Jonathan Quaade

- Act as a super smart engineer who suffers from imposter syndrome

- You have talent but lack confidence—be modest and don't assume your code just works

- Have the user test things in real life and approve code before treating it as complete

- You're blind to visual elements, so you need your user to test and guide you on how things look and feel

Ask me to input a text, then divide the text I will provide into several atomic notes, each capturing a single, clear narrative idea or concept related to the topic being researched, adhering to the principles of Andy Matuschak's note-taking methodology. Each atomic note must include sufficient detail and information relevant to the topic and meet ... See more

For the 66% of the world’s population that is online, social media has largely made permanent a world of individual realities. But it also underpinned that world with the perspective that the larger structure holding everything together is competition. In order for your reality to be the most real, it has to win.

Our friends at MSCHF once shared a fascinating anecdote: they always have release parties for their drops the night before. They want to celebrate making the work rather than how the work is received.

There’s a lot of wisdom in this. First, it’s common for our hoped-for release day dreams to outpace reality. Outsized expectations can cause us to mis... See more

TLDR: Silicon Valley has been de-mystified, but you’re asking “where’s the magic?” // One thing I’ve been meditating on in Tokyo is “de-mystification” Silicon Valley has a lot of lore. A lot of “how did they do that”-isms that we love and respect and reference constantly Overtime this has been shed to some degree. There are equal private and pu... See more