Jeff Bezos on writing well

F&$@ing nanny state nerds

Here’s another idea: go make San Francisco safe for tax payers.

… and let entrepreneurs build safer cars and let them drive faster!

Why has Apple not put notifications in iCloud yet? E.g., if I've read a message on my iPhone, why do I have to clear notification about it on my Mac?

This #InternationalMuseumDay , we’re highlighting Brooklands Museum, where one of many retired Concordes lives. The only Concorde Simulator is also located at Brooklands, which is what British Airways’ Chief Pilot — Mike Bannister and other Concorde pilots trained and tested with.

1/ Weekly 1:1s with direct reports are a staple of Silicon Valley management. The idea is to check in, see how they're doing, and provide feedback. I did this for 10+ years at Facebook & Dropbox. Frankly, I hated it and found it useless. But it's what 'good' managers did.

I’ve seen someone fly the XB-1 sim like this. Not the actual airplane (yet).

When we bought our Tesla with FSD in 2016, I was skeptical that it would ever 'fully self drive', but with the latest updates it's getting pretty good, probably at the level of a median Uber driver, and unlike the Uber drivers it keeps getting better.

My guess is that Elon is

BREAKING NEWS: Introducing Pod 4 Ultra. A complete redesign of the fan-favorite Eight Sleep Pod, now available in over 28 countries worldwide.

✅2x the cooling power
✅40% quieter
✅Controlled without a phone
✅10x more comfortable
✅And now with snoring detection and mitigation

Thanks, Elon Musk. We Boom Supersonic we are inspired by what you have accomplished 🙏

Alt immigration idea: anyone can come here to work.
- Have to find a job within [6 months]
- No mooching - lifetime ineligible for all forms of welfare

There should be an immigration fast track for startup founders.

Like automatic green card and fast path to citizenship. Would be one of the best hacks to get great people to come here and build.

Avgeek challenge: identify the airliner from silhouette alone. Bonus points for nailing the engine too.

It’s awesome to watch Brian Chesky keep working toward the “11 star” Airbnb experience he described many years ago on Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman. Badass.

This is brilliant. The Overture fuselage is even area-ruled, which people call “coke bottling!”

wsj.com/articles/SB125…

Better variation: don’t make it a secret. Let customers get excited and Pepsi drinkers who care about health can switch.

The Boom Supersonic Superfactory in Greensboro is progressing.

Today, it’s a big empty hangar. In 2016, we got our first hangar, and XB-1 was a tape outline on the floor.

We built a supersonic jet there. We are going to build *a lot* of supersonic jets here.