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It is the stuff about you that is odd that is interesting. So, don’t think to much about how you are supposed to do it, or what the genre convetions are. Just try to amuse yourself.
Another way to phrase it: the best writing tend to be when you surrender to your nature. This is hard to do!
Here is a classic pattern: you try really hard to do somethin
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Alex Taussig • Drinking from the Firehose | Alex Taussig, Lightspeed | Substack
going quite a bit faster when you’re going slowly is a really big gain. Going very fast when you’re already going fast is the action of a dickhead.
Author James Carse once wrote that “there are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” As someone who cherishes independence, I’ve realized that rather than trying to win, my primary goal is to continue p... See more
The Jungle Gym • Is it time to quit the Great Online Game?
Massive cost of intermediation. Think about it: when you buy a multi-million dollar artwork at an auction house, the average commission is 15%. On top of that goes expenses like loss and damage insurance policies, high-end shipping and other ancillary fees that can drive up the intermediation costs upwards of 25% of the price paid
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One of the big differences between Beacons and a page generator like Linktree is the fact that the core abstraction of the product is the "block", not the "link". A link is a piece of text you click to get somewhere else; a block is embedded in the page, and as such can have additional functionality beyond acting as a redirect.
Sacra • Beacons: The Storefront for the Multi-SKU Creator that's Growing 3X Monthly
That the best way to review a product experience is to ask 3 questions on EVERY screen: “how did I get here?” “what do I do now?” “where do I go next?” — these questions will reveal flaws in object model, UX, onboarding, and orientation.