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The Make-Money Edition Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Turning My Passion/Hobby Into A Business Made Me Hate It, by Shantnu's Silent Site

And don’t let anyone shame you if you don’t want to make money.

Guy Kawasaki, by Adrian Kosmaczewski, De Programmatica Ipsum

Technical communities provide software businesses with an audience, a test bed, and eventually, a customer pool for their products and services, but this only works if the products are good enough to begin with. This insight was clearly defined by Guy Kawasaki, arguably the person who invented the field of Developer Relations, during his tenure as Chief Evangelist at Apple from 1983 to 1987.

Apple Loses London Appeal In 4G Patent Dispute With Optis, by Sam Tobin, Reuters

Apple Inc infringed two telecommunications patents used in devices including iPhones and iPads, London's Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday, dismissing the tech giant's appeal in a long-running dispute with a U.S. patent holder.

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I, too, feel that the latest season of Black Mirror is getting closer to Twilight Zone territory. In fact, in a couple of episodes, I half-expected to get a Twilight Zone narrator at the end of the stories.

Nevertheless, the two episodes that I've enjoyed this season are the bookends: Joan is Awful (fun!) and Demon 79. The others: not so great, in my humble opinion.

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