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The Hidden Variable in Opportunity Cost

It’s wise to constantly evaluate the opportunity cost of your job. For those of us in the tech industry, a comparison is often drawn between working at a startup vs. a big company. When I started working at Facebook, I thought about this a lot

Leica Q Review: Thoughts and Sample Images

I brought the Leica Q with me on a recent trip to Barcelona and Mallorca. I usually travel with a backpack full of Canon gear; this time I wanted to try a more casual approach. The plan was to…

Why It’s Impossible to Make Plans Anymore

In the landline-days of old, a plan had to be a solid commitment. Now, it more closely resembles a series of nebulous inklings. For some context, we made this video:

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8:16 AM May 6th, 2019

Lookout

This is Lookout, a new camera that looks ahead, so you can keep looking down. Finally, you can see what’s in front of you, without ever having to look up from your phone…

10:50 AM April 10th, 2019

Investor Meeting Seating

We just finished YCombinator. Surrounding Demo Day, we went to a lot of investor meetings. Such conversations are usually well-choreographed and methodical but their physical conditions can be variable and random. For example…

8:48 AM February 14th, 2019

Social Presence Theory

Last year, a very deep rabbit hole led me to a book from 1976 called The Social Psychology of Telecommunications. I found it by way of Social Presence Theory, a concept frequently referenced in contemporary writing on presence and communication.

8:22 AM February 1st, 2019

Counting Taps

Tap count is not inherently a problem, nor is it a meaningful signal for the strength of a flow. A terribly confusing 2-tap flow is worse than an ingeniously clear 5-tap flow.

4:34 PM August 3rd, 2016

Instagram Stories

As a user, I’m utterly captivated. The content is incredible. It’s high-frequency but, importantly…

8:43 PM July 17th, 2016

The Best Instagram Locations in Tulum, Mexico

We visited Tulum recently; below were some of our favorite spots to chill and take square pictures. This is…

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