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Apr 29, 2022

it’s messy

Wilco has a new record coming, Cruel Country. Jeff Tweedy, in his newsletter, shares some of the background promo material, which includes this gem of a graf. The whole record is comprised, almost entirely, of live takes, with just a handful of overdubs. Everyone in the room together with a…

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Mar 29, 2022

fast brain, slow hands

Dan Hon’s Things that Caught My Attention is one of my favorite blogs / newsletters, because it’s just chock full of Dan-ness. This is a good thing. …

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Oct 28, 2021

ken norton on art of product

Ken Norton, who always brings the donuts, delivers some wisdom from his career in product management. The “art” of product management matters more than the “science” over the long term. In product management, there’s an art and a science. The science is all of the stuff you read about: managing…

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Oct 28, 2021

robin sloan on the permacomputer

Robin Sloan, in The slab and the permacomputer, puts a finger on what makes deploying a contract to the Ethereum blockchain feel so…different. Even so, I can’t deny that Ethereum’s “world computer” is interesting and, even more than that, evocative. The Ethereum blockchain is one entity, shared globally, agreed upon…

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Sep 17, 2021

Max Fischer’s clubs, ranked

It’s college application season, and I can personally attest that there are a lot of high school seniors that are currently stressing about their GPAs, their standardized test scores, their essays…and their extra-curricular activities. …

Movies

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Max Fischer’s clubs, ranked
Max Fischer’s clubs, ranked
Movies

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Aug 23, 2021

the optimism of modernists

Lorin Hochstein has a great, short post about the distinction between modernism and post-modernism, and the connection to software engineering. In short, modernists believe that the world is turbulent and dynamic, and can be constantly remade anew; while post-modernists believe that “we can never cast off our history and start…

Software Development

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Software Development

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Jun 4, 2021

on the list, 4 jun 2021

Winslet, Phair, Mehrotra, Panzarino, Venice, Saraceno, Eno — Kate Winslet’s performance in Mare of Easttown. I spent a few formative teenage years living outside of Philadelphia in Delaware County, so the moment just a few minutes in where she says the word “homeowner” I had to pause the stream and put my head between my knees. This Maureen…

Kate Winslet

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on the list, 4 jun 2021
on the list, 4 jun 2021
Kate Winslet

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Jun 1, 2021

20 years of personalization at Netflix

Gibson Biddle has an amazing retrospective of 20 years of personalization at Netflix, and its role in the company’s product strategy. The screenshots alone are worth the trip down memory lane. It took Netflix more than a decade to demonstrate that a personalized experience improved retention. But consistent growth in…

Netflix

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Netflix

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Jun 1, 2021

“I assumed that this will fail”

Marcin Wichary on The Making of Four Laps: “Why did I do this? It seemed like a weird gimmick and a fun challenge. Like with many of my weird creative projects, for most of the time I assumed that this will fail — after all, I have heard of anyone doing something like this, and I had no idea if the tech was even available — but at least I will learn something.” If you haven’t watched it yet, you should. I won’t spoil it for you.

Marcin Wichary Is Cool

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Marcin Wichary Is Cool

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May 25, 2021

on the list, 25 may 2021

wolves do the work all year long at their own expense — The Number Ones: Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine. Stereogum’s Tom Breihan has been every #1 hit in the Billboard Hot 100, chronologically. “For years, Slash claimed to hate Sweet Child O’ Mine. The song, he thought, went against the sound that the band had established for themselves. …

Wolves

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on the list, 25 may 2021
on the list, 25 may 2021
Wolves

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