This week we discuss build vs. buy decisions, sustaining corporate strategies and Malcolm Gladwell’s WFH comments. Plus, we announce the location of the Austin Meetup on August 27th.
Runner-up Titles
- Strategy for eating mixed nuts.
- Finish in a flurry
- Eat Dessert First
- It’s about where you is, not where you was.
- We don’t even own a copy of Illustrator
- Lost his fastball
- Just a paycheck
- It’s cool to be the “turns out” person
- Pizza, Beer, Enjoyment
- McKinsey Titles, the movie
Rundown
- App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy blew up the digital advertising ecosystem
- Netflix Games Engaging Less Than 1 Percent of Subscribers
- Gladwell’s take on Work from Home
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- Register for the SDT Austin Meetup August 27th at 6:30 PM
- DevOpsDays DFW, August 24-25, 2022 - Coté speaking, along with John Willis, Andrew Shafer, and friends
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- SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
- THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023
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- Brandon: Sea of Tranquility
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