Alex Fala

@markmacleod_ 100%! I often went completely analog and scribbled notes in my notebook, then took photos and emailed them when I landed.

I am most productive on planes with no wifi. Back when I was a VC and banker, I would go to San Francisco regularly. The team always knew when I landed because their inboxes would blow up. I am not the type to watch movies on a plane. That is zen, focus time for me. Often I would have bloodshot eyes getting off those flights because I was so focused. Wifi is commonplace on planes now, but there is something to be said about not being interrupted and not being able to go online. It's made me think about how to replicate this focus without racking up more travel. I am experimenting now with doing big blocks of focus work on my iPad and away from my desk. And with no wifi. For creative, deep thinking kinds of work, deep-thinkingI find these constraints bring more focus.

@Sonos I don’t want new features. I want it to respond immediately like it used to, and like every other app on my phone does. A 2 minute delay on loading a track is unacceptable

Keep an eye out for an app update coming next week which incorporates more of your top requested features. Thank you again for your patience as we strive to improve your Sonos experience. bit.ly/4byNbou

Lots of gold in this thread from one of the good guys…

@mikebaukes It’s always a village uso, but accept your flowers and keep being awesome!

@ajfala Thanks uso, certainly an honor, a lot of people helped get us to this point :)

Upguard co-founder and CEO @mikebaukes, son of Samoa! Malo lava le galue uso!

@Kellblog Super helpful for those of us who started our careers in professional services, one of the few contexts in which ‘pacesetting’ works. Was transformational reading for me in 2008, fresh out of McKinsey.

Not exactly a breaking insight, but a good reminder

@ChrisHeaslip I think it started well before COVID. Culture clearly shifted from priority on customers to priority on near term profitability - and delivered what was intended tbf. COVID exacerbated issue.

Unpopular take: Air New Zealand has gone down hill massively since Covid. Agree/Disagree?

@JemTraylen @MBIEgovtnz Follow up question @JemTraylen : I’d be interested in more insight on the underlying drivers. Many would seem to be more driven by the ambition, complexity, and efficiency of govt programs rather than population. Eg more people doesn’t require more policy analysts does it?

@JemTraylen @MBIEgovtnz Excellent work creating transparency on this, allowing us all to make more informed judgment. Thank you @JemTraylen

A lot of the smaller agencies such as MfE more than doubled in size, but among the top 10 in headcount, the clear winner is @MBIEgovtnz which has 87% more FTEs than it did 6 years ago. I'm reserving judgement as to whether that's good or bad: these are just the raw numbers 🤔🤔🤔

@markmacleod_ I switched to green tea + citrus first think in the morning. Feels lighter and more clear headed. Still enjoy a coffee but it’s not a dependency to jumpstart the day.

I have been quietly encouraging my CEOs to quit caffeine. I did that last year and found my energy to much more consistent

@ChrisKeall “Worry is a wasted emotion” Steve Hansen

Are you panicking?

@holasammy Something for the whole family! I am impressed

@ajfala Mate just returned Glengarry Glen Ross - you can rent it tmrw. tenor.com/35ur.gif

My new favourite thing about living in Auckland: I’ve discovered a dvd rental store. I know what you’re thinking. They also sell second-hand dvd players! Browsing titles on shelves feels sooo good 💆‍♀️ Never going back to the doom scroll. maps.app.goo.gl/gD8LvZ8usgDPU1…

@benkepes @otter_ai Used it for a bit but then Teams transcription got better. Have you compared?

Been playing with @otter_ai after singing up when it first launched but then leaving it for a few years. It's come ahead in leaps and bounds ..

@MercuryNZ can you please explain how my power consumption has supposedly tripled in an apartment that has been empty for 2 months?Tweeting because your customer service doesn’t seem to care. Incident 230728-000412.

@traskjd “Starting” one is a high bar. If you can do it, great. If you can’t, contribute your talent and energy to one that somebody else started.

If you *really* want to help NZ be economically better off, start an exporting business.

@EricCrampton @NZGreens It’s a pretty important part of the overall policy IMO, esp as it was positioned as necessary to prevent avoiding the wealth tax

@ajfala @NZGreens Not sure the Greens ever gave a number they figured would be hit by the trust tax.; thought the 0.7% was meant to be the wealth tax alone.

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@EricCrampton @NZGreens And it still doesn’t include the trust tax that applies from the first dollar! Estimated 300-500k trusts in NZ. Reasonable people can disagree about policy but let’s start with the correct facts…

@NZGreens Also, these numbers are from 2021. If wealth has gone up since then, numbers for 2023 would be higher.

@M_W_Palmer Have done NZ-London with hand luggage only many times!!

Sorry, who on earth is flying from London to Singapore with hand baggage only?

@johnhenderson @chompereth Way past midday 🤦🏽‍♂️

@chompereth Sheesh - I'm getting it on both ends. "Past midday" fouls in Australia, "31 March" fouls in the US!

Happy 1st of April, everyone, and hello to all my new followers! I'm afraid you've joined under false pretences. That said, if you stick around I'll promise tree-related Australian VC content moving forward nonetheless 😀