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āHow hard can it beā
Is what I said when I started renovating our new apartment.
It took 2 years, not 3 months, and was soooooo much harder than I had expected.
But it turns out there's science behind why I'm so happy with the (imperfect) result:
boris.lettership.com/p/poorly-constā¦
Is what I said when I started renovating our new apartment.
It took 2 years, not 3 months, and was soooooo much harder than I had expected.
But it turns out there's science behind why I'm so happy with the (imperfect) result:
boris.lettership.com/p/poorly-constā¦
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Ask your AI the following question:
āBased on everything you know about me, if I turned to crime, what kind of criminal would I be, and how would I get caught?ā
āBased on everything you know about me, if I turned to crime, what kind of criminal would I be, and how would I get caught?ā
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My answer;
āA con artist, buying undervalued things and selling them on the strength of a story, using misdirection and a founder's sense of when to cash out. You'd get away with it at first, and then you'd write a newsletter with one example that's a little too specific.ā
āA con artist, buying undervalued things and selling them on the strength of a story, using misdirection and a founder's sense of when to cash out. You'd get away with it at first, and then you'd write a newsletter with one example that's a little too specific.ā
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Isnāt that a persuasive reason to subscribe to my newsletter? boris.lettership.comļæ¼
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Have you ever tried to earn intimacy? Or used intimacy to reach a goal? Kept romantic score? Felt underpaid in love?
boris.lettership.com/p/the-futilityā¦
boris.lettership.com/p/the-futilityā¦
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Feelings before facts
The customerās voice grew louder as his frustration intensified. I wanted to be discreet and focus on reading my book, but we were seated at the same table at the Apple Store, so it was hard to ignore him...
boris.lettership.com/p/feelings-befā¦
The customerās voice grew louder as his frustration intensified. I wanted to be discreet and focus on reading my book, but we were seated at the same table at the Apple Store, so it was hard to ignore him...
boris.lettership.com/p/feelings-befā¦
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No longer active here, for obvious reasons, and even willing to sell my @boris handle.
Dm me with an offer
Dm me with an offer
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten retweeted
Iām really excited about our announcement today ā Rise is now available to anyone who wants to try it. Getting to this Public Beta state took us 2,5 years of building, polishing, talking, redoing and lots of debating. I hope you want to try it out!
For me personally, working on Rise is more than just building a nice little app. Next to working with an awesome team on fun technology, which is a ton of fun, I have this feeling to contribute something useful.
Let me explain:
I donāt really think we have the luxury to take it easy. I believe there are a bunch of challenges that we all have to deal with in some way, and I also believe the only way forward is by progression. By inventing new stuff. Solving our problems by figuring out a way to do things better and smarter.
And while Iām also a sucker for really pretty software, the existence of these big problems are the reason for me to work on Rise. I see two ways to make big progress: either you work on a vertical building block (like Eleo for batteries to help with that transition, or my friends at Cradle who are using AI to advance protein design which could help build more resilient ways to grow or create food) or you work on a horizontal building block, which is something that could help in any industry.
Rise is such a horizontal building block. I see so much wasted time and wasted potential, simply because of scheduling issues. Iām dreaming about inventing new ways to work together, fuelled by smart software (which can be pretty as well). Where we combine the power of emerging technology to replace the current habits we have when doing things, just like Excel replaced the need for bringing a physical calculator to work, or the cloud allowed us to instantly share documents that would previously take days or even weeks to arrive.
Our principle of building a tool that allows you to adopt a better way of working without changing your working habits, is something that we figured out along the way. I have come to grow into that more and more, and I feel itās a really powerful idea ā there is only so much willpower you have. Anything we can do to eliminate the need to tap into that is a win.
I am personally no where close to done. There is a lot we want to build and try out in this space, and I hope you want to join us for that, starting with this beta!
For me personally, working on Rise is more than just building a nice little app. Next to working with an awesome team on fun technology, which is a ton of fun, I have this feeling to contribute something useful.
Let me explain:
I donāt really think we have the luxury to take it easy. I believe there are a bunch of challenges that we all have to deal with in some way, and I also believe the only way forward is by progression. By inventing new stuff. Solving our problems by figuring out a way to do things better and smarter.
And while Iām also a sucker for really pretty software, the existence of these big problems are the reason for me to work on Rise. I see two ways to make big progress: either you work on a vertical building block (like Eleo for batteries to help with that transition, or my friends at Cradle who are using AI to advance protein design which could help build more resilient ways to grow or create food) or you work on a horizontal building block, which is something that could help in any industry.
Rise is such a horizontal building block. I see so much wasted time and wasted potential, simply because of scheduling issues. Iām dreaming about inventing new ways to work together, fuelled by smart software (which can be pretty as well). Where we combine the power of emerging technology to replace the current habits we have when doing things, just like Excel replaced the need for bringing a physical calculator to work, or the cloud allowed us to instantly share documents that would previously take days or even weeks to arrive.
Our principle of building a tool that allows you to adopt a better way of working without changing your working habits, is something that we figured out along the way. I have come to grow into that more and more, and I feel itās a really powerful idea ā there is only so much willpower you have. Anything we can do to eliminate the need to tap into that is a win.
I am personally no where close to done. There is a lot we want to build and try out in this space, and I hope you want to join us for that, starting with this beta!
From overwhelmed to electrified. Meet Rise: the calendar that works for you. It helps you schedule, optimize and protect your days.
Get your new calendar today.
risecalendar.com
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Iām not an investor but I was so excited about what Rise has built that I investedā¦
And now you can try it too;
And now you can try it too;
From overwhelmed to electrified. Meet Rise: the calendar that works for you. It helps you schedule, optimize and protect your days.
Get your new calendar today.
risecalendar.com
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How much would it be if you could have any amount transferred to your bank account tomorrow (tax-free)?
One caveat: the amount will be public. All your friends, family, and strangers will know about your newly found money.
Which amount would you pick?
One caveat: the amount will be public. All your friends, family, and strangers will know about your newly found money.
Which amount would you pick?
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten retweeted
š£ We're hiring a back-end (ruby) engineer
š Distributed Ā· š¶ ā¬80-120k & stock options
5K referral fee
hiring.risecalendar.com
š Distributed Ā· š¶ ā¬80-120k & stock options
5K referral fee
hiring.risecalendar.com
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I have neighbors that make love very loud. They donāt just moan but scream when theyāre into it. One of my other neighbors had enough apparently and shouted āstop the fucking noiseā
Then I heard him laugh at his own unintentional joke.
(They did not stop the fucking noise)
Then I heard him laugh at his own unintentional joke.
(They did not stop the fucking noise)
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How come if you want to see all the books by an author at Amazon it shows you the same books in all the languages there are? Thatās so incredibly inconvenientā¦
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Meetings suck -> put it in an email
Emails suck -> letās put it in a shared document
Shared documents suck -> letās just quickly meet so we can decide on stuff
No wait, meetings suck!
Emails suck -> letās put it in a shared document
Shared documents suck -> letās just quickly meet so we can decide on stuff
No wait, meetings suck!
Memo: Shopify cancels all recurring meetings with over two people "in perpetuity" and encourages staff to decline invitations, leave big group chats, and more (@bizboyle / Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/ā¦
techmeme.com/230103/p8#a230ā¦
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Is this a sign that it is time for me to start an OF? Because I havenāt even started and already the losses are substantial:
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Obviously Iām against fur, but every time I see this photo I kinda wish I could wear this coatā¦
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Watch me talk about the future of tech design and subtly promote a cool company Iām a shareholder in (got caught): tnwtalks.wistia.com/medias/8c9pux3ā¦
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