Bob Potter

eCommerce & Pancakes

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

Human intelligence is what we should all be holding onto, for as long as we possibly can. AI is not a person like you. It hasn’t had lived experiences like you. It doesn’t have the warmth of a personality like you. https://t.co/aKvf1rJnxV

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

"I saw a Note recently that referred to people who use ChatGPT for everything as ‘prompstitutes’. I also love ‘second hand thinkers’, or ‘askholes’." https://t.co/aKvf1rJnxV

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“I will study and prepare myself, and someday my chance will come.” ― Abraham Lincoln https://t.co/b93D5RkATs

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

Marketers have always chased the holy grail of delivering the right message to the right person at the right time. But much of today’s personalization falls flat. Bad personalization can be worse than no personalization. via "Mark" of Marketoonist https://t.co/cr0cigmuvv

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

Today, I rediscovered the original: Gaping Void. I don't know when, but long ago the Internet of new and more sadly displaced this from my attention. Still patent. Still doing the hard work. Still hasn't put down the box of crayons after 18 years. https://t.co/s0IkjMXgVi

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

Nothing great was ever built by someone who had to be talked into building it. @farnamstreet

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“Unfortunately for humanlike robots, computers are at their worst trying to do the things most natural to humans, such as seeing, hearing, manipulating objects, learning languages, and commonsense reasoning.” – Hans Moravec via @jonohey https://t.co/byPke4yLUB

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

"When the performance of a unit goes down after an officer leaves, it is taken as a sign that he was a good leader, not that he was ineffective in training his people properly." – David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around!

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

"The old signals for aptitude (elite school, generalized degree) are becoming less reliable. What matters now is what you can actually do."

Palantir CEO, Alex Karp https://t.co/GP6KKVXNj2

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

The data might be old, but the lesson isn't: Regal Cinema's primary product (movies) is a loss leader. They are effectively a concession and advertising company that use movies to drive foot traffic. Revenue ≠ profitability. Understand your true margins. https://t.co/j0S9WZ44h7

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

WooCommerce is great they say. You can do anything. You'll also end up doing everything.

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“People make livings off of their Instagram accounts. We call these people “influencers,” although it’s not clear what influence they actually have on the course of humanity.” https://t.co/momgnzHEhz

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“If you’re a leader interested in producing happiness, then promote tolerance, equality, and healthy life expectancy” https://t.co/fMNmWcsSvO

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“Humans seem to be developing digital brains with new circuits for skimming through the torrent of information online.” https://t.co/SlETv1rnHj #Scanning #digitalliteracy

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“The new-found privacy conundrum presented by installing a device that can literally listen to everything you’re saying represents a chilling new development in the age of internet-connected things,” https://t.co/maN4TXpYGb

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“Why, just a few years after a global scandal involving government surveillance, would people willingly install always-on microphones in their homes?” https://t.co/maN4TXpYGb

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“The rise of the “smart speaker”, exemplified by Amazon’s Echo, has left many privacy activists baffled.” https://t.co/maN4TXpYGb

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

“Humans seem to be developing digital brains with new circuits for skimming through the torrent of information online.” https://t.co/SlETv1rnHj #Scanning #digitalliteracy

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

"the human mind is better suited for running sprints than marathons." https://t.co/7Ps8tU5WjV

[Bob Potter @bobpotter]

"creativity and efficiency can be enhanced over the course of a workday when workers alternate between mindful an... https://t.co/BqPs57DhAZ