๐ถ ๐ Finished reading โWalking Disasterโ a few days ago, the autobiography/memoir by Sum 41 founder Deryck Whibley. As a huge Sum 41 and pop punk fan, this was great and revealed a lot of things I had never heard of before. Highly recommend it for likeminded fans! #BookThreads
Getting ready to say goodbye to Foursquare, an app Iโve used almost daily since its earlier form back in 2009 between my time studying and working and living in the UK, then in San Francisco, Paris, and my native French Riviera. Back then I used to check-in to places I visited from the mobile browser of my Nokia blackberry knockoff (E63) (2009-2011), then an Android phone (2011-2013), and finally from the dedicated iPhone apps (2013+).
Well the corporate team at Intuit seems just like one might have guessed:
“I got a note from (…) the chief communications officer at Intuit, who called the line of questioning and my tone โinappropriate,โ โegregious,โ and โdisappointingโ and demanded that we delete that entire section of the recording. I mean, literally โ he wrote a long email that ended with โat the very least the end portion of your interview should be deleted.We donโt do that here at The Verge.”
๐ถ Turns out the great Vinyl market drought was an error. Here’s Discogs with the explainer:
Youโve likely felt the panic this week: Vinyl sales are reportedly down by (a somewhat ironic) 33.3%, marking the first decline in 17 years. Inflation and industry greed are to blame. But these headlines didnโt paint the entire picture.
[…] Discogs contacted Chris Muratore, director of partnerships at Luminate, who confirmed that the reported data is incorrect. Vinyl sales are actually up 6.2 percent. Billboard has since added language to their โMarket Watchโ report, clearing up the error.