last week i listened to a podcast with peter thiel and tyler cowen (link). in the q&a section at the end, peter says something that struck me about the hidden meaning we have in language:…
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why you should find things you hate doing
one of the bigger things i’ve learned while running kettle & fire is that there are a LOT of things i hate doing. bookkeeping, accounting, reading contracts, any sort of admin stuff that feels boring….
how to mock up a website in keynote
for a long time i’ve wanted to figure out how to do mockups in tools i know how to use (aka not photoshop, omnigraffle, hotgloo or something like that). i also wanted to use tools that…
why i’m writing without capitalization
take a look at my blog posts from 2016. it shouldn’t take long: i wrote 3 of them. during the same period, i wrote 18 different drafts that i never published. why? i like writing,…
startups i’d invest in today
at some point in the next 10 years, i plan to start an angellist syndicate. until then, i’ll be writing occasional (timestamped) posts detailing the companies i would invest in today, and why i’d invest…
Meta Problems and the Problem Stack
After leaving Rackspace (post Exceptional acquisition), I was stuck with what felt (to me) like the ultimate first world problem. I didn’t know what company to start next. In the end, I started Kettle &…
Complete Work, Don’t Create It
One of the things I’ve done as part of running a bone broth company in a city full of tech people is pull together a weekly non-tech mastermind group. In the group, we all take…
Habits vs goals
Solving big problems often comes down to behavior change. How do I get someone to eat better, stop stressing, get more sleep, get in better shape? “Goal setting!” is a common refrain. I disagree. The…
I Launched A Thing
For the last year, I’ve written pretty much nothing. With the exception of a piece I wrote on using psychology to improve conversion rate, and another about Kettle & Fire on SumoMe (link), I’ve pretty…