Anonymous SMS from last night: "you are a massive dick bag". A quick reminder that if I did something to offend you, please let me know.
This morning I shared an Atlantic article about community. On reflection, I want to add: everyone should live abroad once in their lives.
Relationships are more important for your well-being than ambition. It's all about community. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/relationships-are-more-important-than-ambition/275...
Good, if understandably bitter, write up of what went wrong at Sonar: https://medium.com/@brett1211/postmortem-of-a-venture-backed-startup-72c6f8bec7df
Real talk: was Boyhood completely unrepresentative of anyone else's boyhoods?
Apologies for not making it to Homebrew Website Club tonight (but if you're near Mozilla SF, there's still time!) #indieweb
Coined by @erinjo: "slam junk".
e.g.:
1. "It's a slam junk!"
2. "Put it with the social skeezy slam junk."
Could you use an acoustic coupler with an iPhone? Would that be the most hipster way possible to log onto the Internet?
@pa_klein Good feedback! We hadn't even considered that. We'll think about it! And the answer to decentralization is: YES. @withknown
Just determined that @erinjo doesn't know who Brian Blessed is. Send her your best Brian Blessed videos, please. Thanks.
@pa_klein To be clear: @withknown is not a fork, or in any way related to, ind.ie. We're aligned with the #indieweb community, however.
@endi As a general rule this is better for the mailing list - worth checking the src URL of those images. Is it http?
I have intense insomnia and need to be up in three and a half hours, AMA.
Well, I sure hope that was a *small* animal that just loudly burrowed its way into the side of my apartment.
Tonight in bad decisions: instead of going to bed, I'm watching the new Community with a tall whisky.
I understand why people use it, but don't like "explain it to your grandma". Someone's grandma worked on encryption, programming, compilers.
KQED just launched Bay Curious. Ask your burning Bay Area questions, help report on the story: http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious
People who shy away from the word "feminist" are ridiculous.
Julian Assange wrote a comprehensive (and entertaining) takedown of the Guardian's book about Snowden: http://www.newsweek.com/assange-how-guardian-milked-edward-snowdens-story-323480
I'm not interested in being part of a sales dragnet, but if I can help you personally, I'd love to.
If I get an email from another startup, I now check the headers to see if it was sent personally. Would love a browser extension for this!
Super-interesting launch. Color Genomics helps you understand your risk for breast and ovarian cancers: https://getcolor.com/#/team
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