What I'm up to - November 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media.
What I did in September
- Visited San Francisco and rode in my first Waymo
- Launched Find AI on Clay.com, our first major integration
- Published two essays: Having a TJ, and Innovation versus distribution
Things to share
- Articles: Arne Jacobson petrol station. Rewrite it in Rails. Adam Savage on post-COVID San Francisco rang true. So did Marc Andreesen on why not to do a startup. Why does this building by the subway need 193 parking spots?
- Books: Good Work is a sequel to one of my favorites, Pathless Path. Pattern Breakers provides a pragmatic framework for startup success. Sinan published an update to his LLM Quick Start book that I'm enjoying and recommend for any engineers who have to get up-to-speed on the latest AI tools.
- Gear: These electrolytes have been a favorite of mine - especially after exercise or a wine tasting. This notebook has become my favorite pocket notebook (with a Pen Type-C).
- Quote: “I think [measurement of time, sense of time, rigidity, tangibility] is part of the reason you have younger folks (Gen Z in particular) gravitate towards stuff that Gen Xers had long since moved on from: cassettes, vinyl, typewriters, film cameras. One thing these objects are share in common (aside from being onerous and fiddly): the opportunity for a relationship to develop” - Craig Mod in Ridgeline.
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Podcasts: The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad.
- Music: Dua Lipa Tiny Desk 2. Currently listening to Sibelius Finlandia.
Plans for November
- For the first time in awhile, I have zero upcoming flights booked.
Where I'll be:
- NYC
