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- An idea for an essay series: Study how companies have changed their websites over time. 1) Use http://Archive.org... See more
- Want to make the world a better place? Tell someone you believe in them.
- File over app *File over app* is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you this freedom. *File over app* is an appeal to tool makers: accept that all software is ephemeral, and give people ownership over their data. I... See morefood for thought. i largely agree with this and think link rot is a big problem on the Internet. we will need to solve for this on Sublime, by creating a permanent archives of saved pages, or integrating with Wayback Machine... but I also think the vast majority of people care about what you can do for them today, not about the ideology of the founders - which is why so many of the decentralized social networks or privacy focused whatever haven't taken off - the value of being file vs. app first is seen in the future, not today
- Most people don't join communities for belonging. They join to solve a problem or achieve a goal. It's only once they form relationships that they'll cite belonging as their motivation. Lesson: to grow your community promote benefits, not belonging.
- After 18 days of diving deep into crypto, I didn't come out of it a decentralization maxi. There's space for both types of software, community, and utility. In many ways decentralized software really needs centralization: spam, fraud, content rights, powerful programs, etc.
Chip Conley: Building Empires, Tackling Cancer, and Surfing the Liminal - The Tim Ferriss Show • Podcast Notes
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- Very few people know how apps make money. Fewer understand that Apple is a piece of shit for pulling the absolutist, crappy move called ATT which crippled the industry. Here's a simplistic explanation on how millions of app developers monetise in the ~$100B+ app ads market:
Music has a new canvas. We’re witnessing an audio movement driven by scarcity, fandom and access. This is the Music NFT Landscape.- 7 dangerous lessons taught in schools: