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This is also a proper framework for evaluating AI replies – they do not only need to be appropriate, they also need to consume the minimum cognitive load for parsing.

Same here. I have Writeroom (in a terminal-like theme) always open next to Gmail on my mac, and I keep all my notes and to-dos there – for some years now. The only challenge is that Writeroom has proven to be a bit sluggish with the latest MacOS versions.

Often much of such 'change' in similar considerations comes from yourself – you are older, maybe more risk averse, and hence much more biased in your assessment of the landscape.

Also you may want to take a look at https://www.botfactory.co

You may also checkout https://weatherxm.com

Yes – and I’m using Writeroom.

Bota Systems (botasys.com) to the rescue! Force-torque sensing can truly deliver in such cases! (Disclosure: I am an investor in the company.)

When it comes to giving robots a "sense of touch", you may want to check out Bota Systems (botasys.com) – already deployed in hundreds of research and industrial robots globally.

For what's worth, Katara means 'curse' in Greek ;)

Reminds me of Sega's Game Gear – oh, the memories!

I'm a fan of Writeroom for Mac (http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom).

That's a fantastic explainer, thank you. In general, VC is by nature a game of ownership.

Hi graycat, I'm the author of the guide. You refer to a number of issues, I'll try to reply to some of them:

- 'Fast' progress, i.e. weeks (I mentioned a couple months as your target): If a deal is hot, things can happen even faster. If you don't have progress within such timeframe, chances are the round is not moving forward at all.

- 'Full time job', 100+ meetings, months of time: If you take a closer lok, we are not necessarily in disagreement with this.

- Requests from the founder: This guide does not describe what we 'ask' from the founders of our portfolio companies, but addresses a much broader audience. Indicatively, we make intros to ~30 relevant VCs in each case and book initial meetings/calls, then the founders take over.

- I agree that advice varies on the internet with regards to what makes a good pitch deck. It is also subjective at some extent. I provided a very high level guidance (and definitely did not request a blockbuster movie production)... At the same time, the deck is what will help you make it through the first stages of the funnel; its importance should be straightforward.

- Re traction requests: VC requirements and the definition of a Series A round may vary per geography, industry or firm (or even per case); what I'm trying to stress here is that such reqs differ compared to a Seed round (i.e. "we want to build this" vs. "here is something that works and we want to go faster")

I hope the above clarify things further. Thanks for your comment!

Here's a list of job descriptions that some may find handy; check the IT part for example: https://resources.workable.com/job-descriptions

Meaningful stuff always remains such - a classic.

you may give longaccess.com a try for such usage

Great read, I've put some similar thoughts of mine here - http://gtziralis.com/from-doer-to-leader/

Question is, how many out of them actually use it.

No, Twitter has over time replaced Google Reader for me. I don't know how to feel about it.

disagree - awareness may have different metrics but definitely is valuable

fixed that, thnx

To me, it's just being so much tired when I go to sleep that I simply cannot afford insomnia and I instantly sleep :-)

Agree. But aren't trending topics updated automatically? Is there reviewing taking place, for adult content etc?

some more info is provided here - http://dowzocalypse.com/2010/05/31/flotilla-aid-murder-twitt...

maybe it takes some time for trending topics to get updated though

I loved the interview, and I agree with most of DHH's comments, but I think that being absolute on the correctness of a number of opinions (like, "all VC powered companies are flawed" etc) is fundamentally wrong, absoluteness is not the case when you talk about people and their actions.

With so many markets they commonly target, and with such a great success one of them has in each market, I cant help but wonder what the implications of a merger would be. Search & hardware, design & algos, high-end & low-end, who could compete with them if they join forces?

I like goduckgo.com

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By "given your abilities", I consider these constant (let's say in the limited time window under focus). The formula is far too simplistic to misinterpret :)