Social media has given us so many ways to become fans. We have ever more content thanks the streaming wars. Give content a chance to live everywhere online and it will develop a fanbase beyond its intended audience. The internet gives small shows outsized impact. I’m a fan of a Canadian comedy called a Letterkenny. […]
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Day 725 and Messaging on Twitter
For all the debate and consternation and concern around Elon Musk buying Twitter, there was a sizable group of power users, myself included, who were optimistic that Elon taking over would lead to a revitalization of the Twitter product. An injection of user aligned passion to fix all the little stuff that would improve the […]
Day 716 and Slightly Embarrassed
I spent my entire day on Twitter. I’m not embarrassed by that to be clear. It felt like a vacation day. And even though I live in a majestic mountain paradise, I will spend my time off inside looking at my phone. Yes it was absolutely gorgeous day in Montana. I marveled at the playful […]
Day 711 and Excession
So Elon, this isn’t likely to actually make it to you, but this is my blog, I write every day for myself, so why not, I can give it a try and pretend. If it turns out this is any good I’ll ask a mutual friend to send it to you. tldr: I feel a […]
Day 709 and Stan Armies
I think I might be living and participating in corporate and cultural warfare. Which is the most cyperpunk dystopian thing I can imagine. Which automatically makes it a little bit cool. But I really do think we are being drafted as a stan army of useful idiots in the culture war that has hijacked the […]
Day 702 and Fight or Flight
Being extremely online is physically quite taxing these days. We’ve got these amazing dopamine casinos that are constantly rolling out the exact animal attention our novelty wired brains crave. And absolutely the entire world of causes is out there competing for your attention. Everything from sugar water to white nationalism is being sold on social […]
Day 698 and Looking Ahead
I’ve got the sense that people are writing off big chunks of time. The long now has so thoroughly burned out everyone that who cares about achieving anything in the medium term right? December is a wash. Heck I’m talking to folks who have wrote off all of 2023 and even into 2024. The now […]
Day 695 and Pareto Focus
Perhaps one of the odder aspects of millennial culture is our enthusiasm for embracing middle age. The excitement of passing into one’s middle and late thirties is palpable on Twitter in particular. Our Boomer parents still think of themselves as “young at heart”, while millennials are grasping at any semblance of stability that comes our […]
Day 692 and Managing Founders
I spent the first decade and a half of my career as a founder. I am very good at certain parts of the job like creating momentum and getting attention. I am less competent at operations and logistics management. Fortunately I’ve always had incredible teams who managed me. That’s right, I said teams who managed […]
Day 690 and Status Games
Noblesse oblige. Literally translated from the French as nobility obligates. It’s commonly understood to mean that aristocracy has a responsibility to act graciously towards the civilization which has granted them status. It’s a turn of phrase I’ve written about before, specifically how in our post modern times, we are challenged to understand who is pursuing […]