{"id":6968,"date":"2017-08-11T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2017-07-10T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T15:28:27","slug":"linked-the-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/08\/11\/linked-the-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;The Whale&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2694,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/500ish.com\\\/the-whale-38c3cfa2cc3e&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/medium.com\\\/m\\\/global-identity-2?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2F500ish.com%2Fthe-whale-38c3cfa2cc3e&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/500ish.com\/the-whale-38c3cfa2cc3e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via 500Ish<\/a> (a Medium Blog):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Most of the time, when you hear about a company the size of Amazon moving into a new space, eyes roll but heads don\u2019t. But when Amazon moves into your space, it\u2019s fucking terrifying. Because they execute.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I see Amazon now like Apple in 2003. If you are just now covering Amazon, you missed out. Amazon has been succeeding for a decade\u2026losing money but it was a long gamble and Bezos is delivering on these investment and they\u2019re going to make Investors millions of dollars over the next 25 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via 500Ish (a Medium Blog): Most of the time, when you hear about a company the size of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-08-11T15:25:17Z","apple_news_api_id":"effc9edd-a254-4dff-918d-a7b72e178773","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-08-11T15:25:19Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A7_ye3aJUTf-Rjae3LheHcw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Oo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4813,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/07\/24\/linked-the-story-of-my-20s-as-told-in-amazon-purchases\/","url_meta":{"origin":6968,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The Story of My 20s, as Told in Amazon Purchases&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gawker: I first started using Amazon when I was 22, in 2003. I don\u2019t have many specific memories from this awkward transition into adulthood; in a pre-Facebook world, it was much easier to forget life\u2019s little moments, especially the painful ones I had no interest in remembering. I\u2019ve been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Weird amazon gift","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3359\/3194623865_1c6dc5f044_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5643,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/29\/linked-the-epic-story-of-dropboxs-exodus-from-the-amazon-cloud-empire\/","url_meta":{"origin":6968,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The Epic Story of Dropbox\u2019s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Wired: Really great story about Dropbox\u2019s move to their own cloud. Great read.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5920,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/linked-amazon-web-services-in-plain-english\/","url_meta":{"origin":6968,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Amazon Web Services in Plain English&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via ExpeditedSSL: Hey, have you heard of the new AWS services: ContainerCache, ElastiCast and QR72? Of course not, I just made those up. But with 50 plus opaquely named services, we decided that enough was enough and that some plain english descriptions were needed. This is the reference that I\u2019ve\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7059,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/linked-amazon-jacked-up-prime-day-prices-misleading-consumers-says-vendor\/","url_meta":{"origin":6968,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Amazon jacked up Prime Day prices, misleading consumers, says vendor&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Fox Business: \u201cThey showed the product at $15.42 and then exed it out to put \u2018$9.99 for Amazon Prime Day.\u2019 And on the final day, the price was like $18.44. So, we put a support ticket in right away and I rallied some friends through social media to go\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7369,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/02\/22\/linked-postal-service-workers-are-shouldering-the-burden-for-amazon\/","url_meta":{"origin":6968,"position":4},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon | The Nation: Because the USPS guarantees universal service, its network of about 150 million addresses is far more extensive than that of private services like FedEx or UPS. Amazon takes advantage of this infrastructure and hires the USPS to perform what\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5446,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/02\/09\/linked-dominos-adds-amazon-echo-ordering-capability-in-time-for-big-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":6968,"position":5},"title":"Linked: Domino&#8217;s\u00ae Adds Amazon Echo Ordering Capability in Time for Big Game","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via PRNewsWire:\u00a0 \"The magic of ordering pizza without lifting a finger and just using your voice is now a reality with Alexa and Domino's,\" said Rob Pulciani, director, Amazon Alexa. \"We've made it easy for companies like Domino's to use the Alexa Skills Kit to create more natural, intuitive ways\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}