Tl;dr: 1777 war letter using spy technique called steganography. See a real letter, the code and the text that results after Steganography is being sneaky by writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects a hidden message. When you apply it to a letter is a Masked Letter. Lt. General …
I was ready to sink into the earth with shame
Got to a party, get shite faced, be a fool and now it’s the next day. You might send a whatsapp, before, things were more formal. In the 9th Century, the ‘Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette’ insisted that local officials use the following letter template (dated 856) when sending apologies to offended dinner hosts. The Alex aka “drunk person” at the …
Thoughts on Messenger business ecosystem
Tl;dr: Mark Zuckerberg emails Sheryl Sandberg and others on how he thinks the Messenger business ecosystem should work Released in a court case under file FB-01366935. Thoughts on Messenger business ecosystem Transcript On 5/5/14, 8:22 AM, “Sheryl Sandberg” <[email protected] wrote: Adding Fischer and Dan I love the basic vision – performance-based ads. Lots of work to do to make this …
Dawn of a New Day by Ray Ozzie
Tl;dr: Ray Ozzie the CTO of Microsoft writes a memo imagining a post PC world Ray was the driving force behind Lotus Notes and he co-founded Groove Networks, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2005. Five years prior, he wrote “The Internet Services Disruption”, outlining the challenge for Microsoft to catch up to its rivals in the Internet and cloud computing …
The Internet Services Disruption
Tl;dr: CTO Ray Ozzie writes a memo in 2005 Microsoft needs to focus on web services in the face of competition with free, ad-supported products In the mid-2000’s Microsoft launched Windows Live and Office Live, it was clear they have more work ahead to catch up with rivals offering free, ad-supported products. Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie saw there was …