Okay! I keep remembering anew that people on bluesky aren’t as hostile by default, so I can try stuff. Gonna do an AMA for the next hour, anything you want to know about what I’ve learned from being in tech for 20 years. Lots of stuff I wish I knew starting out!
Are we gonna move past the attention economy biz models or are ad supported surveillance capitalism platforms gonna keep dominating the web?
How can I fund @distributeaid.org aid? We have solid seed stage metrics for a marketplace startup... but we're a humanitarian aid org building open source supply chains & the tech to power them. - 4.5M GMV - 450K annual rev - 10% MoM growth - 10x annual return to humanity - ramen profitable
did you and prince ever kiss
what emergent areas of technology are fast-growing *and* reasonably ethically sound
What specific areas of AI are you most bullish on?
Phew! This is fun, but will wrap up shortly. Thanks everybody for great questions, and feel free to ask if there are tech concepts or terms you don’t understand; I’m happy to explain them.
How do you want to be remembered?
What's your biggest tip for helping individuals transition from working at Big Companies with huge teams and layers of hierarchy to working at much smaller teams (be they startups, non-profits, or tech-adjacent companies)?
Is there a metaphor you default to when you talk about careers with others? (As opposed to ladders) Also, thanks for add to this lovely space 😊