Now that the studio is unpacked (mostly), I’m ready to sit down and do some reading of my new book. Looking forward to reading all the great chapters by friends and colleagues! #bookconservation #newbook #lightreading (at Big River Bindery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqB9cKtMmr-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Murder by Cribbage: A Free Short Story

A haunting tale of noon hour murder and carnage.

https://biffmitchell.com/free-stuff

2023.05.09: Light and shadow reading on the stoop

#manuscriptstudies #museums #latin #paleography #lightreading #britishmuseum #cambridgeuniversitypress https://www.instagram.com/p/CkcG9_GuvKk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lightreading #theuncannyxmentradingcardsthecompleteseries #theuncannyxmentradingcards #jimlee #jimleeart #jimleexmen https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDnol8O0LB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Some #lawschool #lightreading #timehop https://www.instagram.com/p/Cha4M1vOCXO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

daily twilight. lightreading : by @hierozaki

(via Cord Cutting Doom Loop – On my Om)

“The US pay-TV industry lost a record 2.31 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2023,” Lightreading reports, pointing to a report from MoffettNathanson. “For Cable in particular, video is increasingly viewed to be lost cause,” noted MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett.

“Jinai Rao Vailu is an offshore sailing veteran, a many-time local champion with not a single international trophy to her name. Liu Anqien is a promising sailor who dropped out of university to become Jinai's duos sailing partner. This is their last race together, and it's the biggest one in the world: the Niro-Helfi Race. And they're really not the favourites to win.”

Episode 1: Lantern Light

Read on my website | Read on Toyhouse

Excited to say I’ve started publishing my NaNoWriMo 2022 novel, Offshore, online! If you like stories about seaside vistas, recovery, and unspoken romantic tension between teammates then come get it here.

"Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice" by Elle Cosimano

#finlaydonovan #ellecosimano #finlaydonovanrollsthedice #lightread #funbooks #beachread

Which genres are the cosiest?

Which genres are the cosiest? #booklr #bookblr #bookblog #bookblogging

Good morning! Although it’s still rather heavy & humid here where I am, I am already on the cosy vibe 🍂 I just can’t wait for a little chilly, blanket & candles kinda nights. And that goes for books as for netflix shows and movies!   While I don’t really read by seasons, some genres are better for the mood givens by the season; for exemple Summer to me means more lightreads & romances. That…

View On WordPress

Murder by Cribbage: A Free Short Story

A haunting tale of noon hour murder and carnage.

https://biffmitchell.com/free-stuff

2022.09.29: Light Reading at the Doctor’s Office - Greenwich, CT #lightreading #lightandshadow #reading https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGlPgMOv8d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Living room lighting ideas - 30 ways to transform your space with lightRead More- https://www.jagrutidesigns.com/articles/

Economic Hurricanes

With Jamie Dimon auditioning for the weather channel, calling for hurricanes, it’s no wonder companies are looking for the keys to the bunker. Memories of the Nasdaq, circa 2000 or the entire market, circa 2008, might make you a bit more frenetic. Who can forget Sequoia’s “RIP Good Times” presentation? There’s no doubt that our current combination of inflation, rising interest rates, and a war in Ukraine are wreaking havoc on our economy, but these factors are also distinct from 2000 and 2008. It’s worth looking at 2000 – for starters.

Today’s landscape of tech companies faces a different crisis than that of 2000. The Nasdaq companies that had fueled the “irrational exuberance” to 2000 were over-represented by capital goods and the likes of pets.com, not services. Dell, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Ciena –to name a few– sold boxes, shrink-wrapped software, chips, and more boxes. The Internet wave that had driven more computing and connectivity was largely fueled by financing capital goods. If there was recurring revenue, it comprised a small percentage of the business. 

As the telecom industry began to collapse in 2000, the vulnerability of capital goods driven growth became apparent. The industry was awash in network capacity. Tightening by the Fed had raised interest rates to a high of 6.5% in July of 2000, and CapEx budgets were declining across the board. PSINet filed for bankruptcy on June 1st and was quickly followed by 360 Networks. Later Worldcom would implode and would become the largest US bankruptcy case to date, at $107b.

The market stopped buying boxes, shrinkwrap and chips. But because the market had been based on capital goods, the customers could continue to use them. The networks stayed lit. Microsoft Office kept working. Office PCs continued to work. At the time, when I was at GLG, we were running surveys of CIOs on the expected life of laptops and desktops. The surveys reported a steady increase in the expected lifespan. Not only were enterprises not buying more PCs, for example, they were keeping them for longer. 

While the high-flying optical equipment vendor Ciena struggled to stay afloat, their customers continued to use their multiplexers. Wrote one commenter on Lightreading, a trade journal, “The worse news is that when these companies go out of business, the equipment they bought will be sold for pennies on the dollar to the few remaining industry titans, putting a severe crimp in the plans of equipment manufacturers to sell boxes.” Even if the equipment needed to be replaced, there were spares in the gray market.

Today’s SAAS and cloud services were a whisper in our ears at that point. Some people talked about Application Service Providers (ASPs), but they were still thought of as just a toy. Today, software, more often than not, is a service and that service sits in the cloud with just about everything else your company might need to keep track of. 

Unlike shrinkwrap, boxes and chips, a CIO can’t extend the life of a service or buy a replacement on the gray market. It’s either on, or it’s off. This is a much, much better position to be in than that of the capital goods oriented growth market leading into 2000. It doesn’t solve everything. Customers of SAAS and cloud businesses could go out of business entirely. But the revenue for enterprise software and cloud services is generally higher quality and more durable than the revenue that drove much of the capital goods driven growth going into 2000.

This isn’t to say that we can or should ignore inflation, the supply chain crisis, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, COVID, or the prospective steady rise of interest rates. These are all critical factors that will reorganize our economy in new and perhaps distressing ways. These uncertainties will no doubt put pressure on companies to demonstrate long-term solvency and even, perhaps, produce profits (!!). But there’s something comforting to knowing that tech and its contribution to growth is a little better situated than 2000.

Everyday, Do Something You Think You Can’t

As I'm reading more I came upon this title in a well known book. I'm surprised that before today I never thought to challenge myself more to do things that I've always wanted to but never thought I could. It's the simple fears of embarrassment and failure that hinder one's self from truly breaking out of the old habits of self doubt. I always thought "Oh that takes so much time and money I'll never be able to achieve those goals." Then four years went by and I still hadn't done the things I always wanted to, still viewing them as a distant dream. Then when I had my First child I continued to think that "I wont be able to shower, or do the things I want to, like go on a peaceful walk." It was honestly not the case during the Newborn stage, but as My child transitioned from Newborn to Toddler I had manifested the negative. I didn't shower as much as I wanted and I wasn't able to even focus on anything productive, and I wasn't putting enough effort towards educating my child and doing more stimulating things with him. The fact that I had already told myself that I couldn't do it made me miserable, and I had made myself that way. I watched through social media other mother's thriving and still doing the things that they wanted or achieving dreams and goals. Then it hit me. They didn't let the challenge of motherhood stand in their way. So I stopped putting a negative idea of what motherhood felt like and I started using motherhood as my super power. I started by changing the habits of daily life with my child. Instead of putting on Cartoons to distract him and fill the day I started playing music and calming sounds. Instead of sitting on my bed all day and being on my phone scrolling through social medial feeling down about my situation, My body and My work life. I started sitting with him and doing puzzles and reading him more stories and taking him outside to enjoy nature. Instead of confining him to his bedroom with a small baby gate and limited space to play, I got a bigger gate so he could freely run through the upstairs part of our house avoiding the stairs and playing safely. As My child grows I learned to grow with him and I found myself doing something everyday that I thought I couldn't. It was so liberating and less stressful and we enjoyed our day together. My child had more freedom and was more stimulated and that gave me more freedom to sit and work, write, read, and do the other hobbies that I enjoyed from the comfort of my home. Motherhood has honestly taught me so much about myself and what I'm truly capable of. I'm not saying go out and have a bunch of kids in order for you to change but by changing my habits I changed my life circumstances. I stopped letting the fear of embarrassment control my mind and life. I'm happier with the outcome and I'm glad I've taken this advice. I will offer this simple advice to everyone, even to peers who don't have the challenging day to day life with children. Everyone can benefit from it. I hope you choose to do that thing that you think you can't because you can.