The Ode to Apple Notes
When I got my first MacBook in 2014, the thing that impressed me the most was how many built-in apps MacOS had and how good a lot of them actually were....
Going Direct In Communications
If you spend too much time on Twitter (like I do), you might have heard about the idea of Going Direct. It started with a growing chasm between the tech and...
How to Fight a Crisis with PR
Just listened to a podcast with Nikita Bier by Lenny Rachitsky that explained the power of communications very nicely. Nikita is famous on Twitter for...
What Makes Telegram Special
Telegram is a secretive social media platform with 900 million users. Their employees aren’t allowed to talk about their jobs. It only has one product...
How Twitter Changed Since Elon's Takeover
We’ve all seen these posts about how Twitter fired 80% of its employees, and then nothing happened. Seems it ultimately did affect their revenue: Internal...
What The EU Should Have Done Instead of DMA
The Digital Markets Act is a bad law. I can understand the idea that led to it. Digital tech companies have a lot of power, and existing regulations don’t...
The United Internet is Collapsing
The internet is probably my favorite invention in the whole world. It’s hard to compare it with penicillin or electricity, of course, but I still remember...
Why Arc is The Best Browser
Arc is an alternative Chrome-based browser with a unique interface. It’s become so popular that The Verge reports on pretty minor updates. I switched to it...
Can Markets Regulate Themselves?
People arguing about regulation tend to favor one side of the argument and believe that either the government or the market has the capabilities and the...
Why Execution Eats Ideas For Lunch
Most people tend to overvalue ideas and undervalue execution. In my experience, that holds even for many people in the tech industry. In general, this...
The Unsettling Battle Between Media and Technology
Balaji started a discussion on Twitter that finally pushed me to put down my thoughts on the matter. Some time ago, around the early 2010s, a tectonic shift...
The Unstoppable EU and The Immovable Apple
The European Union and Apple are locked in a fight nobody wants to cede. First was the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which made Apple create an entirely new...
Why AI Doomerism is Flawed and Misguided
Most politicians are populists, which is the natural result of the basic rule of communications: the larger your audience is, the simpler your message should...
My Default Apps
I saw this post on Matt Birchler’s blog and thought it was an excellent format to share what apps and services I use daily. ✉️ Mail service: Gmail 📬 Mail...
Communicating with Numbers
One of the strongest moves in communications is pushing slightly wrong numbers out so that many people start quoting them and associate with your business...
Does Blogging Even Work?
Blogging became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the rise of platforms like Blogger and WordPress, which made it relatively easy for people to...
Why Superhuman Is Worth $30
Superhuman is a productivity-focused email app initially designed for founders and executives that has massively expanded its focus since then. Its “the...
Uber is Good, Actually
There’s a widespread notion that Uber is getting more and more expensive. You can find multiple series of articles produced on this topic each year and...
Basecamp is a Contrarian Marketing Operation
Basecamp and DHH specifically know how to trigger people and use this all the time to drive awareness without spending a dime. They take stuff that’s...
Web Apps Are Better Than No Apps
There’s a certain community in tech that’s very vocal about their preference toward native apps. I share that sentiment, yet sometimes people take this idea...
