Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...

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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...

Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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I am about to get on a plane to fly up to Syracuse for Startup Weekend. Really looking forward to meeting the participants. It is awesome to have many more people exploring startups as an alternative to working at some existing company! Was also pleased to see Twilio as a sponsor – after all, the first version of GroupMe was built on top of Twilio over a weekend.
One of the many wonderful things about the Internet is that geography is no longer destiny when it comes to startups. No city or region has a monopoly on innovation. And if you set yourself up right from the beginning you can get talent from all over the world to work with you. Many of our portfolio companies have important contributors in remote locations.

I am about to get on a plane to fly up to Syracuse for Startup Weekend. Really looking forward to meeting the participants. It is awesome to have many more people exploring startups as an alternative to working at some existing company! Was also pleased to see Twilio as a sponsor – after all, the first version of GroupMe was built on top of Twilio over a weekend.
One of the many wonderful things about the Internet is that geography is no longer destiny when it comes to startups. No city or region has a monopoly on innovation. And if you set yourself up right from the beginning you can get talent from all over the world to work with you. Many of our portfolio companies have important contributors in remote locations.

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