Chaos & Amazement #2446 Odoo’s Valuation, Jaguar’s Rebranding, and my 2024 Dating Bingo Card

Nov 23, 2024

Belgium-based Odoo, which develops open-source enterprise resource planning software, hit a €5B valuation in a secondary share round led by CapitalGand Sequoia https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/20/software-firm-odoo-hits-5point3-billion-valuation-in-secondary-share-sale.html
This week, Bluesky reached 20M+ users. Growth likely helped by its clean experience - none of the invasive ads, AI content, or link restrictions that users often face on other social platforms.
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Bluesky's success is a rejection of big tech's operating system
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- Meanwhile, Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory ⁦Doctorow explains why he's hesitant about Bluesky: while admiring its features, he wants true federation where users can easily move their connections to other servers if needed, unlike being locked into a single platform. https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
Jaguar's "Copy nothing" rebrand is a dumpster fire. Critics say it abandons tradition, doesn’t even mention or show that car, and is not going to help them pivot to electric by 2026. https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/24300569/jaguar-rebrand-new-logo-ev

EmojiRain - a whimsical representation of emojis used on BlueSky: https://www.emojirain.lol
Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives. https://walzr.com/IMG_0001
Can you take a photo of us?
Animated Video for Let's Get It On performed by Marvin Gaye
I’m binge watching British etiquette coach William Hanson`s very British and tongue-in-cheek skits. Here’s one of my favorite ones, on how to eat a crème brûlée:
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