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Re: Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental

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Re: The Butter Thesis

Shaun Abrahamson — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:12:45 -0000

Really love this. Maybe this is a better way to talk about design? i.e. the degree to which all elements anticipate what you might need and respond with copy etc. The China reference is on point - WeChat + QR is butter, they paying as a foreigner was very chunky (dunno what the is the opposite of buttery). Few others have mentioned - a list of most buttery products/services would be great. Somewhat related - the team at Onewheel has always described their firmware upgrades in terms of butteriness or more buttery. Butteriness seems to be a product of deep observation, frequent testing and user empathy.

Re: Slides: Crypto @ Harvard Kennedy School

MEDIASHAREiQ — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 07:58:40 -0000

Informative post for everyone. Thanks MEDIASHAREiQ.com

Re: The Butter Thesis

John Herron — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:48:29 -0000

Nice post. I'd love to see an annual list of 'butter in tech' companies that master consumability.

Re: The Butter Thesis

pointsnfigures — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:40:02 -0000

as products iterate, sometimes they become margarine. uber and lyft are two products I really liked using as stripped down products but as they added features and tried to upsell me on different things are clunky.

Re: Slides: Crypto @ Harvard Kennedy School

Amar — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:54:57 -0000

A great summary and good way to catch up on how things are evolving. Thanks Nick!

Re: Slides: Crypto @ Harvard Kennedy School

jason wright — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:42:46 -0000

Good one.

The Treaty of Westphalia is definitely on borrowed time.

Re: The Butter Thesis

Nick Grossman — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 07:03:54 -0000

thanks william

Re: The Butter Thesis

William Mougayar — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 20:02:43 -0000

Great post Nick. So true.

Re: The Butter Thesis

jason wright — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 08:42:42 -0000

Lard, and often hard lard, that is the more typical experience in the world of bits.

Re: The Butter Thesis

Mark Essel — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:46:37 -0000

I had come from using Google Hangouts (now Hangouts Meet) for years, and more recently Slack video conferencing and it was nice to jump into Zoom.

One issue is downloading a native client which Hangouts/Meet skipped but joining meetings with a url is much simpler than requesting access.

Re: The Butter Thesis

LE — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:11:23 -0000

Speaking of Nurx saw their commercial I think on CNN last night.

An interesting activity for your next all hands company meeting (with founders investments) held at USV meeting space.

Create a chart of what you think the butter is (what you are saying here in part) and then give those attending the chance to state (without knowing what you said) what the butter is from their perspective.

Then update the chart with 'what we said...what they said' etc. If multiple attendees from the same company each gets a chance (no cash no prizes though).

Re: The Butter Thesis

Nick Grossman — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:23:22 -0000

indeed!

Re: The Butter Thesis

awaldstein — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:10:25 -0000

Zoom is butter to personal and group communications and empowerment.

Re: Saying Sorry

jason wright — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:55:35 -0000

Perhaps you should start by aiming for a strike rate of one blog post per month. Perhaps the exact same date each month for publication. That could be a good focus for your writing discipline. Get a precise number in your head and work to it. What would be a good number, a positive number, a 'special' number? Whatever number works for you is the special number. It isn't 32. Choose wisely.

Re: Saying Sorry

LE — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:57:58 -0000

I think the opposite you have to tone down the obligations. One example is Yom Kippur which took me forever to stop worrying about. Sure it was the way I was raised and for lack of a better way to put it brainwashed. Yes I still feel a small bit guilty eating (yesterday) but less each year (my wife still fasts as do my kids).

One of the things that I have found that leads to happiness is to completely throw out most things which don't have a clear beneficial basis other than the way you were raised or what someone else expects you to do. In other words to be selfish. This doesn't mean don't answer emails or don't review a document that someone sends you. But no need to prove anything by fasting or attending shul or going to a shiva or a funeral if the only reason is for parents or others who might see or not see you. In other words don't worry about the evil eye. This is part of the key to my happiness that has worked for me. What I have found is that in the end you either fill 100% of obligations or you are on the s*** 'list' and looked down upon. Just mentioning what has worked well for me.

One very important point. To me 'respect' is not suffering for someone else. I hate situations where I need to suffer in some way (could be boredom sitting through some event) in order to show respect or the yiddish word 'coovid' (kavod - respect). On the other hand if you need something from me that can make a difference I am definitely there for you and will put in the extra effort. But might not send a greeting card.

Re: How to Read a Pitch

jason wright — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 03:50:47 -0000

...and how rough the sandpaper ;-)

Re: How to Read a Pitch

Richard Carlow — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:14:32 -0000

You can add how deep into the game and how beat up the ball is as a result.

Re: How to Read a Pitch

JLM — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:17:31 -0000

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If a pitcher is throwing at 97.1 MPH, spin is going to be a little lower on the decision matrix.

Very interesting.

JLM
www.themusingsofthebigredca...

Re: How to Read a Pitch

jason wright — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 07:11:54 -0000

and the ball strikes the ground before reaching the batter (spin + 'bite'), which means two distinctly different flight pathways for the batter to assess as the ball approaches. A trifecta of sporting unfairness :-).

Re: How to Read a Pitch

awaldstein — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:16:34 -0000

I love wherever passion and memory has its origins.

For me baseball, was not at all scientific, but simply family and memory.

My Uncle a milkman in the Bronx lived near the old Yankee Stadium.
As a young kid, we used to spend Saturdays in the bleachers with him, mitt in hand, eating hot dogs and waiting.

As good as a childhood memory gets.

Re: How to Read a Pitch

Nick Grossman — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:00:31 -0000

I don't know the first thing about it but sounds spot on

Re: How to Read a Pitch

jason wright — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:20:01 -0000

Do you know cricket? The art of the spin bowler is worth studying. Shane Warne was the ultimate exponent of that art.

Re: Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental

Amol singh — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:03:35 -0000

Thanks for Sharing this information.

Re: A web-wide moment of silence

Hussain Ch — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:21:52 -0000

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