Crypto makes the internet weird again.

Here's why it means there's so much opportunity.

Weird occupies that space between 'scam' and 'product market fit.' It describes behaviors that many people are doing, but that most people don't understand why.

Posting your personal…

DeFi is building an internet of assets

5.5 years (and 2 halvings) into my DeFi journey, I've noticed a exciting pattern that is emerging that reminds me of the early internet.

<<crackly, old man voice>>
You see, back before the internetwork, information was silo'ed. Stored in…

Seems like X hired the McKinsey group that defined airline pricing tiers...

• X Free $0/mo = Cargo
• X Basic $3/mo = Economy Class
• X Premium $8/mo = Premium Economy
• X Premium+ $16/mo = Business Class

Next up: Extra fees for emojis and frequent tweeter rewards?

In 2010, YouTube had 800M active users + streamed 2B+ videos daily.

But internally, we were flying by the seat of our pants.

One burning question was on our minds:

How were people actually using YouTube?

Here's the story of how one UX researcher ignited sweeping changes to…

When I’m on hold, accepting a call back feels like a leap of faith.

Instead, services could leverage SMS to:

• Confirm I’m still in line
• Reassure me with updates
• Let me know I’m about to get a call back

I hadn’t seen anything like this until yesterday. While on hold to…

If you're in Dubai this week for TOKEN2049, we'd love to see you at these events we're co-hosting.

Sometimes, when scaling your company, it's easy to overlook the obvious things...like the talented team you already have!

Nothing makes me feel more like a boomer than:

My kids teaching me something new about a product I worked on.

And me being a curmudgeon about it.

My 11 y/o was navigating with Google Maps and discovered he could change the blue arrow into a red car, green truck, or yellow SUV.…

We are looking for a high-energy, operationally talented individual to join Electric Capital ⚡️ as our Recruiting Coordinator/Ops team member.

The role is an exiting hybrid opportunity to 1) drive our sourcing, screening, and candidate management, and 2) assist with firm…

Agreed — there’s nothing like staying up late, building, and getting a little weird with everyone!

This was a blast! Check out some of the hackathon projects below.

Welcome to New York!

So what do you think is on this taxi seat? It looks like grease but I’m not willing to touch it to find out… 😬

Upcharge for “safe seats” on Boeings
(away from panels)

Wishing you all a very happy pie day (3.14)

Othman Laraki and I are doing our best to raise 🤓s

threading a portion of my BoysClubWorld keynote, which debuted yesterday during at /brandnew in Austin!

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There are two broadly paths that I’ve observed emerge for the future of consumer crypto:

Is it too soon?

(Also, definitely need the capital letters in this slogan...)

DESIGNINTECH.REPORT 2024: The rapid (30 min) version of my preso at SXSW is now up on my YouTube: youtu.be/5zFOSQDpby8?fe… A lot has happened since I started collecting data points in 2014 — so it was useful for me to look back to try and look forward a bit better. I've been a…

X recently launched a new long-form feature: Articles.

I was given early access to provide feedback.

As a long-post enthusiast, I loved the rich editing experience.

As a designer + user, I could see some challenges.

To succeed as a feature, one key issue needs to be fixed:…