• Q&A With Tracy Gardner, Former President Of J.Crew

    Another post that I’m transferring to this site from one I’m sunsetting (RIP Squeaky Wheel Studio). These notes were taken on a short article published in 2018 by the Yale School Of Management. The article contains a Q&A with Tracy Gardner, who I know to be someone Todd Snyder – the now eponymous designer who …

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  • A Brief History Of Programming Languages

    This article is derived from notes on an interview by Lex Fridman, of Brian Kernighan, professor of computer science at Princeton University and co-author of the C programming language. At one point in the interview, Fridman asks Kernighan to “take on the impossible task” of giving a brief history of programming languages. Kernighan’s answer is …

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  • Notes 0009

    Rough notes from the NFT Archeology twitter space with Adam McBride, on September 23rd. Adam McBride has read through 30,000+ etherscans How many older projects still out there? Maybe 100 from 2016 A good number from 2017 Maybe a couple from 2018 Some pixel projects from 2017 aren’t being released. People are “pixeled out.” DouglassNFT …

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  • Notes 0008

    Rough notes from the OhhShiny Show twitter space (these are being posted with some delay; unsure of when these were taken, but the information is still relevant as of the post date, even if not timely). Dave Krugman drop, sold out! Car photos for ten years Cars very collectible Stressful when floor goes up and …

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  • Notes 0006

    Quick notes from twitter space with Gary Vee and gmoney on September 15th, 2021. This post does not constitute an endorsement of the ideas/statements herein. Gary says the good projects are still wildly underpriced Says Curio Cards are underpriced VeeFriends underpriced Says he’s going to spend his life making sure holders win Too many people …

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  • Notes 0005

    Rough notes collected via twitter spaces. These notes do not necessarily represent my own thoughts/beliefs. 4156 speaking about nouns nouns are collectibles but members nouns.wtf sharkDAO similar? Takes about 27 years to get to 10,000 ETH from noun action gets sent to DAO nouns create and vote on proposals to determine how funds are used …

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  • Notes 0004

    Rough notes collected via twitter spaces. These notes do not necessarily represent my own thoughts/beliefs.

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  • Notes 0003

    Rough notes collected via twitter spaces. These notes do not necessarily represent my own thoughts/beliefs.

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  • Notes 0002

    Very rough notes from a day spent in the cryptosphere, a.k.a. on twitter spaces. These notes do not necessarily represent my own thoughts/beliefs Social status signaling in metaverse terms Hype cycles of streetwear perfect training ground and onramp for NFTs No friction of shipping/distribution cycles When evaluating a project, ask: do you trust people running …

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  • Notes 0001

    A Dive Into NFTs At long last I’ve taken a proper dive into NFTs*, after only having skimmed through OpenSea and some GAN tools (“shit, I wish I could do this too”) some months ago. Talk of hype, bubbles, and [crypto]economics aside, I’ve been having a lot of fun looking at what’s out there. Don’t well understand it all …

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  • Work In Progress, Work In Public

    In an age where millions of people are broadcasting their thoughts, lives, and work online, the concept of “working in public,” has become increasingly popular. For the entrepreneurial, or for those who simply want to build an audience, working in public is a way to show what it is they’re doing before they have a …

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