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Product leader passionate about technology, business, start-ups, and sports. Currently enjoying the journey.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #olympics

22.02.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

Mushroomsโ€ฆ helluva drug

16.02.2026 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Florida pickleball brawl involving up to 20 people results in paddles to the face and felony charges Anthony Sapienza, 63, and his wife Julianne Sapienza, 51, were arrested after multiple people sustained injuries, including a 70-year-old man.

โ€œVictims say the match got "heated" after Anthony Sapienza accused his opponent of crossing into the "kitchen" โ€” a restricted area of the court.โ€

This is just true Florida man style ๐Ÿ˜†. But to be fair: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

15.02.2026 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You mentioned this week โ€œturning MyMind into my daily journal / commonplace bookโ€, tell me more!

01.11.2025 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Well this is getting ridiculous.

21.09.2025 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@gergely.pragmaticengineer.com I have a question on your newsletter, does substack let me renew my subscription earlier than the renewal date? I'd love to be able to extend my subscription now.

15.04.2025 20:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anything interesting happen today? No?

20.01.2025 23:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Steve Blank Leadership is More Than a Memo I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boysโ€™ Club of Silicon Valley. It was both eye-opening and cringe-worthy. The book explores the role of gender in the tech industry โ€“ at startups and ventโ€ฆ

A suit with sneakers AKA โ€œThe Robert Kraftโ€. People expect to mirror those who lead them: Leadership is More Than a Memo steveblank.com/2018/03/19/l...

24.12.2024 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know they just brought back the lime skittlesโ€ฆ but when the heck was there a lime starburst?

21.12.2024 12:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Google โ€” Year in Search 2024
Google โ€” Year in Search 2024 YouTube video by Google

Googleโ€™s 2024 Search Wrapped - ๐Ÿ‘ to the editors youtu.be/61JHONRXhjs

21.12.2024 12:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Passage from Carl Saganโ€™s A demon-haunted world book.

Passage from Carl Saganโ€™s A demon-haunted world book.

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

18.12.2024 11:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 34527 ๐Ÿ” 9803 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1115 ๐Ÿ“Œ 935
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Ainโ€™t that the truth.

15.12.2024 15:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This isnโ€™t a spicy take but Google Photos year in review was way better than Spotify Wrapped. But hear me out: what if they partnered and combined both? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

14.12.2024 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward to following the journey!

04.12.2024 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This video is college nostalgia. Also, itโ€™s wild to go read about the persistence of this song. According to wikipedia they released it a few times, once in 2004, twice in 2005, and finally in 2007. It wasnt nominated for a Grammy until 09. www.instagram.com/reel/DDGn-4v...

04.12.2024 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stanford brings ex-star QB Luck 'home' as GM Former Stanford star Andrew Luck is returning to the Cardinal to become the football program's general manager, he told ESPN in a phone interview.

Dearest Mother โ€” Stanford has commissioned me Grand Poobah of Football Operations. My neck beard shall govern with wisdom. We shall conquer! Tactical preparedness reigns supreme. โ€” Andrewโ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹

www.espn.com/college-foot...

30.11.2024 17:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bluesky is truly having an incredible run as Threads' head of product

27.11.2024 18:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 18094 ๐Ÿ” 1975 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 472 ๐Ÿ“Œ 145

๐Ÿ˜‚

27.11.2024 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ben Simmons

Career earnings $203M
$177M from his 76ers contract prior to being traded.

Revenge game ๐Ÿฟ

www.instagram.com/reel/DCs12HA...

27.11.2024 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the โ€œhappy pathโ€ through a product experience rarely happens, and yet most product reviews assume it.
truth is that most engagement is careless engagement, and you must design products accordingly.

26.11.2024 19:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rituals for hypergrowth: An inside look at how YouTube scaled A peek inside how YouTube tackled the 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a unique set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings.

I came across this Coda post from Shishir Mehrotra on YouTubeโ€™s planning cadence during their hyper growth phase.

I love this stuff. Itโ€™s great to see how certain rituals generated alignment and/or execution. It definitely leads to the wheels turning in my head.

coda.io/@shishir/rit...

26.11.2024 12:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agreed. Interested to know which one youโ€™d make a top buy as a gift for people?

21.11.2024 00:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eh, at that point you know you have something worth building. A great business/product problem to have! He lived down the street from a shoe store i believe :)

20.11.2024 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These experiments always resonate with me. I really believe if we arenโ€™t pushing Product Teams to learn as quickly as possible and in non-scalable ways we arenโ€™t doing whatโ€™s best for them, the customer, or the business.

20.11.2024 13:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With a headline like that I assume you, like most of us fans, arenโ€™t buying the hype? ๐Ÿ˜†

The prediction/betting markets seem to agree

20.11.2024 13:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The #Celtics game got a little too close for comfort. Glad they pulled it out. But knowing that pt differential means something that last bucket they gave up might come to haunt them ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

20.11.2024 02:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I read recently on the idea of 6 week increments for delivering product work and driving outcomes. Similar to the 37Signals approach. Iโ€™m looking to hear from product folks whoโ€™ve tried to implement something similar and what youโ€™ve learned.

20.11.2024 01:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Celtics had a great first half. Gotta finish strong though!

20.11.2024 01:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we all agree the Texans should cover the -7 points today against the Cowboys?

19.11.2024 01:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m looking forward to the bluesky app not automatically scrolling you to the top of the refreshed timeline. If anyone knows another client worth testing holler at me.

Also secretly hoping that Tapbots makes Ivory magically work with Bluesky ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿฝ

19.11.2024 01:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0