Michael Thomas retweeted
Learn Skills.
Be good at something.
Acquiring a skill will differentiate you from others on X.
Don't just copy other people and then pretend you
know what you're doing.
That will only get you so far.
And it may even get followers for a while.
But it will eventually plateau.
Skills add to your confidence and give focus to what you're doing.
It makes you want to get better.
Become good at doing something.
Learn skills.
Michael Thomas retweeted
It seems like a battle;
everyone else is winning,
and you're not.
The odds seem stacked against you;
You're going under.
There's hardly any chance of winning.
Then, sometimes, you have to stand and fight.
No matter the outcome,
Even when you believe you're going to lose.
And then you don't.
Michael Thomas retweeted
Some great quotes I enjoyed reading this, Tim.
Churchill is a towering figure in history with many ups & downs in his lifetime. As a minister in WWI oversaw the disaster of Gallipoli, then returned as a great Prime Minister in WW2. Lost after the war & then made another comeback as PM.
He is also noted for suffering from depression, naming it the black dog.
Michael Thomas retweeted
Hey OB, these are awesome qualities.
The curiosity drives you to explore the world and connect with the people around you and online.
You need courage to put yourself and your content and ideas out for the world to see.
The final one is a must: honesty. Be your authentic self, and do not kid yourself or others into thinking you're something you're not.
Michael Thomas retweeted
Super strange experience today.
In two different work meetings, “normies” who know nothing about SEO complained about Google Search.
One woman said that everything essentially above the fold on her phone now seems to be an ad.
The other person said that if they wanted to go find answers on Reddit, they would go there and search.
I mentioned to the person who talked about Reddit to just add “-reddit.com” to their searches.
They sent me a message on Teams later and thanked me saying they added a keyboard macro to add “-reddit.com” to every search now.
Again, these are people who just work in technology, had no idea that I know anything about SEO, and just tossed out their displeasure with Google in random meetings without prompting.
The first person who mentioned ads, someone in the meeting said they are using DuckDuckGo and Bing now.
Displeasure in Google is entering the zeitgeist. That’s a bad sign for them.
Michael Thomas retweeted
Both the spam update and broad core update are still rolling out now. The spam update should complete soonish and the core update could take another two weeks (or more). I would not make any big changes just yet. And I would not celebrate either just yet. Yoda provides some very good advice for this situation: "Have patience and all will be revealed..." :)
Google's @searchliaison urges patience as the March 2024 core update continues to roll out - do not make changes until it is done seroundtable.com/google-pati…
Michael Thomas retweeted
What platforms send the most traffic out to the open web? Excellent new research via @randfish
• Twitter (2%) drives less traffic than Facebook or YouTube (3-4%)
• Reddit remains strong at 3.15%
• Google dominates at 64% - investing in SEO remains a smart strategy
Link in 🧵
Michael Thomas retweeted
Good progress!
BREAKING: Biggest news websites in the world sees traffic slumps for second month in a row. While, traffic for 𝕏 is at an all time high.
Traditional media is a direct competitor to 𝕏. One of the reasons why they are publishing fake articles targeting @elonmusk.
Michael Thomas retweeted
Amazon got more than 750.000 robots deployed.
Most people don’t realize how fast the robotics industry is scaling
Amazon is the perfect candidate.
10 years ago, robots were practically non-existent in their global warehouse and distribution network.
But this is the actual acceleration ramp-up.
2013: 1,000
2014: 15,000
2017: 100,000
2019: 200,000
2021: 350,000
2022: 520,000
2023: 750,000
Let’s zoom in on the two last jumps.
400,000 additional robotic units in roughly two years.
That results in thousand of new units deployed *every week* 🚀
It’s clear. Beyond doubt. That AI, robotics, computer vision, will and is replacing a lot of human labor. And will continue accelerating that progress in the next decade.
It’s important to note that this will also accelerate the need for more high-skilled work. Make industry safer.
The biggest challenge we will face is the grandeur of re-skilling and up-skilling that will be facing the workforce in a relative short period of time ahead.
We’ve entered the Era of Robotics and The Age of Intelligence all at once.
Michael Thomas retweeted
A massive homelessness crisis is breaking out in Australia.
A tent city is springing up along the Brisbane River.
Locals say it's the "worst they've ever seen it," and it's a heartbreaking state of the cost of the crisis in Australia
🔊 … 🚨🚨🚨
Michael Thomas retweeted
Mistakes were made.. 😂 xitter.cf/buitengebieden/status/…
Michael Thomas retweeted
Just published an initial post mortem on the incident that impacted many @Cloudflare customers use of our dashboard and APIs. Lots of lessons. #CodeOrange blog.cloudflare.com/post-mor…
