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.

• 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

P.S. - Apparently I cameo'd in a Serbian TV show, Tesla's People: