1/25/22
I don’t necessarily agree with all the points made here, but some things are worth pointing out…
‘Every member of Forbes’s 2021 cryptobillionaires list is a man. A third of them attended Stanford or Harvard. Out of the 12 listed, only one isn’t white. The web3 narrative feels like a TEDx talk given to a survivalist group.’
Somedays you just have to get back to the basics, you know… #NowPlaying
New Book, picked up from the lovely @abbeybookshop #JapaneseBreakfast #CryingInHMart #MichelleZauner
This was so so so good and fun!
11/29/21
This is was long and had occasional pacing issues but I’m SO GLAD I finally got to see it and on the big screen!
As someone who loves storytelling and world-building and who grew up as a HUGE mythology geek, I really liked this!
Looking forward to seeing some of these characters again!!!
This is… not great!
Ahead of the French Presidential Election next year (May 2022), this is THE English-newsletter to help you understand the landscape!
H/T to my friend @LindseyTramuta
“Web2 = login with Facebook or Google.
Web3 = log in with your Crypto wallet but don’t steal my data.”
👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 @PetBerisha
Massive respect to my Point Guard Spencer Dinwiddie | @SDinwiddie_25
‘I like things that make sense’: Wizards’ Spencer Dinwiddie plays the cryptocurrency long game
11/1/21
Happy first decade to The Verge, arguably one of the most important tech media publication of the past decade!
I remember how innovative they were from the very start!
”The Verge predates Alexa and the entire concept of Netflix original programming. We are older than Google Photos, Timehop, and Peloton; we launched with a glossy story on the first Nest thermostat. The very first Oculus VR prototype was shown to us in a Las Vegas parking lot. The Verge is older than Slack; we are about as old as movies in 4K. All of that in just 10 years.”
Respectfully, Facebook — now Meta— and Zuck can all fuck off, now!
New James Blake alert!
“For a nation that was begging international investors to take it seriously just a few years ago, the latest run would seem to validate how far France’s startup scene has come”
• France sees biggest ever week for startup funding - Sifted
Keep calm and listen to @LilNasX’s wonderful debut studio album “Montero”
8/25/21
One of the many perks living in Paris: I’ve got an all-you-can-eat pass to go to the cinema!
This evening I was planning an outing to an art house theater which was planning to show a 35mm screening of Sympathy for Lady Vengeance however their 35mm projector is down. So as a backup they’re showing The Host — which was also in my list…
Fellow Sports Fans, this is your mandatory weekend reading sorted!
Happy John Mayer release day!
#NowPlaying
Anyone who knows me well should know that I’m a sucker for a good late night talk show, so this weekend read about Conan O’Brien’s farewell was just what I needed 🤗📺
I’m old now
Absolutely loved reading @LaurenzCollins' feature piece about @OmarSy (@Netflix’s #Lupin) in @NewYorker. It’s about the actor, the show, but also so much more about French society and modern history today!
The immediate follow-up for me now is to think about Micro.blog vs DayOne vs Tumblr (also an Automattic acquisition)
For the use that I personally have, all of these have inter-connections…
📸🎙🖼 My wife’s work and art is being featured today on The Avid Pen
US v Europe, an allegory
The people around us have been very impressed with my wife’s complete change of career. She’s going live in a few days with another fellow creative (@britt_mgreene) for a session about just that.
Trying to think about what would be the simplest/cheapest and overall best way to set up an automated newsletter whenever I post something on Micro.blog 🤔
Maybe something based on the RSS feed of my “Life" category to keep up with friends & family…