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There's a lot of stuff that we just don't need to do. Not right now. Not ever. That's OK.

Yes. This is consistent w/ my default position: "if LLMs are good at it, we probably don't need to do it."

I wrote this back in 2023, and I think it holds “After compiling all these, it still seems neutral to net negative. Maybe a net positive on the customer service side.“ https://garr…

“In the end, if I’m successful, I’ll have this one bread recipe adapted/developed, and if written out comprehensively for someone else (even future me), it will likely be >4 pages.…

My default position is: if an LLM is good at it, we probably don’t actually need it.

There seems to be an overall, “I’m just now aware of this phenomenon, technology must be to blame” when the phenomenon has stayed constant and the tech has shifted under it. #moral…

Whether grocery shopping or an endurance running event (5K+) those with any kind of headphones in are simply less aware of the people trying to get around them.

This was my guess on the impetus for the name change as well.

My preference is to pre-commit by blocking off time on my calendar in 30, 60, or 90min increments depending on the task. If in the middle of it, I get distracted, I look at the cal…

fantastic book.

The metaphor that changed my perspective came from the book, "The Power of Full Engagement", paraphrasing "you're behaving as if you're a world-class endurance athlete without an o…

I worked a corporate job for 6yrs off an iPad Pro.

I agree, outside of the AI bubble, there's a lot of wait-and-see happening in the B2B world right now, I'd say we're currently 6-8 months into that 14 months.

My worst job interview ever - in-house creative team at telecom company in downtown Chicago. I walk into a darkened cubicle farm, down to the only lit corner office for a 'lunch in…

I agree. We don't need a nondeterministic 10quadrillion vector model. We need an deterministic expert on our narrow business. Something small, that can be run on the 2026 version o…

I think Dan Olson and Folding Ideas is doing a fantastic job of bringing thoughtful criticism to all kinds of modern media, most recently Mr. Beast Games. https://www.youtube.com/c…

Agreed. Also, as every media organization is free to make editorial decisions on both what they cover and how they cover it, left/right is often far too simplistic and vague to act…

I agree. Between: more efficient models - tuned for the task at hand, the ability to run those models in-house, or even at the edges, plus Google and Microsoft are well positioned …

it's a great reminder that Uber wasn't a 2-sided marketplace to begin with, just an on-demand black car service, and Travis drove early on. The marketplace model came later, copyin…

This. Stated another way, you need to start by either: fulfilling existing demand yourself....or being the demand yourself.

My default position: If an LLM can create it, we probably don't actually need it.

I agree, and a willingness to experience failure as soon as possible has always been a competitive advantage. If anything LLM chatbots & synthetic users will make the majority of f…

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I flip this around. Marketing comes first. Sales second. Product third.

“The business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation.” - Peter Drucker I'm pretty sure my primary job is marketing the work that I do.