Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
i wish when I added something to Sublime I could go right to 'add another' and keep adding
There was a specific moment with myself, John Michael Boling, Damon Zucconi, and Dena Yago, where we had this discussion about whether we would use Are.na if we weren’t being paid to work on it. At that point we agreed that we wouldn’t. In that moment we asked, "What would it have to look like for us to actually be into it?"
Are.na Is Where We Go to Find Ourselves Online
web 4.0 with a lil 5.0 too who cares hell let's throw some 9.0 in there too
love this as the question to ask about anything - an app, an essay, a life
I remember a fight I had with my parents when I was 15 or 19 – we were in the kitchen and I got so mad I punched a banana that was on the counter. It exploded and went everywhere all over me and the walls. We all laughed but not in a cathartic, all is great now way. Still, the anger was there, probably even more so for my parents who cleaned up the
... See moreCultural deviation does not return us to the past, but continues what was begun and not finished in the past. Societal convention, on the other hand, requires that a completed past be repeated in the future. Society has all the seriousness of immortal necessity; culture resounds with the laughter of unexpected possibility. Society is abstract,
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One piece of advice I'd have for anyone seeking to do something similar is that a problem shared is a problem halved. Whilst I can't advise you to lower your ambition without being a hypocrite, the amount of extra time I invested in this project because I had a highly specific vision is kind of unreal. This could have been mitigated by having a... See more
A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER
a problem shared is a problem halved