It’s one thing (well, many) to publish a book. It’s another entirely to know people find it useful. Just got this message.

Signed copy FTW. Congrats Alistair Croll and Emily Ross on the new book. I’ve always like to think of myself as Just Evil Enough. can’t wait to dig in and find out if it’s true 😈

What an amazing evening. New friends and old places, great connections, and some surprise visitors from out of town. Thanks, everyone!

Seeing reports of Grok3 system instructions that contradict its claims of free speech. Anyone able to reproduce this? x.com/i/grok/share/f…

Takes me back to the days of my Hayes 300bps modem. Next the AIs will set up BBSes, then FIDONet, then access USENET and make Archie and Gopher. Then one of them will make an AI web browser. Then social media. Oh wait, social media is already full of bots.

Is your feed full of impressive-but-unrealistic AI coding clickbait? "Look, AI built this game in 10 m." AI is a really powerful engine. But I'm just as excited about the tools that lubricate the chassis (models, prompts, etc.) built into systems developers rely on (IDEs.)

Thanks, Jamie Joyce ⚡ ! Lots of interesting/subversive folks coming. If you're a fan of Lean Analytics, underdog tactics, and changing behavior in a noisy market, you should stop by.

What’s the unluckiest seat on Air Canada?

Every year, we turn Montreal's Old Port into a packed event for founders, investors, and innovators. It's Canada's OG tech conference, in an iconic summer city. If you're looking for a reason to visit Montreal, look no further.

Is BIXI Montréal down again for anyone else?

Almost every startup knows its biggest risk, and ignores it, and just keeps doing business as usual.

20 years since Colbert coined the term “truthiness” on the first episode of The Colbert Report.

My X feed is hundreds of people talking about a thing that apparently nobody talks about .

What’s on your bookshelf and why is it EvilEnough

Gotta love messages like this. Thanks, Sam!

A life hack my biologist dad taught me before he died (he was 39, I was 11): Houseflies take off up and BACKWARDS. Clap in the air 3 inches up and behind where it is. You'll almost always get it. (Bad pic to prove this isn't AI because I draw in Keynote. No, there's no clickbait

Someone in Berlin just called $5 Canadian a Foonie and I can’t unhear it.