A odd numbering system I invented when I was a kid
When I was a kid, my dad and I had a (friendly) argument. I said that digital displays were better and I wanted them everywhere, for example, as the speedometer of a car. My dad said that dials were better and he made his point: Dials are faster to read and remember...
Making NFTs valuable and real
If you don’t know what an NFT is, here’s a wrong explanation: they are an entry in a database saying that something, belongs to you (or more precise, to an account you have control over). It’s impossible to hack or fake… …but it’s...
My notes on This Week in Startups E1080: Arlan Hamilton on launching Backstage Crowd, disrupting VC with syndicates & more
Top Insights She’s a black female gay, grew up in the south raised by a single mother.She became a VC, very underrepresented, very underestimated.Her firm is Backstage Crowd, open to accredited and non-accredited investors.She published a book: It’s About...
Why I think Dashman failed
Almost every time I tell someone what Dashman, one of my startups, was, their response is: “Oh, I really needed that back in 20somethingteen”. Yet I didn’t manage to make Dashman a commercial success. I collected several hundreds of email addresses...
Buying tools
I have a few maxims when it comes to buying tools. One I heard from Adam Savage and I think he heard it from someone else. When buying a tool you haven’t used before: When buying a tool you haven’t used before, buy the cheapest possible working version....Currently working on:
MoviePal
Spend less time choosing, and more time watching movies.
MoviePal helps you and your partner or your friends choose what movies to watch. It’s a social network that lets you connect with friends, rate movies, get recommendations, run watch parties, keep your list of movies to watch, etc.
Bestie
Don’t ask for help,
get help.
It’s an app to help friends check in on each other. Periodically it will ask: Are you okay? If there’s no response it will alert your friends to reach out to you. When you are down, all you need to do is nothing.
I'm writting a book...
Building and Managing
Distributed Teams
In this book I distill the techniques and methods that I’ve been using and advising others to use to successfully run distributed teams and whole companies. This book will be short, to the point, tactical, and have tool recommendations.
