by John Macdonald | Apr 16, 2025 | The250
De-extinction. Should we be doing this? We’ve brought dire wolves back to life. What’s next? Wolly mammoths and saber tooth tigers? Soon, it’s Jurassic Park. Science and technology are wonderful engines that move us forward. On one...
by John Macdonald | Apr 15, 2025 | The250
AI is probably better at grammar than you but has no idea what to write about.AI is probably better at Python syntax than you but has no idea what the application should do.AI is probably better at Excel formulas than you but has no idea why it needs a spreadsheet.AI...
by John Macdonald | Apr 14, 2025 | The250
Here it is. It was a weird, interesting, and ultimately successful (for him) idea — sell 1 million pixels of advertising on a webpage for $1 a piece. Rake in $1 million dollars. Done. Alex put this up in 2006. If you go to the page now, it seems...
by John Macdonald | Apr 13, 2025 | The250
The manager looks for the right time.The leader makes it the right time. The manager sticks up for the process.The leader sticks up for the endpoint. The manager creates safety.The leader creates tension. The manager saves it for tomorrow.The leader does it today. The...
by John Macdonald | Apr 12, 2025 | The250
I recently detailed my system for Wordle. I went on and on about how my system isn’t designed to solve the Wordle in a minimum number of tries. It’s designed to solve it within 6. There I was on my high horse...
