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Folklore.org:...
Folon Early Mac art from Jean-Michel Folon
over a year ago
Articles
Think clearly about print advertising
over a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
Turning $300k into $1.3M (2022 Annual Review) 2022 proved XO's business model. We were able to source deals, close them, grow them, and in some...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
2022 proved XO's business model. We were able to source deals, close them, grow them, and in some cases sell them. We grew to 6 full time people (not including myself and Henry). We joined the 6 figure club and proudly bootstrapped our way to low six figures
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#14) Commercial real estate doom, education polarization vs. racial polarization, China's dodgy GDP...
a year ago
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a year ago
Commercial real estate doom, education polarization vs. racial polarization, China's dodgy GDP numbers, phonics, and Russian nationalism
Data Boutique
The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
What’s not evil: ranking content fairly *and* letting public content get indexed Please see update at bottom Most websites spend massive amounts of time and money to get any of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Please see update at bottom Most websites spend massive amounts of time and money to get any of their pages index and ranked by Google’s…
Platformer
How banning one Palestinian slogan roiled Etsy The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. Some employees...
a year ago
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a year ago
The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. Some employees aren’t happy
Rest of World -...
Forget a U.S. ban — TikTok is thriving in its second-biggest market TikTok Shop, the controversial app’s ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia. “This is...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
TikTok Shop, the controversial app’s ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia. “This is truly the year of TikTok,” says one seller.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Cult of Microsoft At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that drives company decision-making in everything from how products are sold, to how...
Aaron's Essays
In defense of exploding term sheets There’s a lot of content out there arguing that exploding term sheets—ones that expire after a set...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There’s a lot of content out there arguing that exploding term sheets—ones that expire after a set amount of time, whether or not they’re accepted—are bad. Some of this comes from founders who do not appreciate the pressure; some if it comes from VCs who want to emphasize their...
Rest of World -...
Can someone please make an iPhone-theft thriller already? Forget the Apple store heist in Seattle; South Asia has a pretty riveting script on cross-border...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Forget the Apple store heist in Seattle; South Asia has a pretty riveting script on cross-border smartphone theft waiting to be written.
Rest of World -...
Malaysia’s new data centers create thousands of jobs — and worries about power and water shortages Data centers for companies like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia are transforming Johor state, with locals...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Data centers for companies like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia are transforming Johor state, with locals bracing for higher real estate costs and resource shortages.
Platformer
Reddit doubles down Delaying its API changes would benefit everyone — but users have other options, too
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Illegal wildlife trafficking thrives in Facebook groups for “animal lovers” “It’s very easy to sell on Facebook, and very easy to earn money. Not to brag.”
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
What Made Lisp Different
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Keep Your Identity Small
over a year ago
Working Theorys
Ping Minimalism OR: "Personal firewalls" or "Few may disturb"
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Security through diversity Someone asked me the other day whether I thought the United States was vulnerable to a large scale...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Someone asked me the other day whether I thought the United States was vulnerable to a large scale “cyber” attack. While I have no doubt…
Platformer
Extremely Hardcore: Our New York magazine cover story Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the platform against impulsive ranting billionaires —...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the platform against impulsive ranting billionaires — then one made himself the CEO
cdixon.org RSS Feed
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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…
Rest of World -...
The Genius Bar in a country where iPhones can’t legally be sold In the land of the U.S. embargo, Cuba’s Apple technicians are kings.
a year ago
Dylan Huang Blog
I Reviewed 1,000s of Opinions on Serverless From DHH shunning serverless, Ahrefs saving millions by using a cloud provider at all, to Amazon...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
From DHH shunning serverless, Ahrefs saving millions by using a cloud provider at all, to Amazon raining fire on their own serverless product, serverless has recently faced significant scrutiny.
Articles
I can't work from home For me, this is the ultimate setup: remote work, but at a coworking office
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Four years of Noahpinion What happened to the world in 2024, and what I wrote about it
9 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Be Good
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
This Chinese startup believes it can take augmented reality glasses mainstream Peng Jin, co-founder and head of commercialization at AR glasses startup Nreal, discusses how his...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Peng Jin, co-founder and head of commercialization at AR glasses startup Nreal, discusses how his product will revolutionize the display experience.
Rest of World -...
Ride-hailing giants’ electric promises are stalling worldwide EV adoption by major platforms is at low single digits as infrastructure gaps and costs derail...
a month ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#49) Degrowth, real and imagined; 90s taxes; China's banks; CHIPS Act bureaucrats; YIMBY education; the...
11 months ago
Noahpinion
What if Xi Jinping isn't that competent? (repost) Plus a new update showing how right I was.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
WhatsApp gives India an ultimatum on encryption Tracing the origins of messages is more complicated than it sounds.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Embrace the medium An obvious but surprisingly under-practiced design principle is to “embrace the medium.”  Applied to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
An obvious but surprisingly under-practiced design principle is to “embrace the medium.”  Applied to software, this means building…
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Work Hard
over a year ago
Inverted Passion
2024 wrapped This year’s review is going to be shorter than 2023 (and previous years) because I’m in Goa right...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
This year’s review is going to be shorter than 2023 (and previous years) because I’m in Goa right now for a holiday and I don’t feel like being in front of a screen for long. I mean, just look at this view and tell me that you’d rather be in front of a screen writing… Read...
SatPost by Trung...
Hermès Is "Costly" (But Not "Expensive") The $270B+ French firm is at the top of the luxury world (worth the same as LVMH on 1/6th of the...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The $270B+ French firm is at the top of the luxury world (worth the same as LVMH on 1/6th of the sales)...and apparently not worried about tariffs.
Rest of World -...
Uber wades into a fierce price war to stay competitive in India Upstarts and political pressures are forcing Uber to play by new rules as they reshape India’s...
4 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
Who Will Run Berkshire After Buffett? PLUS: Group Chat Rules, 5 Banks in Disguise, Chipotle's Memo.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Global gig worker slang, explained Shapar and amagundane are two types of platform workers their peers can’t stand.
a year ago
Articles
Where would you rather work: 37signals or Zappos?
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The enterprise: buyers versus users Why does most enterprise technology feel like it is a decade behind consumer technology? For the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Why does most enterprise technology feel like it is a decade behind consumer technology? For the same reason our health care system is…
Rest of World -...
VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in...
2 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack cocaine of gambling" brings in more revenue than every other casino game combined.
Articles
How to build a Shopify app – Björn’s journey to $300k in profits Björn started a side-business on the Shopify apps platform 6 years ago. Now he’s making $275,000 in...
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Jewish Americans are feeling unsettled Increasingly squeezed between the new leftism and the new rightism.
a month ago
tomcritchlow.com
Taking Blogging Seriously It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies blink around us like an external reflection of the neurons firing in our brains as the conversation sparks.
Blog posts of...
The Founder’s Lie About Comfort Zones There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through. How long the hours are, we all...
Inverted Passion
Notes from the book “Decoding the Why” Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next...
a year ago
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a year ago
Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next Generation of Product Design”. It’s a decent introductory book if you have not delved into behavioral science before, but if you have, most of the ideas in the book won’t come across...
Steve Blank
Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress This article previously appeared in Defense News. It was co-written with Joe Felter, and Pete...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This article previously appeared in Defense News. It was co-written with Joe Felter, and Pete Newell. Today, the U.S. is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Both are wakeup calls that victory and...
Noahpinion
What's up with those revised job numbers? Government data revisions can be scary, but they actually aren't that hard to understand.
a year ago
tomcritchlow.com
Notes on Search and AI What to say about the future of AI and search?
a year ago