Leo Guinan
@leoguinan
Leo Guinan
Self-promotion makes me uncomfortable.
Maybe because I (read: most women) am not really great at it?
Or because I never want to sound sales-y.
Or because with software, it's always easier to justify tossing in one more feature than exposing our work to criticism.
Maybe because I (read: most women) am not really great at it?
Or because I never want to sound sales-y.
Or because with software, it's always easier to justify tossing in one more feature than exposing our work to criticism.
A moodboard for people who hate self-promotion
Oh, I feel this, a lot.
We are at 0% risk of people not being aware that struggle, hard work, and grinding are available as options. This is the default perspective on work, it’s the water in which we swim.
Paul Millerd • No, Everything Doesn't Have To Suck | #291
we don’t need to tell people about the obvious; we need to tell them about the options
Reset or decay status indicators: One aggressive measure to battle status concentrations is to have every status indicator decay over time – a deflationary measure for your status indicators.For example, karma that decays the more you stay away from the network or losing followers over time (especially if you have gained a lot of followers from... See more
Sriram Krishnan • Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks - a16z crypto
the thing is, as an adult, you get to make your own cool. you get to choose your own friends, live your own life. and let me tell you, in my life, where i make the rules, i am the coolest cat around.
being passionate about your hobbies is cool. asking good questions is cool. reading books is cool. taking notes is cool.
thinking of projects and then... See more
being passionate about your hobbies is cool. asking good questions is cool. reading books is cool. taking notes is cool.
thinking of projects and then... See more
“cool” - Tasshin
“AI will lift the ceiling, leading to more creative outputs made possible by more powerful tools; it will also lower the floor, making it easier for anyone to design and collaborate.”
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Abundant Systems and
When the gap between the ceiling and flow increases, the way to prevent unrest is by adding more steps between. It’s important to see clearly how to level up to the ceiling, and not only enable people who have the ability to make the leap between the existing steps. More people being able to do something shouldn’t threaten the existence of anyone currently doing the thing.
To be ludic is not to be ludicrous.
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
Whether you are starting out or have been building in public for a long time, building in community can always create a valuable layer of depth and support that you can't get 'in public'.
Rosieland • Building in community
Doubtless we all need a lot more time for sheer sloth and slack than we ever enjoy now, regardless of income or occupation, but once recovered from employment-induced exhaustion nearly all of us want to act.
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
Sloth isn’t the default state; it’s the state that is a result of energy sucking activities.
Similar to Zhang Yiming, Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care very much about the content on his platforms and is much more interested in technology and AI.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
Boom. This is the issue.