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Spending a week in the Bay after a few years. I haven't been this excited to visit a place in a long, long time. I'm staying in...

Spending a week in the Bay after a few years. I haven't been this excited to visit a place in a long, long time.

I'm staying in lower Haight, close to a neighborhood where I used to live in San Francisco. I plan to head to a bar to watch the Warriors play. We'll see if the bar still exists.

In the early days, Google search returned authoritative sources when you asked it questions. Now it returns ads, SEO bloat, and the...

In the early days, Google search returned authoritative sources when you asked it questions. Now it returns ads, SEO bloat, and the "best" result is almost always Wikipedia. Algo's lost to crowdsourcing.

Will the new algos from #OpenAI also get hacked into irrelevance?

As a founder who's been working on business applications for almost 20 years, I've gone really deep down the #openai rabbit hole....

As a founder who's been working on business applications for almost 20 years, I've gone really deep down the #openai rabbit hole. Will we even need bespoke business applications in the near future? Will chatbots make a comeback? Does human authenticity have value?!

I think I've become as annoying as my #web3 friends were at peak #blockchain.

#ChatGPT can write high quality prose but Mac Autocorrect can't offer any guesses at my misspelling of mispelling?!

#ChatGPT can write high quality prose but Mac Autocorrect can't offer any guesses at my misspelling of mispelling?!

Every time I go skiing I bounce between:I want to move to a ski town and do this every day!ANDWhy am I doing this; I'm tired and...

Every time I go skiing I bounce between:

I want to move to a ski town and do this every day!
AND
Why am I doing this; I'm tired and terrified!

#breckenridge

I'm glad masks on airplanes are normalized because people are crop disgusting the aisle with reckless abandon.

I'm glad masks on airplanes are normalized because people are crop disgusting the aisle with reckless abandon.

ChatGPT is priceless for customer support. Here's why... I do customer support for www.mutesync.com and every now and then someone asks...

ChatGPT is priceless for customer support. Here's why...

I do customer support for www.mutesync.com and every now and then someone asks a question about installing our app on Windows. Often Windows Defender, Firewalls, or Corporate IT software blocks installation. But trying to help people get unblocked is not easy. I comb through the Windows support docs and forums but they are largely useless.

I was about to give up and thought I'd try pasting the customer question into #ChatGPT and OMG this is the best support for Windows I've ever seen. #AI

I think this Nets squad will be more fun to watch. Great defenders and team offense with guys who can hoop. Having no "superstar"...

I think this Nets squad will be more fun to watch. Great defenders and team offense with guys who can hoop. Having no "superstar" might lead to the best playoff performance we've seen from the Nets in years. #nba

People must really blow off their dentist appointments regularly because my dentist texts, calls, and emails me multiple times before my...

People must really blow off their dentist appointments regularly because my dentist texts, calls, and emails me multiple times before my appointment.

#AI is doing art, music and creative writing and humans are still doing tedious, menial labor. I think we've been tricked!

#AI is doing art, music and creative writing and humans are still doing tedious, menial labor.

I think we've been tricked!

This morning we shipped a fix for a bug in the software that powers our mütesync mute button. I can breath again. Holiday sales are...

This morning we shipped a fix for a bug in the software that powers our mütesync mute button.

I can breath again.

Holiday sales are booming and we had a show-stopping MS Teams bug.

They don't tell you about these moments when watching YouTube videos about #entrepreneurship !

www.mutesync.com

Years ago, when I read Tolstoy's, War and Peace I kept get getting this "uncontrollable wave of humanity" vibe. The armies of...

Years ago, when I read Tolstoy's, War and Peace I kept get getting this "uncontrollable wave of humanity" vibe. The armies of France and Russia were these organic being that just, kind of, did stuff. Then after-the-fact, the generals tried to make sense of it all and explain the "strategies" that drove it.

In my experience as a #founder in VC-land, sometimes I'm the general and sometimes I'm the army. 🤷‍♂️

The #binance CEO said demand for USDC withdrawls was so high they paused withdrawals while they went to get more USDC from a NY-based bank...

The #binance CEO said demand for USDC withdrawls was so high they paused withdrawals while they went to get more USDC from a NY-based bank that hadn't opened yet.

Has USDC started flowing again or was it a delay tactic? Are we gong to see another bank run end in an exchange collapse?

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/crypto-exchange-binance-temporarily-halts-usdc-stablecoin-withdrawals.html

https://www.theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551

https://www.theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551

A few things I want to write about when I have time. Anyone have thoughts about them? 1. #FTX collapse is an old-fashioned bank run on an...

A few things I want to write about when I have time. Anyone have thoughts about them?

1. #FTX collapse is an old-fashioned bank run on an over-levered bank (illegal in banking). It's funny how the pro- #crypto defi, anti-regulation crowd suddenly is embracing regulation.

2. FTX founder, Sam is being flogged by the right-wing but this type of fraud knows no party. Power and wealth corrupts. If Sam pulled it off (his bets paid of) he would be the hero of this story.

Yesterday was my last day at the 9-5 job so I can take some time and decide if I want to take another crack at a #startup or go to a larger...

Yesterday was my last day at the 9-5 job so I can take some time and decide if I want to take another crack at a #startup or go to a larger tech company. Time for some deep thought ..

So you're new to #Mastodon ... What's the most confusing?💽 Choosing a server/instance📖 Finding content worth reading😬 ...

So you're new to #Mastodon ... What's the most confusing?

💽 Choosing a server/instance
📖 Finding content worth reading
😬 Remembering how to act human on social media

Oh, I'm trolling myself...there is no edit. 🤷‍♂️

Oh, I'm trolling myself...there is no edit. 🤷‍♂️

Wait a minute. Mastodon figured out EDIT while #twitter is still working on it? 😅Writing an #introduction on the internet feels like...

Wait a minute. Mastodon figured out EDIT while #twitter is still working on it? 😅

Writing an #introduction on the internet feels like going back in time. How quaint.

I'm a tech guy who plays with new apps like this one.

This is booze.

This is booze.