Unfortunately, our Guest fell ill, and could not join us, but don't worry pros play hurt, so Ron and Ed have called an audible, and will be punting to opine on some stuff in the stacks.
Use these show notes to follow along with the audio:
Segment one
We start today with “Something happened to business software.” — the opening line from Jason Fried of 37Signals as he introduces a new product pricing model, ONCE. https://once.com/
Here are pricing details on the first product under the ONCE model from 37Signals. It’s Campfire (their group chat offering) https://once.com/campfire
From the ONCE offering Jason Fried says, “The post–SaaS era is just around the corner.” Well, “I doubt it Jason” was Ron’s response.
Segment two
In segment two today, Ed started us off with an article titled “Nuclear power generation to reach record high next year, IEA forecasts” https://archive.ph/8aiCt
“New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it” https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/climate/nuclear-small-modular-reactors-us-russia-china-climate-solution-intl/index.html
Next-wave nuclear technology is often referred to as small modular reactors - SMRs https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs
Mark Stiving writes about a “Brilliant Price Move by Amazon Prime” in one of his recent posts. Check it out here https://impactpricing.com/blog/brilliant-price-move-by-amazon-prime/
Segment three
From The Economist, “Tim cook, boss of Apple, is having a rough start to 2024.” More here https://www.economist.com/business/2024/01/24/what-could-bring-apple-down
Regarding the Apple Vision Pro from The Economist article, “Netflix, Spotify and YouTube have announced that they will not make their popular streaming apps work on the headset.” Wait and see seems to be their thought
Jason Snell of Six Colors produces amazing financial charts on Apple at the end of every quarter which just happened to be this past week. More here: https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/02/apple-reports-nearly-120b-quarter-full-charts/
If you are going to watch a video about the Apple Vision Pro then Marques Brownlee is THE most popular YouTuber when it comes to tech reviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtp6b76pMak
Segment four
We started the last segment today with a BBC article titled, “Elon Musk says Neuralink implanted wireless brain chip” https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68137046
Former IRS Contractor Sentenced for Disclosing Tax Return Information to News Organizations https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-irs-contractor-sentenced-disclosing-tax-return-information-news-organizations
The so-called 'jock tax' means that the NBA Finals—and other sporting events—are connected to taxes in a big way https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/what-is-the-jock-tax
“Baseball Star Shohei Ohtani's New Contract Is a Massive Tax Avoidance Scheme. Nice!” https://reason.com/2023/12/15/baseball-star-shohei-ohtanis-new-contract-is-a-massive-tax-avoidance-scheme-nice/
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