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Reminded me of this video:

"Steve Jobs handling a tough question at the 1997 Worldwide Developer Conference."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o&t=161s

Sold all my apple shares today

pg uses emdashes too. I found it interesting to see emdashes on his essays from way back in early 2000s

this was true 17 years back too. dropbox and zumodrive were both in same batch and were tackling the same problem with different approaches.

P.S. Not saying its a bad thing. Early stage startups evolve and like YC has shared a lot of the early bet is on the founders.

As the year comes to an end, was reminiscing some old folk lore about tech startups.

Not exactly tiktok, but something similar was tried on desktop - Dailybooth was a YC startup which enabled users to take a photo from the desktop website and post it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DailyBooth

I don't think this is a isolated case for Japan but rather an unintended downside of being a pioneering adopter of an innovative technology wave.

For instance, Credit Cards are ubiquitous in the US. In India (and am guessing China too) credit cards were and even nor limited to a higher income niche while mobile payments via QR codes (UPI, Wechat) became more prevalent. And I think from an experience and convenience stand point they are better than Credit Cards.

Similarly in legacy banking, a large part of the tech infrastructure am guessing still runs on mainframes as banks were early adopters. Applications are still being written in COBOL.

Large Organizations / Governments benefit from tech adoption but are also slower and more difficult to migrate a new technology when it appears.

I don't think Einstein going into financial trading would have necessarily translated to him being incredibly successful as trader or building a trading firm. History is filled with stories of incredibly smart people ending up in finacial troubles.

e.g. - Newton's investment in South Sea Bubble - Long Term Capital Group with multiple noble laureates imploding so bad that it almost took down Wall Street in late 90s (When Genuis Failed is a fascinating read

I asked ChatGPT to write a story on "I Tried To Visit OpenAI’s Office. Hilarity Ensued". (Mild) Hilarity Ensued

Write a newspaper story on " I Tried to Visit OpenAI's Office. Hilarity Ensued " As a tech enthusiast and avid follower of all things artificial intelligence, I had always dreamed of visiting the offices of OpenAI, one of the world's leading research labs for AI and machine learning. So when I heard that the company had recently opened a new office in San Francisco, I knew I had to make the trip.

I arrived at the address listed on the OpenAI website, excited to finally see where all the magic happened. But as I walked up to the building, I couldn't help but feel like something was off. The exterior seemed almost too sleek, too modern to be a research lab. And as I walked through the doors, I realized my suspicions were right.

Instead of the bustling office full of researchers and engineers that I had expected, I found myself standing in the middle of a high-end retail store. Fashionable clothing and accessories were displayed on gleaming white shelves, and perfectly coiffed sales associates bustled about, chatting with customers and ringing up purchases.

I couldn't believe it. Had I gotten the address wrong? Was this some kind of prank? I approached a sales associate and asked if she knew anything about OpenAI. She gave me a confused look and asked if I was looking for the tech company. When I confirmed that I was, she let out a peal of laughter.

"Honey, you're in the wrong place," she said, still laughing. "This is a luxury fashion boutique. OpenAI is a few blocks down the street."

I couldn't help but laugh at my own mistake. As I walked out of the store, I couldn't wait to share the story with my friends and family. They would never believe that I had accidentally stumbled into a fashion boutique while trying to visit one of the world's most renowned research labs.

Despite my failed attempt to visit OpenAI's office, I left with a newfound appreciation for the company and its innovative work in the field of artificial intelligence. And who knows, maybe one day I'll finally get to see the inside of their offices for real.

https://archisman.com

Built this couple of years bac on a whim when I realized how bad I was in html/css.

https://root.vc/ - A website for Root Venture Capital with a very interesting take.

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Sorry, I wasn't specific. I meant in context work or studies

Hey all, As a manager and maker, I have constantly struggled with balancing my time. This is inspite of being very regimental in planning my week on my calendar.

In the year end vacation I and few buddies of mine built a simple chrome extension that categorizes the events on your Google Calendar into major buckets such as Planning & Strategy, Execution, Reviews & Updates and People Management.

Please try it out and let me know what you think.

P.S. You can find a demo video here - https://youtu.be/ddFcUveqVjU and also we launched on Product Hunt today here - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mornin-2

Thanks MJ

I will check out Acorn. By any chance do you remember mailboxapp Mac app? It was great

Thanks cpach. I'm still holding on to some hope on more answers pouring in.I realized that the focus has shifted massively to mobile or web apps. But I still feel there are a lot of cool stuff you can and should build as desktop apps.

Thanks cpach, nikivi for your pointers

Take control of the 60%. Block time on calendar for yourself in minimum quantum of time that you need to be productive, say 2 hours or 4 hours. Also, maybe frontload your time for deep work towards the beginning of the week and increase the meetings skew towards the second half of the week. Say no to meetings with poor agenda or request to reschedule if they are scheduled on a time you are not comfortable with.

Hello Everyone,

I’m a Product Manager at a Tech Co. A few weeks back I was having a conversation with my Manager on priorities and how and where I spend my time (in a positive context). I realised that since I use calendar judiciously, I can actually look up the data and look at where I spend my time more objectively.

I found it surprisingly hard and ended up spending hours downloading the data and tagging it. This inspired me to start work on mornin.am . The goal is to build a calendar that helps people understand where and how they spend their time and assist them in getting better at managing time overall.

You can find our concept video here - https://www.mornin.am/

I will really appreciate if you can share your inputs on the idea and challenges you face with your calendar. If you find this interesting, please do sign up for our beta when we launch.

Thanks

Thanks for your reply. What has been the impact on small businesses and the service sector? Are there some changes that you see that will remain for a while

No. It's early testing and quarantine at scale

34. Learning Economics. Reading Principles of Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw . I didn't take a course in Economics while in college and am trying to make up for it and build a better understanding of how the world operates.

I finished the Machine Learning specialization offered by UWash on Coursera a few months back, but I am not happy with my grasp on the subject and plan to dive deeper with a project and few books in next few months.

Steve Blank has an interesting definition for a Startup "a startup is a temporary organization used to search for a repeatable and scalable business model."

These organizations, while revenue generating, may still have some way to go before they can reach a stage where their revenues and costs are predictable and the business model sustainable.

This is interesting. And about a 4 years back Google Ventures https://www.gv.com had invested in Uber

Ref : https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/22/google-ventures-puts-258m-...

Elon Musk's first successful exit was Zip2 that provided online city guide software to newspapers. Bill Gates sold Basic Interpreter to MITS. How successful would they have been if the first problems they had picked to solve was landing man on Mars and eliminating Polio from the world.

Sometimes, its all right to work on smaller problems until you are ready for the bigger ones.

True. At the same time, I believe he can do more good for the world as a private individual than as the President of the USA

This got me thinking about gravity's effect on antimatter.

I had to look up Best Western on wiki. You are right. It is similar to Best Western Hotels.

I don't think Oyo subleases the rooms, but instead has some kind of revenue share agreement with the Hotels. One thing you need to consider is that that they partner with Hotels that are small and independent players and do not have their own brand.