🔗 In Defence of Process - you know that boring stuff that everyone pooh poos?

🔗 Scripting News: Monday, October 19, 2026 "I would like to have one day when Claude Code doesn’t fuck everything up by doing things it is explicitly prohibited from doing. I find things that were changed in critical parts ... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/23/scripting-news-monday-october-i.html

I shared 🔗🎬📼 this clip in a comment earlier this week - but pushing it out again because; it is a good clip it is a good movie it is an iconic line that gets left off lists (get to the end).

Read the whole thing - but if no time … three - count them - three - quotes from a very short post. 🔗 The age of initiative | Seth’s Blog "For those indoctrinated to comply, this is stressful. The stress is due to a desire to ge... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/23/read-the-whole-thing-but.html

Daring Fireball: 🔗 Barack Obama on the Trump Administration’s Intimidation Campaign Against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar … less about Ilhan Omar and more about doubling down on why so many people I follow seem to be wrong.

🔗 Daring Fireball: Netflix Shitcanned Film Chief Dan Lin Too "Netflix’s movies are worse than their series, which also mostly stink. (As opposed to Apple TV, which somehow makes terrible movies while making the best... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/23/daring-fireball-netflix-shitcanned-film.html

🔗 Daring Fireball: Verizon Is Going to Charge $10/Month for iPhone Handoff "Second, we all know Verizon is the most expensive competent carrier in the U.S. (Maybe AT&T is just as expensive, but I said “competent”.) It feel... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/23/daring-fireball-verizon-is-going.html

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💬 these words are what … 30 years old❓ … and even now so many organisations confuse them … even use them interchangeably.

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💬 The secondary .. maybe primary … challenge is that we still look at organisations through a hierarchical lens using ‘Systems of Record’ designed to manage a world that is fast moving on.

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🔗 Richard Felix "and to your surprise, the last four digits of the phone number of the owner are yours." Or to put it another way …. I found my glasses on my head - taken to ’11’

🔗 X’s reverse eternal September "Why the onetime global town square now feels more like a clubhouse." … I think he means ‘frathouse’ - and we know how those are working out.

What a great list of resources … 🔗 The RSS Universe — Readers, Tools & Standards I have already dropped an issue on their Git to add Micro.Blog

🤯 A 28 year walk with a couple of swims❗️ 🔗 Karl Bushby completes English Channel swim Final leg - get from Kent to Hull.

I watched the 🎥 The Wrecking Crew. Relatively formulaic. It worked. Not hard now - but it worked.

I watched 🎥 Matchbox the Movie so you don’t have to. If you must - go for it. But please - don’t do it for me.

🔗 A good worker | Seth’s Blog "Work the exact hours, do precisely what’s asked, don’t ask questions and focus on what the boss wants." We modeled ‘good worker’ behavior in school. “Will this be on the test?” was the key question for 100 years. Do what the teacher asks for, and don’t overthink it.

attie.ai/discover

Satire Site Gets Ridiculous Threat Letter From Baseball Team; cc’s Barbra Streisand In Its Response Somehow this has to stop. The lawsuits - not the responses.

3 Years ago - surfaced through 🎲 ‘Surprise’ “Wolf in sheep’s clothing” .. that’s how I see this Johnson chap. What about you? JohnPhilpin john.philpin.com/2023/10/30/wolf-in-sheeps.html Not really a surprise though.

WSJ Reporting … "Meta and Apple Team Up to Put Open-Weight AI on Macs" … just popping downstairs with a few friends to go ice skating in hell. ⛸️🔥

From Genesis To Revelation (2026 Mix) by Genesis: https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/15/from-genesis-to-revelation-mix.html

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🔗 Don’t Trust People Who Talk Like This | Ted Gioia "“Did Picasso win in every vertical? Did Shakespeare brag about his ‘content engine’? Did Beethoven ever achieve a ‘profitable linear portfolio’?”" (Side note - he’s talking a... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/15/dont-trust-people-who-talk.html

Talent becomes media | Seth’s Blog "This is going to amplify a different sort of creative agency as well as give recognizable talent more leverage. A good ad in the TV days was annoying but led to action. A good ad today cr... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/15/talent-becomes-media-seths-blog.html

I read this yesterday: 🔗 Daring Fireball: X Once Again Marks the Spot and thought about it and moved on. (Noting that others have made similar noises.) Unlike Tim, I didn’t waste an hour on X … 🔗 I Wasted an Hour on X: Tim B... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/15/i-read-this-yesterday-daring.html

🔗 SocialSpec 🔗 Manton I’m in. Not sure why - but ‘in’ I am. I’m sure it will all become clear❓

🔗 Satya Nadella and Marc Benioff, Toadies – Pixel Envy "There is no legal or moral requirement to replace the vocabulary of “artificial intelligence” unless one is trying to appease a dumb and unpopular administration. Truly... https://john.philpin.com/2026/10/15/satya-nadella-and-marc-benioff.html

To riff on an old ditty .. I always thought BlueSky was in the cloud. Turns out the cloud is in BlueSky.

How bad do you have to be for this Whitehouse to ask for your resignation❓

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