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Reading Time: 2 minutes OMEGA SEAMASTER PLANET OCEAN ULTRA DEEP | Watches News – I love some of the design details in this watch such as the lugs. Less convinced by the aesthetics of the dial, the hands and the lack of protection given to the crown So, Gutenberg Didn’t Actually Invent the Printing Press | Literary Hub – … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서
Reading Time: 2 minutes Inside China’s booming streetwear scene – Inkstone – great video on China’s booming streetwear scene that’s morphing into someithing very different Tesco Is Said to Work With Israel’s Trigo on Cashierless Stores – Bloomberg – if Chinese cashier less stores experience is anything to go by, this might not be a good idea ‘Adapt or … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서
Reading Time: < 1 minute BMW’s X7 advert about the Legend of Old McLanden has been cited as a piece of feminist advertising. I won’t spoil it for you watch the clip and you’ll see why. I think that its part of something different which has been less heralded: a return to craft in advertising. We’re starting to see a … Read moreFive for Friday | 五日（星期五) | 금요일에 다섯 가지
Reading Time: 2 minutes ICE-ing – a method of protest using vehicles with internal combustible engines. Sometimes writing posts are a matter of serendipity. I was out walking in Stepney Green and came across a series of electric vehicle charging points. I hadn’t paid any attention to them before. Right about the time that I noticed them; I saw … Read moreJargon watch: ICE-ing
Reading Time: < 1 minute This video stands in sharp comparison to the Ayn Rand-loving frat-bro culture that seems to infect technology sector companies based in Silicon Valley. Hoffman is cut from different cloth and represents a slightly older generation in the technology sector who pioneered the dot.com era. He grew up in Berkeley, back when the technology sector was … Read moreTechnology sector macro issues perspective with Reid Hoffman