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Pitching the VC partnership The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during...
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The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during their weekly monday meeting.  This is…
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Work Hard
over a year ago
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🛳️ Cruise hustles
4 months ago
Working Theorys
The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11 On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
a year ago
David Perell
Li Jin: Creating the Creator Economy My guest today is Li Jin, the founder and managing partner at an early-stage venture capital...
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My guest today is Li Jin, the founder and managing partner at an early-stage venture capital firm called Atelier. Before recording this introduction, I didn’t know what an atelier was, so I looked it up and it’s right on brand for Li: it’s defined as a workshop or a studio,...
Essays - Benedict...
Back to the trend line? The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend...
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over a year ago
The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend line, and which penetration?
Paul Graham: Essays
Schlep Blindness
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Bangladesh has millions of e-rickshaws. They’re finally becoming legal Bangladesh’s EV industry will likely grow now, and drivers no longer have to worry about being fined...
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Bangladesh’s EV industry will likely grow now, and drivers no longer have to worry about being fined or having their vehicles impounded.
Inverted Passion
Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing....
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a year ago
As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing. However, it’s essential to understand that money is not wealth. Wealth is stuff we want and by that logic, people can be wealthy even if they don’t have a lot of money. In fact,...
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Some thoughts on mobile People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people...
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over a year ago
People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people who run internet companies and they’ll…
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I wrote a book: Read Write Own I wrote a book: Read Write Own I believe blockchains and the software movement around them –...
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a year ago
I wrote a book: Read Write Own I believe blockchains and the software movement around them – typically called crypto or web3 – provide the…
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Why African tech companies are ditching Google for a small Indian competitor Zoho has positioned itself as a cheaper alternative to Google and Microsoft, attracting the...
8 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
Why I love Bluey (and hate Cocomelon) These are the two most-streamed children's shows. And Joe Brumm's personal touch for Bluey trumps...
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These are the two most-streamed children's shows. And Joe Brumm's personal touch for Bluey trumps Cocomelon's engagement-hacking approach.
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App store shenanigans I’ve downloaded and tested a few hundred iPhone and iPad apps.  One thing that I’ve noticed is that...
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over a year ago
I’ve downloaded and tested a few hundred iPhone and iPad apps.  One thing that I’ve noticed is that many of the top rated and ranked apps…
Rest of World -...
Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided...
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Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
Noahpinion
How technology has changed the world since I was young A bit of future shock.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The Power of the Marginal
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The Equity Equation
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Chinese streaming platforms and chill? In Southeast Asia, Netflix has competition from Baidu's iQiyi and Tencent's WeTV
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Relentlessly Resourceful
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The startup founder bootstrapping his creator economy business Douglas Kendyson, a former engineer at Flutterwave and Paystack, has built a profitable bootstrapped...
10 months ago
Data Boutique
How to Price Web Scraped Data 5 Factors that Drive Data Pricing
a year ago
Data Boutique
Generic data marketplaces are broken Misaligned interests and lack of value are the cause
a year ago
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Incumbents die due to irrelevance or ineptitude Judging from the tech press, you’d think the biggest risk to successful companies is competition....
over a year ago
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Judging from the tech press, you’d think the biggest risk to successful companies is competition. But when you examine the history of…
Data Boutique
What's New on Data Boutique Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
11 months ago
Stephen Diehl
Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 1 (Module Systems)
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
YouTube: The Learning Machine Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of...
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Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of sports footage on the platform helps to explain why.
Rest of World -...
South Africans are using a power outage notification app to sell weed, find odd jobs With blackouts devastating the country’s economy, EskomSePush’s AskMyStreet feature has become a...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub New data shows a rising tide of coders in Bangladesh and Nigeria.
10 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
I can't believe this needs to be said. I can't believe this needs to be said, but no - the reason Disney's movies have bombed lately is...
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11 months ago
I can't believe this needs to be said, but no - the reason Disney's movies have bombed lately is not because they aren't advertising on Birdchan. There are a plethora of reasons behind their recent box office failures. But they have nothing to do with diminishing...
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Competition is overrated Your #1 competitor starting out will always be the BACK button, nothing else. – Garry Tan Suppose...
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Your #1 competitor starting out will always be the BACK button, nothing else. – Garry Tan Suppose you have an idea for a startup, and then…
Rest of World -...
The secret to becoming the world’s biggest digital bank: A user-friendly app From quick credit to digital banking, Nubank bet on an easy app experience to stand out to users and...
a year ago
Steve Blank
Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large company – Action Plan for A New CTO This post previously appeared in Fast Company. How does a newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO)...
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This post previously appeared in Fast Company. How does a newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) find and grow the islands of innovation inside a large company? How not to waste your first six months as a new CTO thinking you’re making progress when the status quo is working...
Internal Tech Emails
Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to...
over a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#35) Chinese defense spending, activists vs. normies, corporate diversity, phones in schools,
7 months ago
Roberto Vitillo's...
Why you should measure tail latencies The response times of your service can cost you dearly if left unchecked. Even when a small fraction...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The response times of your service can cost you dearly if left unchecked. Even when a small fraction of requests experiences extreme…
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Be an Expert in a Changing World
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Two eras of the internet: pull and push The evolution of the internet is an extremely complex topic. Sometimes it is helpful to find broad...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The evolution of the internet is an extremely complex topic. Sometimes it is helpful to find broad patterns that make it easier to…
Paul Graham: Essays
Better Bayesian Filtering
over a year ago
Working Theorys
Weekend Theorys No. 4 Time to lameness, netizens vs. citizens, and OpenAI scaring creative people (again)
10 months ago
Aaron's Essays
Things that aren't progress A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to...
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over a year ago
A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to founders doing these things, I started thinking about why they were happening. I realized that the behaviors were largely a function of bad goal setting. When founders choose bad...
essay – snarfed.org
Blockchain’s real world problem A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised...
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over a year ago
A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised to “fix” fine art. Not sure if that painting is real? Can’t find out who owns it, or where they got it? Worried that the gallery you’re emailing is a scammer? Worry no more!...
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"Natural languages are adequate, but that doesn't mean they're optimal" Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with…
Noahpinion
Chinasplaining will backfire A review of "China's World View", by David Daokui Li
9 months ago
Rest of World -...
Building a food delivery app in the internet shutdown capital of the world Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed...
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Jammu and Kashmir’s Gatoes was founded in 2020 in the middle of a months-long government-imposed internet restriction. It is now expanding in north India.
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Old VC firms: get ready to be disrupted If the U.S. economy were a company, the VC industry would be the R&D department. The financing for...
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If the U.S. economy were a company, the VC industry would be the R&D department. The financing for the VC industry comes from so-called LPs…
Platformer
The regulators come for OpenAI From data privacy to defamation, officials have questions
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Hiring is Obsolete
over a year ago
essay – snarfed.org
Content negotiation considered harmful Matilda, 1996 Content negotiation is a feature of HTTP that lets clients ask for, and servers...
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Matilda, 1996 Content negotiation is a feature of HTTP that lets clients ask for, and servers return, different content types based on the request’s Accept header. Sounds great, right? Well, no. Content negotiation is the classic example of an idea that sounds good in theory, but...
Rest of World -...
In-home beauty service in Pakistan: the woman sweet-talking tough clients Though gig work gives respite from the grind of working in a salon, choosy clients make a...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The exclusive network behind India’s global tech success How IIT school degrees became a fast track to tech royalty.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Biden did stuff, and it looks like it's working so far Only one President has taken actual concrete steps to address U.S. industrial weakness vis-a-vis...
3 months ago
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Some thoughts on incumbents Reposted from Oct 7, 2010 from cdixon.posterous.com By “incumbents” I mean the big companies that...
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over a year ago
Reposted from Oct 7, 2010 from cdixon.posterous.com By “incumbents” I mean the big companies that are loosely competitive to your startup…
Aaron's Essays
Abundant Capital The venture capital industry was built on the premise that both capital and high quality companies...
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The venture capital industry was built on the premise that both capital and high quality companies are scarce. For most of the history of the industry, this has been true. I remember sitting at demo day in 2011 and marveling at the fact that the combined capital of all the VCs in...
Unpacked
Tech's Pledge To Fight AI Election Interference & Twillio’s woes with Segment | EP 6 Last week, 20 tech companies across Big Tech, social networks and AI providers signed a voluntary...
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Last week, 20 tech companies across Big Tech, social networks and AI providers signed a voluntary pledge to fight election interference from AI-generated content going through 2024. We dive into the timing of the announcement (2024 is a big election year across the globe), some...
Tech + Economics +...
I hate work. The piercing sound of my alarm shatters the stillness of my room at the ungodly hour of 5 AM, and...
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a year ago
The piercing sound of my alarm shatters the stillness of my room at the ungodly hour of 5 AM, and I reluctantly drag myself out of bed. It’s the same daily grind, a routine I’ve been stuck in for years, first as a sound engineer, then as a tech exec, and now as an indie...
Noahpinion
Hispanics as the new Irish A historical analogy to help us understand the present moment.
11 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Ideal first round funding terms My last 2 posts were about things to avoid, so I thought it might be helpful to follow up with...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My last 2 posts were about things to avoid, so I thought it might be helpful to follow up with something more positive.  Having been part of…
Paul Graham: Essays
What Happened to Yahoo
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
How China took over the world’s online shopping carts Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein, Temu, and TikTok Shop are going global with big ambitions.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The obscure social media app beloved by China’s tech scene Jike might be the most important social network in Chinese tech.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Ten million users is the new one million users Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few...
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over a year ago
Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few years. But there are signs this is ending…
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Blogging to learn People blog for all sorts of reasons. For me, it is mostly about learning. This wasn’t my original...
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over a year ago
People blog for all sorts of reasons. For me, it is mostly about learning. This wasn’t my original intention – it evolved over time. Now I…
Inverted Passion
Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to...
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The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to big tech companies. This is how it works: This loop has two sinister effects: All this to make the richest companies and their shareholders even richer. This is why we must refuse to...
Rest of World -...
Why are Apple and Tesla losing ground in China? The Chinese market isn’t quite as untapped as U.S. companies thought.
9 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
How we turned into assholes The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a...
a year ago
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a year ago
The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a cross-generational digital nation of assholes? We dreamed of a global, decentralized network spreading information, enabling communication, and connecting humanity. But somewhere...
David Perell
People Don’t Actually Read People don’t read as much as they say they do. This trend is accelerating too. I’m in a friend group...
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over a year ago
People don’t read as much as they say they do. This trend is accelerating too. I’m in a friend group of intellectually curious people, and just about everybody says they’re reading fewer books than they used to. But at the risk of sounding like your 5th grade English teacher,...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#22) Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning, immigrants and jobs, and a world at war
Steve Blank
The Semiconductor Ecosystem – Explained The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS...
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The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act, our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC, China, etc. But despite all this talk about chips and semiconductors, few understand how the industry is structured. I’ve found the best way to...
Blog posts of...
🙏 Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me...
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Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me along the way. I tried to summariz...
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Sam Altman’s India comments spark a heated backlash The OpenAI CEO’s dismissal of an Indian competitor launched a debate over the country’s tech...
a year ago
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Founder/market fit An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen calls…
AVC
Software That You Can’t Shut Down The term “censorship resistant” is used a lot in the decentralized computing/web3/crypto space to...
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The term “censorship resistant” is used a lot in the decentralized computing/web3/crypto space to talk about a core feature of these systems. I don’t love the term censorship resistant because it is a wonky term. Software that is encoded in smart contracts (and other ways) on...
SatPost by Trung...
Gordon Ramsay's Apprenticeship The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high...
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The iconic chef said a top-tier mentor (Marco Pierre-White) taught him the value of learning high standards and how to take the reins.
Platformer
Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback EXCLUSIVE: Meet Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text
a year ago
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South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch’s sudden exit The streaming giant attributed its departure to high network fees.
9 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Growth curves of startups Pick whatever metric you want for gauging the success of a particular startup: profits, revenues,...
over a year ago
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Pick whatever metric you want for gauging the success of a particular startup: profits, revenues, pageviews, etc. A graph I’d love to see is…
AVC
Art On The Wall I’ve written about this topic a bunch over the years. It is something I’ve been interested in for...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve written about this topic a bunch over the years. It is something I’ve been interested in for quite a while. Our homes are filled with big hunks of plastic hanging on the wall that are off most of the time. They look like this: Now that’s a lovely scene. Some nice plants. A...
Tom Blomfield
When to join a startup Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to...
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Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to join startups. It seemed to start around the time the Social Network movie came out - perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but part of me imagines a group of MBAs sitting around watching...
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Forget Quibi. Chinese streamers are hooking Americans with werewolf love triangles Billionaire werewolf love triangles, that is.
a year ago
David Perell
Imitate, then Innovate Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more...
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Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more we imitate others, the faster we can discover our unique style. The post Imitate, then Innovate appeared first on David Perell.
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Dividing equity between founders A friend asked me recently if I knew of any good guidelines for dividing up equity between founders,...
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over a year ago
A friend asked me recently if I knew of any good guidelines for dividing up equity between founders, and specifically what to do in the case…
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Desperate taxi drivers in Argentina are finally joining Uber Amid the country’s economic turmoil, thousands of cabbies turn to the Uber Taxi function to make...
a year ago
Noahpinion
What the Solow Model can teach us about China Economists knew back in the 1950s that a country can't build its way to infinite wealth.
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
The Science and History of the iPhone Screen In 2007, one conversation convinced Steve Jobs to pick Corning and Gorilla Glass for the iPhone.
a year ago
Noahpinion
The danger of another American civil war is low Re-upping some arguments I've made before.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The AI startup outperforming Google Translate in Ethiopian languages "Chatbots like ChatGPT are utterly broken or useless for these languages."
a year ago
Inverted Passion
How to increase wealth for everyone I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate prosperity. The author is nuanced and uses data and logic to show how we should be rooting for capitalism (instead of bringing it down). Income and wealth inequality created as a...
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Building products from improvised user behaviors For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared...
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For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared photos taken on old cameras that had…
Noahpinion
Harris has the right idea on housing It has to be managed as both a consumer good and as an asset class.
4 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex,...
10 months ago
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Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex, Amazon, Apple, or even a startup.
Unpacked
Highlights: First Quarter of Unpacked Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things...
a year ago
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a year ago
Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things continue. This post is a bird’s eye view of the seventeen articles published on Unpacked in the past quarter.
David Perell
The Book You Need to Read There is an epidemic of people who bash Christianity but haven’t read the Bible. No matter where you...
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over a year ago
There is an epidemic of people who bash Christianity but haven’t read the Bible. No matter where you stand on religion, if you don’t know what the Bible actually says, it’s time to change that.   The post The Book You Need to Read appeared first on David Perell.
Dustin Curtis
It is link winter on X We do not know how, why, or when the X algorithm devalues posts with links, but it does—without...
2 weeks ago
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We do not know how, why, or when the X algorithm devalues posts with links, but it does—without telling you, and by a lot—and it makes the experience there worse. Without links, information on X is headlines without stories, commentary without context, magic without the...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#26) The U.S. economy, U.S. energy, Millennial wealth, medical administrators, and standardized tests
11 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Apple and the TV industry The TV industry is a major segment of the consumer electronics industry and Apple is the leading...
over a year ago
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The TV industry is a major segment of the consumer electronics industry and Apple is the leading consumer electronics company in the world…
Rest of World -...
The Indian EV startup navigating short-lived government subsidies Prashant Vashishtha is the founder and chairman of Sokudo Electric India.
5 months ago
Rest of World -...
What the AI boom is getting wrong (and right), according to Hugging Face’s policy chief Irene Solaiman on tackling racial bias, language equity, consent, and why there are so many AI...
6 months ago
Stephen Diehl
The Haskell Elephant in the Room
over a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Will of the Masses edition (#55) Abandoning X; Drone world; Asian voters' rightward shift; China and the Global South; Polycrisis;...
6 days ago
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6 days ago
Abandoning X; Drone world; Asian voters' rightward shift; China and the Global South; Polycrisis; Illegal immigration's fiscal impact; Iranian power
Folklore.org:...
He's Only in Field Service The SCC gets designed into the Mac
a year ago
Working Theorys
Rabbitholes as Portals Fall down the right ones
9 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
Jensen Huang, Dario Amodei and Manufacturing Intelligence at Scale PLUS: SpaceX's Starship miracle, Taco Bell's franchise model.
2 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Strong and weak technologies During a media tour in 2007 in which Steve Jobs showed the device to reporters, there was one...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
During a media tour in 2007 in which Steve Jobs showed the device to reporters, there was one instance in which a journalist criticized the…
Rest of World -...
To connect disparate tech scenes, Brazil, Mozambique, and Angola show language is a great unifier As Africa and Latin America form closer links between their tech scenes, similar challenges,...
a year ago
Platformer
How Google taught AI to doubt itself Can you stop chatbots from making stuff up using search?
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"Bitcoin is the currency the internet deserves and needs" George Gilder discusses the importance of Bitcoin in a very interesting interview: To have a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
George Gilder discusses the importance of Bitcoin in a very interesting interview: To have a civilization you need more than just bits and…
Rest of World -...
How Bangladesh’s tech industry navigated an unprecedented political crisis July’s internet blackout and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sudden exit is estimated to have cost...
3 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
See Randomness
over a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Goodbye YC I sent this email to the whole team at YC yesterday: When I joined YC 7.5 years ago, there weren’t...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I sent this email to the whole team at YC yesterday: When I joined YC 7.5 years ago, there weren’t many people around. PG and Jessica were still running things. We had offices in Mountain View, Palo Alto, and on Kearny street, but they were nearly always empty. The only meeting...
The Thinking Cap
Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The secret ingredient to hustle culture: A virtual assistant in the Philippines How the office grind is being outsourced from Silicon Valley to Manila.
a year ago
Inverted Passion
Notes on how Facebook ads work I was studying Facebook ads system for Nintee, made some notes that you might find useful. Resources...
a year ago
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I was studying Facebook ads system for Nintee, made some notes that you might find useful. Resources Facebook Doesn’t Make as Much Money as It Could—On Purpose How to Save Millions With Marketability Testing Facebook Bid Strategies The post Notes on how Facebook ads work appeared...
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Lessons from the PC video game industry The future of media is here — it’s just not evenly distributed The success or failure of tech and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The future of media is here — it’s just not evenly distributed The success or failure of tech and media products depends on complicated…
SatPost by Trung...
Jim Simons and the Making of Renaissance Technologies The philosophy and lessons behind "a moneymaking machine like no other" (with a cumulative trading...
7 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Capitalism just like Adam Smith pictured it From far away, things that are very different look alike. I grew up in a family of musicians and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
From far away, things that are very different look alike. I grew up in a family of musicians and English professors. To them, the entire…
Rest of World -...
Domestic work in Vietnam: The 5-star butler who naps on the steps She cooks, cleans, and has a key. But she also naps in stairwells and eats in hallways.
a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
The FTC versus tech M&A The US is fundamentally rethinking its approach to regulating competition, and M&A, and tech, and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The US is fundamentally rethinking its approach to regulating competition, and M&A, and tech, and big tech buying startups. The FTC’s attempt to block Meta from buying Within is a test case for all of this. So, how many interesting problems can we count?
Tech + Economics +...
Stop treating human beings like NPCs. Technology has made it stupidly easy to avoid real human interaction. Our eyes are glued to our...
11 months ago
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The Indian government mandates companies to get a license if they want to import laptops, tablets, and PCs. Experts call it “protectionism.”
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As a transgender woman, under any form of populist theocracy, my existence would be illegal. This is the reality of governance by faith-based doctrine. And it's a reality that cannot be allowed to spread. Religious freedom is a cornerstone of liberal democracy. Individuals...
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You messaged your doctor on WhatsApp. Should that be billed? Medical practitioners in Latin America say WhatsApp can be a lifesaving tool — and a costly time...
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First let me say I love Google.  I think Google created one of the greatest inventions of the past century and continues to give back much…
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Not voting as a form of protest Sometime at the end of last year, I wondered about what it would look like to have a mass-organized...
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It’s never goodbye in South Asia South Asians don’t like to say goodbye — instead, across the many languages we speak in the region,...
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South Asians don’t like to say goodbye — instead, across the many languages we speak in the region, we prefer versions of the phrase “see you again."
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The AI job interviewer will see you now AI interview services say they’re eliminating bias — but not everyone agrees.
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Size markets using narratives, not numbers Anyone who has pitched VCs knows they are obsessed with market size.  If you can’t make the case...
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How Microsoft and the UAE got caught in the crossfire of the U.S.-China tech war Geopolitical tensions have ensnared Microsoft’s deal for AI company G42.
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The world’s largest anime streaming service is opening its second local office, working with Bollywood stars, and adding dozens of shows per quarter.
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ChatGPT is now running inside Snapchat, Notion, and other apps. Will it give them a sustaining advantage — or just line OpenAI's pockets?
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Dixit / Marie Cardouat The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big fedi? Or a small fedi? Are instances just nodes? Or networked communities? Which Camp of Mastodon are we in? How far should our replies travel? How about our blog posts and Bluesky...
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The idea maze The pop culture view of startups is that they’re all about coming up with a great product idea....
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A massive misallocation of online advertising dollars In an earlier blog post, I talked about how sites that generate purchasing intent (mainly “content”...
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Nothing Human
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Software eats software development Software is eating the world, and doing so using smaller and smaller teams. WhatsApp was able to...
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Software is eating the world, and doing so using smaller and smaller teams. WhatsApp was able to disrupt the global SMS industry with only a…
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A recent conversation on Twitter with a colleague has reminded of this dilemma that we faced in our early days of launching my SaaS. You see, In 25 years of consulting to small businesses, I had learned that business owners and managers were faced with the challenge of recording...
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Maybe… This anxiety isn’t anxiety it’s just your raw excitement that you are misunderstanding. This creeping imposter syndrome jus...
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The political power of an unlikely Tesla factory How Elon Musk plays politicians from Monterrey to Buffalo.
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The Vision Pro is amazing, but like the rest of VR and AR, Apple seems years away from the mass market. And if it gets there, how much will it matter?
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Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the demarcation problem: in the general case, there’s no shortcut to determining objective truth. It’s similar to the halting problem in computer science: if we want to know whether a...
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Turn it up: Rest of World’s 2023 global party playlist Impress your friends by queuing up these chart-topping pop songs from the countries we cover.
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We asked for flying cars and all we got was the entire planet communicating instantly via pocket... Benedict Evans has a new presentation about the explosive growth of internet-connected smartphones....
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The viral AI portrait app sweeping across China Miaoya, which means "fabulous duck" in Chinese, charges users $1.40 to generate AI portraits that...
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Miaoya, which means "fabulous duck" in Chinese, charges users $1.40 to generate AI portraits that many say are shockingly accurate.
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What is this thing? Guess Temu’s weirdest gadgets Chinese e-commerce site Temu uses its most bizarre products in online ads. Rest of World tested them...
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Nine reasons screenshots are awesome By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots...
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Meme content is so contextually bound and temporally sensitive that yesterday’s viral sensation is today’s digital fossil. Writing about memes, then, is a delicate dance on a stage where every word and interpretation risks obsolescence as the cultural tide swiftly changes....
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Becoming a tech powerhouse is harder than you think Rio’s gambit to become Latin America’s tech hub is analogous to Brazil and Latin America’s struggle.
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The church of Roblox: How young Filipino Catholics are building more inclusive spaces Though not officially sanctioned, the role-playing clergy encourage young people to go deeper into...
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Though not officially sanctioned, the role-playing clergy encourage young people to go deeper into their faith while providing a safe space for queer Catholics.
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Samsung knowingly exposed workers to highly toxic chemicals, whistleblower claims In Vietnam, a key production base, a former safety officer alleges the factory also dumped chemicals...
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China’s bite-sized soap operas are peddling cheap plots for big profits Sex scenes, revenge, and cliffhangers are jam-packed into minutes-long smartphone dramas.
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I first wrote this essay a few years ago. A founder mentioned it to me over the weekend, and so I decided to re-publish it here. One thing that's bothered me in the time since I wrote it is the way in which toys, which are meant to be harmless and fun can become companies capable...
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The biggest data protection fight you’ve never heard of Big tech is lobbying around another international trade deal.
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Why Mexico is tweeting at its third- richest citizen to delete his tweets On August 11, Mexico’s election authority made an unexpected announcement via its official account...
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Bitcoin and volatility The beauty of software platforms is that you can solve almost any problem by writing more software....
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Plans are nothing, but planning is indispensable It is widely believed that writing a business plan is a waste of time, because: 1) very few people...
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Google’s Gemini problem will be even worse outside the U.S. It’s hard to keep a stereotyping machine out of trouble.
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In the age of AI, where do I fit in? It’s a conversation permeating dinners, group chats, and honest online discourse.
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The tradeoff between open and closed When having the “open vs closed” debate regarding a technology platform, a number of distinctions...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When having the “open vs closed” debate regarding a technology platform, a number of distinctions need to be made. First, what exactly is…
Noahpinion
Why it's so hard to fix the information ecosystem Misinformation is a job; correcting misinformation is a hobby.
a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
Looking for AI use-cases We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful for everyone, right now? Do Large Language Models become universal tools that can do ‘any’ task, or do we wrap them in single-purpose apps, and build thousands of new companies...
Rest of World -...
The Mexican senator building a plan for artificial intelligence Alejandra Lagunes leads Mexico’s National Artificial Intelligence Alliance.
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Exceptionalism Startups that do well often follow a set of common principles. These principles influence how they...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Startups that do well often follow a set of common principles. These principles influence how they develop products, build teams, raise money, and get customers. The most successful startups, though, are exceptional and often seem to go against these principles in various ways....
Business Brainstorms
Madden ratings for humans, power plus difficulty equals virality, and things that don't work Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Madden Ratings for Humans “startup idea: madden ratings for humans if...
AVC
Yubikey Authenticator I got a new Pixel 7 last week and have started the tedious process of moving over to a new phone....
a year ago
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a year ago
I got a new Pixel 7 last week and have started the tedious process of moving over to a new phone. One of the more painful chores in moving from one phone to another is moving the Google Authenticator app and all of the two factor codes to the new phone. My partner Nick told […]
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Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in. Inside-out technologies are pioneered by…
Rest of World -...
Sing your way to learning a new language Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million...
a year ago
Nadia Asparouhova
Early stage funding markets for science - an analysis In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging...
a year ago
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a year ago
In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging science funding mechanisms – rapid grants, scout programs, and focused research organizations (FROs) – to understand how they serve the needs of early stage science. I also...
Noahpinion
Why Americans fear the AI future Five decades of rising inequality and slow growth have made us a less optimistic country.
a year ago
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The idea maze for AI startups An “idea maze” is a map of all the key decisions and tradeoffs that startups in a given space need...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
An “idea maze” is a map of all the key decisions and tradeoffs that startups in a given space need to make: A good founder is capable of…
Working Theorys
Membership clubs & desktop apps are back. And more things I talked about over coffee & dinner this week.
7 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg: "Ship the app" I think it's a really big deal that we ship this photos app quickly.
2 months ago
Rest of World -...
Sierra Leone’s first lady hopes going viral on TikTok will secure Saturday’s elections Amid economic turmoil, President Julius Maada Bio is seeking re-election in Sierra Leone. His wife,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Amid economic turmoil, President Julius Maada Bio is seeking re-election in Sierra Leone. His wife, Fatima, is dancing to a crowd of over 200,000 on TikTok to drum up votes.
Rest of World -...
Pressured to relocate, Microsoft’s AI researchers in China must choose between homeland and career As geopolitical tensions grow, many employees have decided that a career with the Silicon Valley...
5 months ago
Rest of World -...
New data reveals exactly when the Chinese government blocked ChatGPT and other AI sites  Rest of World received exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese...
3 months ago
Noahpinion
Turkey, you were doing so well! (repost) An economic success story runs off the rails.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The SoftBank-backed fintech that helped Nigerians through a cash crisis is eyeing “innovative... Olu Akanmu, co-CEO and president of OPay Nigeria, on the importance of cloud infrastructure and the...
a year ago
Noahpinion
Putin is a rest stop on the road of post-Soviet collapse The narrative of Russian revitalization is more hype than reality.
a year ago
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If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of… If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of...
over a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
Elon Musk’s childishness knows no bounds. Taylor Lorenz on Threads: At the Dealbook summit, with X CEO Linda Yaccarino sitting in the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Taylor Lorenz on Threads: At the Dealbook summit, with X CEO Linda Yaccarino sitting in the room, Elon Musk just told advertisers — including Disney CEO Bob Iger — to go fuck themselves."Don't advertise... If somebody did try to blackmail me with...
David Perell
Against 3X Speed Mike boastfully reads 100 books per year. He listens to audiobooks at 3x speed whenever he drives...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Mike boastfully reads 100 books per year. He listens to audiobooks at 3x speed whenever he drives and swears he can remember it all. His browser has a plugin that lets him speed up YouTube videos, and for a while, he listened to podcasts on a special app because of its unique...
AVC
I’ve Moved Onchain Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2 services anymore. So I am starting a series called “I’ve Moved Onchain” to explain this journey to everyone and today’s opening post is about blogging, naturally. I’ve blogged at...
Tom Blomfield
Five Unbreakable Rules for Startups I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower of Paul Graham and the YC camp of startup wisdom. There’s now a great deal of literature laying out the unbreakable rules for startups. Despite studying this literature, I’ve...
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Why is enterprise tech so far behind consumer tech? Because it can be. Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about enterprise software: In my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about enterprise software: In my opinion, enterprise technology is WAY behind…
AVC
Sleep I got an Oura ring a couple of years ago and have been working on improving my sleep and sleep...
a year ago
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a year ago
I got an Oura ring a couple of years ago and have been working on improving my sleep and sleep habits ever since. For much of my adult life, I have been a poor sleeper. I have always been able to fall asleep quickly, but I have been plagued by two sleep issues. The first […]
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management...
a year ago
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a year ago
I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues.
Data Boutique
Network Effects: When Value Comes from Others Joining in ... and Data Boutique Partnership Program launch
a year ago
Working Theorys
Define the Game | Theory No. 14 I grew up playing tennis with my sister at the public courts near home. For a long time, I just...
a year ago
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a year ago
I grew up playing tennis with my sister at the public courts near home. For a long time, I just cherished the joy of playing and watching the careers of the "big 3" unfold. But recently I’ve started to appreciate something more about tennis: the clarity of the meta-game around...
SatPost by Trung...
Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos Enter a Room In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It was a wild two-hour session filled with gem quotes and business insights.
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Rabbit Holed Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her assistance clarifying details related to GAMA and finding company documents related to Rabbit and Cyber Manufacture.    In November 2021, a company called Cyber Manufacture Co raised $6...
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Google’s feature creep Microsoft used to be considered the king of feature creep.  Here was Microsoft Word when it was most...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Microsoft used to be considered the king of feature creep.  Here was Microsoft Word when it was most cluttered: I don’t use any of…
Noahpinion
Decoupling isn't phoney The global trading system is starting to rearrange itself, and it's mostly not Biden's doing.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
How China’s hottest social media app turned Düsseldorf into a foodie destination The trendiest food city in Europe isn’t Paris or London. It’s Düsseldorf — thanks to Xiaohongshu.
a year ago
essay – snarfed.org
New job, hello climate tech I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to prevent deforestation and sequester more carbon in trees. A few years ago, I looked around for a side project on the climate crisis. Nothing big, maybe 5-10 hours a week, but I was ready...
Aaron's Essays
Investors and their incentives It is incredibly important to understand the incentives of investors when you are raising money....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It is incredibly important to understand the incentives of investors when you are raising money. This used to be fairly easy - you raised money from Venture Capitalists who wanted to see a big return on their investment. The best of these investors were incredibly focused on...
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Argentines are recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeballs scheme With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is convincing people to have their irises scanned at Worldcoin Orb centers.
Data Boutique
The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
10 months ago
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New York City is poised for a tech revival One thing that was puzzling about the “web 2.0 boom” from 2003-2008 was how irrelevant the East...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One thing that was puzzling about the “web 2.0 boom” from 2003-2008 was how irrelevant the East Coast, and particular New York City, was…
Rest of World -...
Why African startups must invest in tech policy conversations Oswald Osaretin Guobadia discusses the biggest challenge startups face when dealing with government...
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
5 Good Evergreen Podcasts Baller topics include food, explorers, record labels, Vietnam War films and iconic sounds.
a year ago
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E-commerce startups Very few successful e-commerce companies were started in the 2000s. Since then, e-commerce startups...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Very few successful e-commerce companies were started in the 2000s. Since then, e-commerce startups have enjoyed a revival. Dozens of…
Noahpinion
Industrial policy doesn't have to succeed right away Progressive approaches need to fail before they can change.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Startup Series Part 1: Interviewing Engineers There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and philosophies. This is a positive thing for the ecosystem - just as new software tools mean it’s simpler and cheaper to start a company, these methodologies allow first-time entrepreneurs...
Steve Blank
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for Defense, now in 60 universities, has teams of students working to understand and help solve national security problems. At Stanford this quarter the 8 teams of 40 students collectively...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Bubble Trouble As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street Journal piece from this week has sounded the alarm that some believe AI models will run out of "high-quality text-based data" within the next two years in what an AI researcher called...
Paul Graham: Essays
The Trouble with the Segway
over a year ago
tomcritchlow.com
The roadmap is not the territory Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to...
a year ago
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a year ago
Most of my consulting work connects to “marketing strategy” in some way - clients come wanting to talk about growing their business. But the funny thing about growth and marketing is that each component is like a thread that, once pulled, unravels the whole spool.
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Write Usefully
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates on Netscape | Larry Page and YouTube I don't want a lot of guesses about Netscape generated by people who may know less than I do. I want...
a year ago
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a year ago
I don't want a lot of guesses about Netscape generated by people who may know less than I do. I want to learn a lot of facts - most of which I don't already know.
David Perell
Own It Mentality My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do...
a year ago
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a year ago
My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do it. That means showing up on schedule, communicating clearly, and getting things done on time. The post Own It Mentality appeared first on David Perell.
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The wrong birthday assumption Many years ago, back in the late 80’s, one of my first big development contracts was to create a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Many years ago, back in the late 80’s, one of my first big development contracts was to create a database for NAALAS - the North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (no longer around). Basically, this organisation provided legal assistance for Aboriginal people to help them...
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As [Edwin] Land ultimately recognized, the adoption of his [polarized headlight] system was fatally… As Edwin Land ultimately recognized, the adoption of his polarized headlight system was fatally...
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back,...
a month ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Novelty and Heresy
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Chris Sacca on the implied user contract Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what each company has promised its users…
Working Theorys
Invisible Duels You didn’t agree to this duel. Yet it’s happening.
2 weeks ago
Internal Tech Emails
"I'm on the edge of revolt" I've been both a supporter and I believe friend to Google and its senior management through all...
a year ago
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a year ago
I've been both a supporter and I believe friend to Google and its senior management through all these years, but I must say I'm on the edge of revolt now that Google's actions are so punitive, not just for Expedia, but also for IAC and all the players that depend upon something...
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Get Startup Ideas
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Sergey Brin: "Irate call from Steve Jobs" so i got a call from steve jobs today who was very agitated.
a year ago