Beton Brut
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“Looks good on you though…”I try to be opened minded about change, but it's going to take a while to warm up to this.
“Looks good on you though…”I try to be opened minded about change, but it's going to take a while to warm up to this.
I think that was actually the design brief...The old logo screamed "museum" and while it was hardly original or particularly good design, it adequately fit its purpose. The new one says...nothing whatsoever about the organization it is supposed to be a logo for. It could be an app, a social network, a stupidly-hard-to-pronounce restaurant. It's as if the design brief was to make it stand out as little of possible in a sea of "minimalist" logo trends. If it doesn't look ludicrously dated in a surprisingly short time once the basic trends change, it'll be solely because it's so empty of any meaning or distinctiveness (making it effectively worthless as a logo).
I remember camping out to try to get tix for this event!Some decent looks at BU and Back Bay environs from this on-location clip way back in 1996. Plus it's Letterman's in top form doing his Letterman thing
Not everyone.Everyone thinks it's going to implode. Sure, there's a chance it will. And sure, anyone who actually uses it should have a backup plan.
But I'd find it much more interesting if it actually survived (and, no, I am not a fan of the new guy in charge nor his approach whatsoever). Rather, it would be an incredibly interesting experiment to see if a couple hundred talented people could actually run it, as opposed to the 7,500 who were there. Big tech is super bloated (as of relatively recently). And it has been a brain drain away from the tech problems society actually needs solved (energy, transportation, healthcare, education, etc). It would be very interesting to know if a few hundred software engineers could run a thing like that, because if they can, that's the actual interesting game changer to me. Twitter imploding because of a megalomaniac billionaire imploding it is not that interesting, to me anyway.
The lines will be long to get a view of London from this 12 person platform on top of the power station![]()
Battersea Power Station finally opens to the public TODAY
Battersea Power Station has come back to life as the iconic London landmark finally opened its doors to the public today for the first time after lying idereliction for decades.www.dailymail.co.uk
From what I read on it, the FDIC made it sound like it would be business as usual by Monday. It's just a matter of whether the depositors who had more than the 250k limit would get their money back.![]()
Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run by Venture Capital Customers
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took control of the bank’s assets on Friday. The failure raised concerns that other banks could face problems, too.www.nytimes.com
SVB acquired Boston Private in 2021 so this will likely have significant ramifications locally too.
SVB advertised they bank for nearly half of 2022 venture-backed tech and life sciences/healthcare companies. Unclear how many Boston-area life sciences places may bank with them, but it could pose some risk here...![]()
Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run by Venture Capital Customers
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took control of the bank’s assets on Friday. The failure raised concerns that other banks could face problems, too.www.nytimes.com
SVB acquired Boston Private in 2021 so this will likely have significant ramifications locally too.
From what I've heard, it sounds like it's going to be wait-and-see, and see if you still have any nails left to bite at the end. Half of my twitter feed is crying about the end of the world, the other half is saying it's not really that bad. If their depositors aren't desperate, I'm hearing it should be -okay- in a week or two. If their depositors can't take the heat of pausing payments, payroll, and other expenses, its going to get messy.From what I read on it, the FDIC made it sound like it would be business as usual by Monday. It's just a matter of whether the depositors who had more than the 250k limit would get their money back.