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Coming up on my 6th week of living in social isolation. Itâs taken a while, but Iâm actually getting settled into it! If youâre enjoying the newsletter, share it with a friend. If this was forwarded to you, check out some previous issues and subscribe for future updates.
đ What I Wrote
Why Iâm Betting on Hugo
Big work news this week â we recently closed a $6 million seed round! Thereâs a lot of startups that are in need of funding right now, so I canât help but be grateful. This post breaks down my thesis for why an interface for meetings should exist, whether thatâs us or not.
đ What I Read
Inside the Clubhouse
This post from Nathan Baschez made its rounds on Twitter, and for good reason. I canât get over the idea of multi-directional podcasts and how that might be applied to other domains.
Who is MrBeast?
I didnât know the answer to that question before this post. Turns out, heâs some guy on Youtube with 34M subscribers that has mastered the art of going viral. From start to finish, this is straight-up fascinating.
Hickâs Law for Products
I vaguely remembered Hickâs Law, but this was a helpful reminder. The time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices. Throw this in your mental toolkit.
The TechCrunch Bump
Our press release went out through TechCrunch last week, and this Andrew Chen blog post couldnât escape my mind. We may still have the âtrough of sorrowâ to come still, but hey, thatâs part of the journey!
đ„ What I Found Interesting
How to Handle Competitors
This thread describes how to handle the constant stream of your friends and colleagues sending you links to competitors. Instead of focusing on the bad, look at what they do well, then run a max() function over the population.
Today I Learned
This repo of over 900 TILs ranging across all things programming got some love on Hacker News this past week. Really cool idea.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âChange is certain, and in a world of constant change we actually control very little. When there are important factors outside your control, the risk of failure always looms, no matter how smart or industrious you are. We delude ourselves if we believe that much of life and its key events fall under our control.â â Randy Komisar
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