by John Macdonald | Nov 26, 2024 | The250
We have mixed emotions about markets. If you’re of one line of thinking, you praise markets. Another, you blame markets. A market is simply a place (physical or virtual) to exchange stuff — apples for dollars, corn for hay, code for dollars, dollars for...
by John Macdonald | Nov 25, 2024 | The250
When you’re 17, you probably don’t know what you want to do with the rest of your life, but you have some ideas. The way you figure it out is to pick something that sounds interesting and start. If you go to college, pick a major. The school provides you...
by John Macdonald | Nov 24, 2024 | The250
Yesterday, I was talking on the phone about screwdrivers. Sure enough, my phone started serving me tool ads on social media. Creepy right? I’m sure you’ve had a similar experience. “I know it’s listening!” Well, it is, but not...
by John Macdonald | Nov 23, 2024 | The250
The best of all time. The worst of all time. A billion. Zero. We’ve come to expect hyperbole in marketing, politics, and The News. That’s a sales pitch. It’s both a simplification of the problem and the answer. We like simplificiation so it grabs us....
by John Macdonald | Nov 22, 2024 | The250
I love mosaic art. I can’t help but feel how clever the artist is to be able to turn the micro into a macro — both with meaning. Sometimes, the micro and macro reinforce the same idea. Sometimes, they juxtapose against each other. A successful mosaic...
