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I was having lunch with my product leader friend Carey Caulfield recently, and something dawned on us: In the product world, we often forget how we came to “know” certain things. When someone doesn’t appear bought into a product-oriented way of working, it’s easy to chalk things up to mindset, intent, attitude, strength as a leader, etc. It’s easy to feel frustrated and not trusted. But the answer is much simpler in most cases: they simply haven’t experienced certain things firsthand!

Share As promised, my new paid standalone Series Business newsletter (fka Strikegeist) will offer periodic stories about labor FREE to all our subscribers. I’m happy to make today’s newsletter available to all.Nearly every writer and studio staffer I’ve spoken to has been self-soothing with the mantra “things will pick up starting in February or March.” Now, as February closes out, I’m not sure that’s actually happened. (Though if it has been going well for you, feel free to humblebrag at elaine@theankler.

I’m writing this as my eyes moisten and will surely start to flow with tears. I just got the news that my friend and onetime PR client, rock’n’roll singer, guitarist and songwriter Scott Kempner, died on November 29 due to complications from early-onset dementia. As I approach my 70th birthday, I’m at the age where the death of friends I love plus the many really cool and fine people I’ve known and met in a life blessed by such is an all-too-regular occurrence.

I loved reading this piece which I found as I googled to try and understand the quote better. But this is my favourite paragraph of all: "Ted Lasso is just the kind of guy who would blithely misquote someone or simply trust that a quote written on a wall somewhere was true. But he’s also the kind of guy who would take a positive, benign sentiment like be curious, not judgmental and run with it, allowing it to transform his life and his relationship to himself and to the world around him.

Alise: Hello there. We are here for a special post on Ted Lasso. As we’re headed into the final chapters of a season in what may or may not be the final season of this spectacular show, Beth from Beth’s Exceptional Video Playlist (BEVP), a longtime Lasso fan, is here with us to debate the virtues of Season 3. Is it working or is it not? While Season 2 of Ted Lasso had moments when people declared it “over” following the Christmas episode, Season 3 has had far more nay-sayers.

One of the fun parts about getting older and persisting in the same general area of activity is connecting to others in the same field do the same, and seeing their careers progress. For me, one of those people is Teddy Wayne whose new novel The Winner will be available wherever books are sold starting this coming Tuesday. My first connection to Teddy came way back when I was editing the McSweeney’s website and he was one of the most frequent contributors.

A meal at Tekés might be the most fun a vegetarian can have in Paris. This new address from the team behind Israeli restaurants Balagan and Shabour doesn’t have any meat or fish on its menu, but omnivores won’t miss a thing. The ambiance is lively, the service is friendly, and the food is both clever and delicious. MORE GREAT VEGETARIAN OPTIONS IN PARIS You can sit at the counter and watch t…

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A lot of people are getting really good at spotting health scams on social media, hence the rapid response to the Kourtney Kardashian “your vagina could smell better” wellness gummies. If you don’t know, consider yourself blessed. If you must know, Kourtney is simply the latest person trying to mine patriarchal shame about the vagina for profit, meaning she’s nothing but a garden variety misogynist.  But lately I’ve been getting lots of tags about Revaree due to this post from Dr.