40 years ago, I ported Jet Set Willy to the C64.

Today, I pondered on what it was that made 1984 to 1986 the most magical years of my time in video games. Here are ten reasons.

(Tomorrow I’ll talk about how I bring the spirit of that time back, 40 years on.)

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Fab!

Do I know any psychologists? I’m looking for a recommendation for a child psychologist based in Ireland (someone who can take a first call with a parent). Thank you

Block out 20 minutes to listen to Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft #AI , answer the question on many of our minds: What are we actually creating? buff.ly/3wdTZc8

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Some hot takes on fintech this morning:

1.) Congress is advancing legislation to regulate earned wage access (EWA).

That's wonderful, but the proposed bill allows for EWA apps to ask for voluntary tips which is complete and utter BULLSHIT.

2.) Revolut received a banking

How’s this for writing.

But what about the honking? Promising.

A true first world problem.

you guys all check slack on the weekends too right?

There’s an unholy thing that happens when you cross excel, user stories, and pmp qualified project manager (err I mean scrum master).

Quote of the month.

A delicate thing, getting the right governance model. I like how Node has managed to have a good approach to this (though not without incident) and the Linux and cloud native foundations have good models as well.

Put another way: how you license a project’s intellectual property (open source) is only part of the equation; open governance is also required. We have much less language to talk about open governance.

Another packed issue full of astute analysis.

And before you read it, get to Dimion’s annual note, always worth reading. It sets direction for the industry.

That’s a poster!

Good stuff from Rupak >> OPINION – Goldman is back but with Jane Street snapping at its heels ifre.com/story/4541532/…

Yes that’s the irony.

Really good thread on adding a feature to a product and the scourge of feature switches.

“*Have convinction when you change a product.* “

To celebrate William Shakespeare's 460th birthday, here are his 46 best (and strangest) insults:

The government gives another moment of cognitive dissonance, “Brexit was to take back control from unelected bureaucrats, and here we have David Cameron an unelected bureaucrat in charge of our foreign policy.”