# handed (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover handed. Page: Feed: --- ## [why is everyone obsessed with colour now?](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/why-is-everyone-obsessed-with-colour) _2026-08-20 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ A reaction to a colourless era, geopolitical strain, and a fatigued customer ## [Time in a Capsule: The Longevity Aisle, the Honest Version](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/time-in-a-capsule-the-longevity-aisle) _2026-08-20 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ NAD, the injections in my fridge, the $300 Swiss jar, and the exact distance between the mouse studies and the price tags. This one is about what time actually costs. ## [The Woman Who Forgave Herself](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/the-woman-who-forgave-herself) _2026-08-19 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ On the trial that never ends until she ends it, and the lightness people mistake for luck. ## [The reasons to quit arrive first](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/the-reasons-to-quit-arrive-first) _2026-08-17 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ A couple weeks ago I was driving back from lunch on a Friday when something changed. I started feeling horrible. My stomach started churning. I got a fever. I tried to hold back my teeth from chattering because I was so cold during my afternoon meetings. I had an even bigger problem. I had been training all year for my sprint triathlon that was scheduled for 6AM on Saturday morning. As soon as my… ## [I tagged every look at Copenhagen SS27: colour is back, neutrals are out](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/copenhagen-ss27-colour-is-back-quiet-luxury) _2026-08-17 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ After years of quier luxury winning, the consumer is moving towards colour this next season, and I have the data to prove it ## [You Cannot Out-Serum a Broken Gut: The Gut-Skin Axis, the Honest Version](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/you-cannot-out-serum-a-broken-gut) _2026-08-13 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ The most expensive serum in the world can’t fix what an unhappy gut is doing to a face. What the microbiome actually does to your skin, which trendy fixes hold up, and what an ordinary week of eating for it looks like in my kitchen. ## [What Will You Draw on Your Family Canvas?](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/a-fathers-seven-line-letter-to-his-son-hj3d4) _2026-08-10 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ My daughter has a morning routine she loves. Chelsea, my wife, puts out a blank canvas on a small table for our kids every evening to prepare for the next morning to direct all the wonderful energy of our kids. My daughter races to the little art table. She loves art. She gets to work every morning with the courage to face the blank canvas and shares what’s in her heart and in her mind. In family… ## [The Woman Who Chooses Herself](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/the-woman-who-chooses-herself) _2026-08-09 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ On the most private election in the world, and the woman who wins it every morning. ## [This Week in Fashion Data #05/08: Chanel is the hottest brand, again](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/this-week-in-fashion-data-0508-chanel) _2026-08-05 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ Five shifts: Chanel holds #1 on the Lyst Index, luxury's "return" to growth, eBay buys Depop, AI shopping goes white-label, and Shein's IPO turns regulatory ## [The Last Hour: My Exact Evening Routine, and Why Sleep Is a Landing](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/the-last-hour-my-exact-evening-routine) _2026-08-05 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ The morning essay was the choreography. This is the descent. Every step from 7.30pm onward, the journal that rebuilt my sleep, and the reason you can’t fall asleep at eleven. ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1j4tKPYn2ChS) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Which July Trends Are Sticking Around (And the Ones Fading)](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/which-july-trends-are-sticking-around) _2026-08-03 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ Womenswear, menswear and beauty broken down by what the data says is real and what's already on its way out - July 2026 ## [A father's seven-line letter to his son](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/a-fathers-seven-line-letter-to-his-son) _2026-08-03 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ I was sharing with a group of family business CEOs recently how we Think In Centuries at Century. We all agreed on something: family business is a gift wrapped in suffering. We had some chuckles. The kind you laugh at because it's true. It's a gift when we remember the game we get to play, and that we get to choose what to optimize for. We don't have to play the game our competitors play. We're… ## [The Cortisol Essay: What Actually Lowers It, and What’s Just Being Sold to You](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/the-cortisol-essay-what-actually) _2026-07-29 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ The panic is mostly manufactured, the hormone isn’t your enemy, and most of what claims to fix it does nothing. What really moves the needle, what’s on my shelf, and what I’d skip. ## [I Tested Daydream to Build My Euro Summer Wardrobe (So You Don't Have To)](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/i-tested-daydream-to-build-my-euro) _2026-07-27 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ 8 Pieces for Your Summer Wardrobe, Data Approved. Here's exactly what I asked for, what came back, and whether it actually worked. ## [The room every business book is about](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/the-room-every-business-book-is-about) _2026-07-27 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ This is the room that needs no introduction. This is the room where the action happens. Operations is the field of play. It's where the magic happens, and where nearly all the attention in business resides. Most business books are written about this room in some fashion. A couple of my favorite authors: Gino Wickman, Jim Collins, Michael Gerber who write for the operations room. The world is… ## [So you want to break into fashion... well, don't (Do this instead)](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/so-you-want-to-break-into-fashion) _2026-07-23 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ Devil Wears Prada is real, and so is the part of fashion nobody talks about ## [The Anti-Aging That Actually Works](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/the-anti-aging-that-actually-works) _2026-07-22 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ The enormous amount that doesn’t, the luxury creams I stopped buying, and the single most powerful anti-aging intervention on earth, which happens to be free. This is the essay I’ve been building toward. ## [Shameless begging bowl stuff](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/07/20/shameless-begging-bowl-stuff/) _2026-07-20 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ The last time I did a personal fundraising appeal was several years ago. I m still fundraising for the same reason. Within a relatively short period of a few years both my parents suffered from and died from dementia, and so Continue reading ## [The room I couldn't remember (Board Room)](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/the-room-i-couldnt-remember-board-room) _2026-07-20 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ The summer before my sophomore year of college, my mom took me to JC Penney to buy my first big-boy suit. She found a screaming deal. Buy one, get one free. I picked the charcoal silver for my first board meeting. I was invited by my grandfather to sit in the corner and listen. A silent visitor. I remember the suit. I don't remember a single word that was said at the meeting. That was late May.… ## [This Week in Fashion Data #20/07](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/this-week-in-fashion-data-2007) _2026-07-20 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ Four shifts worth tracking this week: AI shopping's credibility problem, sheer going mainstream, softer menswear, and sport dressing's total takeover ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ILLi3T5sGKlv) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [You Are Not Behind](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/you-are-not-behind) _2026-07-19 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ On the schedule that was handed to you, the dream that kept your seat, and what happens the day you finally switch clocks. ## [The extent of the purely personal and household carve-out](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/07/18/the-extent-of-the-purely-personal-and-household-carve-out/) _2026-07-18 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ (Reposted from LinkedIn) In a judgment handed down on 17 July, Mrs Justice Hill ruled on a claim in harassment, breach of confidence, misuse of private information and data protection, arising out of disputes at the Yacht Club involving its Continue reading ## [Men Carry Bags Now, and Here's the Proof](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/men-carry-bags-now-and-heres-the) _2026-07-17 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ Search interest in men's handbags is up 637%, the World Cup was full of them, and the Menswear SS27 collections confirm it. This is all you need to know ## [The First Hour: My Exact Morning Routine, in the Order I Do Everything](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/the-first-hour-my-exact-morning-routine) _2026-07-15 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ The supplement cabinet was last week. That was the inventory. This is the choreography - every step from the second I open my eyes, why the order matters more than any single thing in it, and my honest verdict on all of it. ## [The Three Priorities That Quietly Divide Every Family Business](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/the-three-priorities-that-quietly-divide-every-family-business) _2026-07-13 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ The owner room is a difficult room to talk about. It's difficult because without a strong foundation of character, this room will crumble. I've seen two common themes from highly functioning legacy families over the past decade: Family members are equipped, empowered, and educated as shareholders (the family room prepared them for the owner room). The operations receive appropriate capital support… ## [My Entire Supplement Cabinet: What's Worth It, What's a Waste, and the $11 Bottle I Love Most](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/my-entire-supplement-cabinet-whats) _2026-07-09 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ All 21 of them, the real science behind each, the ones I'd never buy again, and the famous one I threw in the trash. ## [My three year old handed me a cup of dirty water](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/my-three-year-old-handed-me-a-cup-of-dirty-water) _2026-07-06 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ “I’m a maker, Dada.” My three year old proceeds to dip a dirty cup into a dirty bucket of water on the driveway for me to drink. I pretend to drink it. At the end of the day, I think we want our children to be makers. To be creators. To leave things a little bit better. Produce more than consume. When we zoom out on life, I don’t think we’re going to care about the acquisition, the revenue growth,… ## [I Analysed Every Look From Menswear SS27: Here Are The Trends Sticking Around](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/i-analysed-every-look-from-menswear) _2026-07-05 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ The key trends, the colours, and the categories actually moving, whether you work in fashion or just can't stop thinking about it. ## [Nobody Is Coming to Save You](https://itspaulinacee.substack.com/p/nobody-is-coming-to-save-you) _2026-07-04 · Paulina Cee · Paulina Cee_ The sentence that sounds like abandonment, and how it gave me everything I have. ## [I'm A Fashion Data Analyst, But Still Can’t Get Dressed](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/i-make-my-living-studying-trends) _2026-06-30 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ The data behind decision fatigue, and the decision that got me dressed for Milan Fashion Week and a wedding back to back ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/scTpkQTQjHQG) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [The four-room floor plan that lets family business beat private equity](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/the-four-room-floor-plan-that-lets-family-business-beat-private-equity) _2026-06-29 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ “Stop jumping on the sofa!” “No eating in the living room!” “Do not draw on the walls!” I keep trying to remind myself of one thing. Assume everything in our home is already broken. (we’re in the toddler years right now…) I keep trying to think: the couches are already stained with food. The walls already have marker on them. With young kids, keeping the house in order is a losing fight, and I've… ## [Initially maybe – a subtle but important change to PECR enforcement?](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/06/25/initially-maybe-a-subtle-but-important-change-to-pecr-enforcement/) _2026-06-25 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ Direct electronic marketing law (the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR)) provides limited exceptions to the duty only to send unsolicited direct marketing to individual subscribers when those recipients have consented. Those exceptions are in regulation 22(3), Continue reading ## [Something rotten in the state of Wilmslow](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/06/23/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-wilmslow/) _2026-06-23 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ I realise that I’ve written reams on LinkedIn, but nothing here, to reflect the ignominious departure of Information Commissioner, John Edwards. This is cobbled together from those posts. Very early on the morning of 19 June, Information Commissioner John Edwards Continue reading ## [I Counted More Wired Earbuds Than AirPods On The Street. The Data Agrees.](https://thedatafashionbrief.substack.com/p/i-counted-more-wired-earbuds-than) _2026-06-23 · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF · THE DATA FASHION BRIEF_ I analysed why everyone suddenly has a cord hanging out of their pocket again. Sound quality has nothing to do with it. ## [The night Jay Williams chose his number](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/the-night-jay-williams-chose-his-number) _2026-06-22 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ A couple of weeks ago I sat down to lunch and realized my favorite college basketball player of all time was sitting next to me. Jay Williams. Duke. Coach K's point guard. After lunch he shared his thoughts on leadership right here. Of all the gems Jay shared, one stuck. It wasn't about a game. It was about his father. Before Jay ever played a game at Duke, he sat in an empty Cameron Indoor… ## [Information Commissioner John Edwards resigns](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/06/19/information-commissioner-john-edwards-resigns/) _2026-06-19 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ Many will be aware that there has been a recent independent workplace investigation into the conduct of John Edwards, Information Commissioner. A few days after news was announced that the initial investigation had revealed he had a case to answer Continue reading ## [I got a gift I wasn't supposed to see yet](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/i-got-a-gift-i-wasnt-supposed-to-see-yet) _2026-06-15 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ My wife couldn’t resist. I’m so glad she didn’t wait. My daughter dictated her very first story, word by word, so it could be written down and saved and handed to me wrapped on Sunday. Then my wife saw me after the kids were asleep and the dishes were put away and caved. “You have to see this.” I am the biased father that got a sneak peak and I am struck by not just the cuteness but the lesson… ## [The monkey only had to open its hand](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/the-monkey-only-had-to-open-its-hand) _2026-06-08 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ I recently had one of Century’s leadership teams give me an “SSC.” (Start, Stop, Continue) (It’s a great exercise to hopefully make everyone feel safe enough to bring up real issues and provide direct feedback to get better. Real feedback is a gift.) One of the findings that came out to me is that I like being comfortable. If I'm being honest, my favorite meetings are the ones where I'm… ## [If it grows like a weed, it probably is a weed](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/if-it-grows-like-a-weed-it-probably-is-a-weed) _2026-06-01 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ I had lunch last week with the CEO of a great bank. Mid-conversation, between bites, he said something that has not left me: "If it grows like a weed, it probably is a weed." Wall Street worships growth. The narrative bleeds onto Main Street. The faster, the better. Unicorns are the gold standard. But Main Street has a different option. Durability. We don't need supersonic speed. Nature suggests… ## [Extra time for DSARs](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/05/29/extra-time-for-dsars/) _2026-05-29 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ How Scotland s men s football team s performance has potentially afforded data controllers all across the UK (and wider) an extra day to comply with some data subject access requests. By me, on the Mishcon de Reya website https://www.mishcon.com/news/dsar-time-limits-and-an-extra-bank-holiday ## [Hard Pass.](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/hard-pass) _2026-05-25 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ My grandfather, “G-Dad,” wrote me a letter when I turned 16. A gentle invitation to spend the summer working in the family business. My response: Hard pass. I loved hoops. Nothing else. The summer was all about basketball. There was no follow-up. No second letter. No nudge from my parents on his behalf. G-Dad let time pass. He knew that pushing would have ended it before it began. Years later,… ## [Marc Andreessen's dangerous advice](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/marc-andreessens-dangerous-advice) _2026-05-18 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ I was driving the other day with David Senra in my ear when he asked Marc Andreessen, one of the most successful venture capitalists alive, about his relationship with introspection. Andreessen's answer stopped me at a red light. "Yes. Zero. As little as possible." Zero introspection. If you and I ran our family businesses that way, we'd break them in months. Maybe weeks. Timeless Truth: Complex… ## [Anonymity application in databreach proceedings fails](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/05/14/anonymity-application-in-databreach-proceedings-fails/) _2026-05-14 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ Rather unsurprisingly, a rather surprising application, in databreach proceedings, for anonymity for all 2502 claimants has been dismissed by the High Court. In Secake Ors v Shared Services Connected Ltd (Rev1) \[2026\] EWHC 1022 (KB), Mr Justice Saini was Continue reading ## [My daughter asked the only question that matters](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/my-daughter-asked-the-only-question-that-matters) _2026-05-11 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ It was a scary night. Rain that didn't stop. (Literally flooded the basement.) Thunder that rattled the windows. Lightning every few seconds. Wind that bent the trees sideways. The next morning, I opened my daughter's blinds. She walked to the window and froze. Then she turned back to me, eyes wide. "Oh no." "Why did God knock down the tree?" The big one across the road. Gone. A classic Dad… ## [Give Them DUPLOs, Not LEGOs](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/give-them-duplos-not-legos) _2026-05-04 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ Sunday afternoon in my daughter’s room. She is three kneeling in front of a DUPLO tower almost as tall as her. Wobbling, eyes locked, and building something as tall as her. She was building this tower over and over full of laughter and squeals of joy. If I had handed her LEGOs this Sunday afternoon she would have been full of frustration and tears. Not because she isn’t capable. Because the pieces… ## [Does the family work for the business, or the business for the family?](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/does-the-family-work-for-the-business) _2026-04-27 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ I was across the table from someone I’d trusted as an advisor. I’d come with a real question about the business. His answer was the kind of thing that makes you smile, nod, and then sit in your car for ten minutes afterward wondering if you heard him right. The gist of it: optimize the family’s take. I was kind of shocked that the advisor was so off the mark. But then I realized a family business… ## [Open Justice and the Information Tribunal](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/04/23/open-justice-and-the-information-tribunal/) _2026-04-23 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ We need to talk about open justice in the Information Rights jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal. The Tribunal has just handed down a decision rejecting an appeal by the National Archives against a decision by the Information Commissioner s Office that Continue reading ## [“Consent” must be assessed objectively, says Court of Appeal](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/04/22/consent-must-be-assessed-objectively-says-court-of-appeal/) _2026-04-22 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ The Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment (RTM v Bonne Terre Ltd Anor \[2026\] EWCA Civ 488) on the meaning of “consent” in the context of data protection and ePrivacy law, and overturned what had been Continue reading ## [JR of Met’s Live Facial Recognition Policy dismissed](https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2026/04/22/jr-of-mets-live-facial-recognition-policy-dismissed/) _2026-04-22 · Jon Baines · informationrightsandwrongs_ In Thompson Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis \[2026\] EWHC 915 (Admin) the Divisional Court has roundly dismissed an application for judicial review of the Met Police’s “Overt LFR Policy Document” for Continue reading ## [How Tyranny Takes Hold](https://www.matthewpowell.com/blog/how-tyranny-takes-hold) _2026-04-20 · Matthew Powell · Blog - Matthew Powell_ I've always wondered: How did Hitler rise to power? There's a lesson for us in family business in this horrendous rise — one that did not represent the spirit of the German people. After WWI, Germany was struggling. Long breadlines. Exploding unemployment. The Allied powers imposed crushing economic sanctions and installed an unfamiliar democratic government — the Weimar Republic — via the Treaty…