Jacob Borgeson
@jacobborgeson
A product person looking to make the world a better place by applying technology to big challenges - and then building really strong communities to galvanize those solutions.
Jacob Borgeson
The life we call “normal” isn’t normal at all. A spouse and kids, a mortgage, a 9-to-5 job... who said that was life? What’s so great about working in a factory or a cubicle? You and I, who are artists and entrepreneurs, live a life that’s closer to natural, if you ask me. We migrate, too. We follow the muse instead of the sun.... See more
All addictions share,
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro – by Steven Pressfield
I've always thought it would be interesting for someone to build blockchain and ownership tokens into the very structure of a community platform. It wouldn't be too complex - simply replacing the gamification engine (used to give people ranks and points based on quality and quantity of participation) with a tokenization engine. Everything else -... See more
Li Jin • Community leaders deserve better: An open letter about community software
I’d like to keep my family together and raise my boys into adults who are “publicly useful and privately happy.” Anything else is gravy.
Don’t apologize for being nervous, for caring, for not having 200 practice runs under your belt. The audience is offering you a tiny slice of time and attention. You cared enough to show up, here we go.
A pretty comprehensive, simple, and beautiful explanation of web3 and the technologies that are enabling it with compelling use of data and charts to illustrate why it matters and the potential.
Andreessen Horowitz (AZ) • State of Crypto
Season 1 is about the intersection of communities with various other disciplines: Data science, AI, Poverty, Loneliness, Business, and more.