What I'm up to - November 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media.
What I did in October
- Switched my daily driver Aeropress coffee recipe to this one by Jonathan Gagné. It produces delicious results. (His book Physics of Filter Coffee is excellent.)
- Witnessed the aftermath of a bike crash, did some activism, and got featured in an article on Curbed.
- Booklet, the modern email software I make, as a bunch of new features.
- Postcard, the personal website software I make, continues to grow as people leave the site formerly known as Twitter.
- Made some light updates to the Contraption Company website.
Things to share
- Articles: How Linear builds products. "What I tell employees about negative press." How Not To Sort By Average Rating.
- Music: nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana
- Podcasts: Charlie Munger on Acquired.
- Apps: Cursor, an AI-first code editor, has replaced VSCode as my daily development tool. Dutch Cycling Lifestyle is a fun use of AI.
- Trend: While chat is the best-known product from OpenAI, the Embeddings feature is powerful and being incorporated into many products in ways that are not obviously "AI."
- Videos: Magnus Midtbø did some videos with Norwegian military that gave a documentary-like glimpse into their lives.
- Coffees I'm drinking: Tim Wendelboe Caballero Geisha.
Plans for November
- Continuing to build Booklet features.
- Spending a couple of weeks in Europe for a mix of work and fun.
- Working on essays for Contraption Company.
Where I'll be
- 12-14 Nov: Oslo
- 14-16 Nov: Copenhagen
- 16-19 Nov: London
- 19-24 Nov: Nice, FR
- 24-26 Nov: Barcelona
Let me know if we overlap.