It's funny: one unexpected side effect of me compiling the newsletter over the past 13 weeks has been that I find myself writing with increasing frequency. As I bookmark articles to include in this email, I find myself also developing my thoughts and reactions beyond just occasional tweets. So as you may have seen, I wrote an article last week entitled "Every Business is a Data Business" that was also syndicated by Datafloq. Not bad. I'm hoping to complete parts 2 and 3 of this thread over the coming weeks so stay tuned for more shameless promotion here.In the meantime, I will report that I enjoy and look forward to using this space as a weekly opportunity to briefly connect with a random grouping of friends, colleagues, and business contacts. Another cool aspect about doing this is that, because I am connected to almost all of the subscribers in one way or another, I include articles that I know will be of interest to specific readers. You may not always click on them, but at least you know I'm thinking about you....I'm still trying to tinker with the formula here (like you will see that I have switched up the headings this week, and may alter the subject line format again), but overall have been getting positive reviews and occasional feedback from the readership (and, thankfully, NO unsubscribes at this point). For instance, my wife tells me she likes the "quirky" stories I include, but says the FinTech and AI stuff "really do nothing for me." So if you see an issue with just the random stories in the future, telltale sign I may have landed in the doghouse that week...Enjoy the 13 stories I have included below for Lucky 13 (the wilderness article leading off was especially fascinating to me). Also, unrelated, if you enjoy comedy, I would highly recommend catching the two Dave Chappelle specials now streaming on Netflix. Provocative, raunchy, and hilarious: you will not be disappointed. Just put the kids to bed first.Have a great weekend.XOXODave
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It's funny: one unexpected side effect of me compiling the newsletter over the past 13 weeks has been that I find myself writing with increasing frequency. As I bookmark articles to include in this email, I find myself also developing my thoughts and reactions beyond just occasional tweets. So as you may have seen, I wrote an article last week entitled "Every Business is a Data Business" that was also syndicated by Datafloq. Not bad. I'm hoping to complete parts 2 and 3 of this thread over the coming weeks so stay tuned for more shameless promotion here.In the meantime, I will report that I enjoy and look forward to using this space as a weekly opportunity to briefly connect with a random grouping of friends, colleagues, and business contacts. Another cool aspect about doing this is that, because I am connected to almost all of the subscribers in one way or another, I include articles that I know will be of interest to specific readers. You may not always click on them, but at least you know I'm thinking about you....I'm still trying to tinker with the formula here (like you will see that I have switched up the headings this week, and may alter the subject line format again), but overall have been getting positive reviews and occasional feedback from the readership (and, thankfully, NO unsubscribes at this point). For instance, my wife tells me she likes the "quirky" stories I include, but says the FinTech and AI stuff "really do nothing for me." So if you see an issue with just the random stories in the future, telltale sign I may have landed in the doghouse that week...Enjoy the 13 stories I have included below for Lucky 13 (the wilderness article leading off was especially fascinating to me). Also, unrelated, if you enjoy comedy, I would highly recommend catching the two Dave Chappelle specials now streaming on Netflix. Provocative, raunchy, and hilarious: you will not be disappointed. Just put the kids to bed first.Have a great weekend.XOXODave