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Comment · 8 months ago
Love it! M-Pesa is big in SA too right?
Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Just because I read about more murder than cancer, in the news, doesn't make me think that more people are murdered than die of cancer.
Comment · 1 year ago
If I were a marketing person I would also make genuine images look AI generated for the free publicity. Nothing gets attention like mistakes or fakes. The fact that they aren't actually fake means there is no downside for WS and team. I once spoke to a social media manager for a large brand and he said they intentionally put typos in posts on a semi regular basis and it always results in more post engagement (people correcting the typo).
Comment · 1 year ago
On a similar line, I wonder if making it cylindrical would help reduce refraction when viewing at an angle?
Comment · 1 year ago
Awesome site. You've probably come across it, but just in case you haven't. In the UK we have trolley.co.uk (plus app) which is handy. The barcode scanner I use a lot when I want to check if the branded product is a good price in the shop i'm standing in or if i'm getting ripped off. They have all products (I assume because online grocery shopping is bigger here?). Personally, I'm looking to start online shopping (new dad so time poor), it'd be great if I could build a shopping list and a site tell me which online grocer to order from for the best value, with basket price breakdown for each.
Comment · 1 year ago
I wish someone made a social media site that has no news feed or any feed, like the facebook of old. Only get notifications and updates from actual people who you have friended. I genuinely think this would be popular, it wouldn't drive the engagement that the feeds and algos do but it would be a more wholesome experience the one we all bought into at the dawn of the social network, only for our friends to be swapped out for a constant drip of 'engaging' content.
Comment · 1 year ago
Do not read this as- If you have slow growth you have an equity business. It's more likely you just have a shitty business.
Comment · 1 year ago
A few years ago I went through digitising all my grandmothers old albums. The final picture was my grandfather on his deathbed, she stopped making any albums after even though she was only 60. She died 2 yrs later. This hit me hard.
Comment · 2 years ago
I have not been scheduling any meetings before lunch for years after I read the original study. oops
Comment · 2 years ago
Similar to Love Island ;)
Comment · 2 years ago
Powerful read. My Dad was the sole survivor in a boating accident in the Med when I was about 3 yrs old. He doesn't really talk about it. This has helped me understand some of what he has gone through, esp the aftermath.

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