Chad Renando

@ChrisCillizza @OpenAI @claudeai Used ChatGTP for over a year, added Claude last month. Using both for transition, but find Claude better for deep reports and is not as trite and click-baity in tone. Like moving house, I find I don't go back to old 'memories' as such, easy to bring Claude up to speed.

I am currently paying for @OpenAI 's upgraded service. Should I do the same with @claudeai? Or switch to Claude entirely? Thoughts welcome.

@pjlaurie thought you'd like that bit.

@ChadRenando The em-dash made this reply for me.

If you're going to send me AI generated slop, please at least read it first. At the moment it feels like I'm now doing reviews of an LLM's first draft more often than a person's.

@darrenrogan @Zeneca

Without saying anything… how long have you been playing video games? Reply with a GIF.

@darrenrogan Only if you use the JS roulette wheel. :) And the agents also get to pitch. And an agent is a judge.

@ChadRenando That was fun, maybe it is time to bring that back

Just got back from the OpenClaw meetup at Cali Beach, Surfers Paradise. 1,000 people showed up. On the Gold Coast. For open source AI agents. The energy was unreal. Massive shout out to Simon for organising 🫡 Here's what I took away 🧵

@maththrills Interesting question. I always thought their sense of time was based on constants of human-here (H1) and human-not-here (H2). From my sample size of 2, Border Collie Excitement (BCE) increases with H2 when I am regional for a week or more, which makes me think there is an H2.

Approaches to place-based change: Collective impact and other models to address systemic challenges Exploring the "how" of community and place-based change. open.substack.com/pub/chadrenand…

A recap of 2024 and a shift to place for 2025... open.substack.com/pub/chadrenand…

I'm an American in Australia. I vote in WA state, and electoral college so not much impact apart from having my say. And apart from indictments, FEMA lies, Jan 6, 'concept of a plan', nepotism, and so much more, there is this. How this is even an option is beyond comprehension.

@jackiehowells1 @zotero is useful. Great Word plugin, easy referencing from websites, easy adds from Amazon.

Thank you both so much! I can't use endnote as my uni has no longer funded me to use this anymore (finishing a dissertation disabled and unfunded is not easy) I'm trying to use Mendeleev but I'm blocked by my uni for that too :(

@AcademicChatter when someone says use a reference manager what do they mean? I usually copy and paste from mendeley into a word document but this seems insufficient to the folks I'm turning it into, so I would really love if anyone from @mendeley_com or @AcademicChatter knows?

@JarradLawrence Cool. Working on an interface update soon.

@ChadRenando Huzzah 🙌 - thanks buddy, I’ve updated my bookmark now. Such an immensely worthwhile resource and I come back to it every few months to share with somebody new.

🙏 Twitter Help 🙏 What are the accelerators in OZ and NZ? Who is the best contact person? I've just open-sourced my list. Keen for this to exist to recommend other accelerators. We get 1,000 applications pa and sadly can't back everyone 😢 #gid=519834454" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

@JarradLawrence your.startupstatus.co/map/

@QSP73Z Coworking in Victoria link. I have used Hub and Regus to good effect, but most would offer day rates. #4#1#All#All#All#All#All#All#role" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">your.startupstatus.co/map/#4#1#All#A…

Is WeWork still trading in Australia? Chasing casual coworking spot for 2 days in Melbourne in a couple of weeks. #melbourne #startup #coworking

@laughingmind @bigyahu One thing needed is sustainable local leadership, a collective 'backbone' of multiple roles. Previously the remit of a passionate NFP group or individual, we are seeing new 'species' emerge to cast the vision, measure, advocate, and attract investment in community.

@laughingmind @bigyahu Like the national system, regions are also specialising. No longer 'anyone give it a go' or 'innovation for all'; there are place-based focuses on specific issues like decarb, drought, food sovereignty, etc. This will continue and attract local opportunies.

There was once a London subway-style map that included many of the organisations and startups that made up the Sydney startup community. It was called StartRail, and the first version was created by an intern as a little project at BlueChilli. There were two updates, and a Melbourne map, eventually. Like many things in the startup industry, it started small, created by optimistic, enthusiastic, pay-it-forward people who didn’t let the risk of scaling issues stop them having a go. Like many things in the startup industry it grew so quickly that it eventually became a victim of its own scale. StartRail, and BlueChilli, are just memories now. Like many things in the startup industry, nobody kept a detailed diary, saved backups, or took many photos. While details blur over time, the relationships between startup people, and the songlines connecting their ideas and their common purpose, are the most important legacy of most of our startups. Those shared memories between the people who were there, who passionately agreed and disagreed, who grabbed another coffee and a whiteboard marker, who stayed back a bit later to do just a little bit more. That still lives, while we do.