Another week in the books and the threads are aplenty. And maybe that’s just a sign of spring — lots of items coming to the surface after so many months of content finding its way against the gravity of other discussions. Smartphones Are Bad for Some Teens, Not All via Nature Amazon’s Echo Dot … read more

The other week, we looked back as to what’s been published so far, and there has really been a decent amount of content. There’s certainly a number of pieces where we are feeling our way to what kind of content is best for this platform. And at the same time, the linking of items creates avenues for … read more

What happens to fall inside or outside of the work to be done might be considered a distraction. As part of building a discipline of activity to define Avanceé and its market value, there’s is a bit of attention given at this stage to following instinct, not just process. Process is not pushed … read more

Now that’s interesting. For some reason, posting to Twitter stopped happening a few days ago. It looks like cross-posting wasn’t turned on, but don’t remember turning it on as items were hitting Twitter auto-magically… 🤔 For items to hit both the @microblog timeline and Twitter is somewhat … read more

Back again with a few links which have made something of influence here and there throughout the week. At the same time we share them, there’s also a shifting happening a bit behind the scenes — the links do have to lead somewhere you know. The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World by Pew … read more

Composing this as the start of yet another Excel class is about to begin. The framing is simple — to get a company of people who do various transformations and reporting with data to have the same floor — yet the feeling is not one where there has been much movement. An outsider teaching others how … read more

Interesting Algorithmic Impact Assessments via AI Now Institute - via Benedict Evans’s Weekly Newsletter The Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA) framework proposed in this report is designed to support affected communities and stakeholders as they seek to assess the claims made about these systems, … read more

Reading - there’s a good bit of insight towards cycling & public transport I’d not seen before (had convos however). Frictionless site design too. National Association of City Transportation Officials Urban Bikeway Design Guide read more

Totally late on this (as usual), but it looks like there’s a podcast client created by Micro.Blog’s inventor Wavelength Been thinking about doing a podcast alongside Avanceé (was looking at Anchor.fm) but this would be better for too many reasons. Not sure yet, but… read more

Spent the week developing a Twitter/Medium strategy for a group. Sketching the blueprint was good for this moment; but the blueprint is only 25% of the journey. Getting folks to append/change their activities is the scripting of what’s next. read more

Sometimes, milestones and reflections are more for yourself than for others. But, its certainly interesting when we hear about other’s moments of reflection and contemplation and it creates the impetus to engage in similar moments for ourselves. Its on this framing this week’s links land. … read more

Somewhere in the weeds, or maybe beyond the bushes with the hard bristles and leaves, is that thing you and your team have been looking for. This isn’t a prophecy saying that you are looking; nor is it an inevitability you will be there when the rest of your team finds it. This is just an … read more

Another week in the books, and while it is after the holiday, there’s nothing slow about the pace of reading and contemplation which has made itself suitable this week. Here are a few items which have crossed the paths of Avanceé’s workspace this week: Non-Tech Businesses are Beginning to Use … read more

trying something where original “tweets” happen here versus on Twitter first Spoke w/a woman the other day who takes scrap clothing and turns them into new materials, new textiles. She didn’t like the waste, and her artistic leanings took over. Interesting note from convo: how her craft was shaped … read more

Yesterday, spent some time on an upcoming podcast and one of the questions asked was about what new technologies or perspectives are being paid attention to. These are great questions because they don’t just talk about someone’s ability to lead, but also their ability to bridge where they might be … read more

In the midst of a holy season for so many faith groups, its good to have points like these to reflect on items which put to death some perspectives, or give space to rise to new ones. Here are the links for this week: Work of Art via NewCo Shift Fast.Ai at MIT Technology Review Commoditisation of … read more

It has been almost four months since starting Avanceé and there’s always this tension that it can be refined a bit more, that there’s something a bit better about it which can be pulled forward so that it creates as much value as it is envisioned to. And then you see those who have done similar and … read more

Whoops, got way too into work and life on Friday and missed links for last week; here’s whats been grabbing attention, that’s not exactly the same as what might has made news reports: Mockupdated Concept: The IKEA Manual of the Future via Fast Company Design Smartphone-by-Default Internet Users via … read more

You can’t improve what you don’t measure In a recent conversation with an executive director of a youth-reaching program, we talked about developing applets (small apps) and process changes which enabled one mentor to spend less time working on the admin tasks of mentoring and more working towards … read more

This has been a week of considering not just the validity of approach, but how work has to respond to methods and tools we might use to continue forward. The width and depth of such thinking has been shaped by this week’s links: Why B Corporations Matter Can Bots Help Us Deahl with Grief Twitter … read more