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Well. That made me feel more proudly American than anything Kid Rock has ever done.

@jowrotethis @SheaSerrano I watched based on your recommendation last year or so. Can’t believe that one slipped past me because it was amazing. Top notch use of Plemons as well.

@SheaSerrano This is a PERFECT movie

@CorpoTuck Love this messaging. Lean in!

When I built Smoov, I didn’t want couples to split fairly. I wanted them to split without tension. That’s a much harder problem. And way more valuable.

@YouTubeInsider Love this practical content. Keep sharing, Rene.

Fun with mythbusters time! Myth: Should creators avoid dubbing in certain languages or turning on Player for Education because it could lower CPMs? False! This myth is a misunderstanding of averages vs totals. The average of $100 and $20 is $60, which looks lower, but the total is $120, which is higher Next Myth: Should creators wait 24-48 hours before making a video public?

@kepano @obsdmd This is fantastic and the file is really well put together. thank you!!!

The sample @obsdmd plugin template now has an AGENTS .md file. Hopefully this means coding tools better follow Obsidian guidelines, and create plugins that can more quickly pass review. x.com/kepano/status/…

@bwags Zapruder level work

excellent work by whoever is operating this camera

@pkafka This was the first thing that came to mind. I imagine the critics in late night, etc.. will slowly fall away. How much time does the Daily show have left?

Paramount/Colbert and WSJ/Epstein are related. There’s no evidence to date that Paramount owner Shari Redstone made the move to placate Trump. Same for Larry and David Ellison, who plan to buy Paramount. And there are definitely non-Trump reasons to bail on late-night TV. 👇

@SeanFennessey @brofromanother @TheBigPic I’m excited to see the runtime. 2:28 seems perfect. Can’t wait to see it.

EDDINGTON is the movie of the year. Maybe of the decade. Amanda, @brofromanother, and I dive into it on @TheBigPic. Then Ari Aster joins me to talk about his new film. open.spotify.com/episode/3dSCuF…

Nearly 50 years ago, @TexasMonthly taught us about Mystic: "Mystic girls learn to love God first, others second, and themselves last." Govs Dan Moody, Price Daniel, John Connally & President Lyndon Johnson sent daughters there. cc: @Sandi @jaybsauceda texasmonthly.com/being-texan/th…

@CorpoTuck More of a taco menu guy

everyone loves a good hamburger menu… what about hotdog menus tho?

@haydenfield @verge Congrats, Hayden!

It's my first day @verge as senior AI reporter! I'll still be covering all things AI, incl leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google & Meta, plus high-flying startups. Pitch me at hayden.field@voxmedia.com & tip me on Signal (anon or not) at haydenfield.11. Psyched to get started!

@MeachamDr Run for the border

@joelgascoigne I love that you share this. Progress can feel like a slog.

Wow, we did it! We have officially achieved a new all-time-high ARR at Buffer 🎉 Our previous all-time-high was $22,384,598 on February 6, 2020. Today, our ARR stands at $22,395,427. This milestone has been 5 years in the making for us, and it's going to take a little time to sink in for me personally! From our previous peak, we dropped 20% in ARR over 4 years to a low of $17,879,503 on January 7, 2024. It was a very nerve-racking situation to experience, and it took a monumental effort combining thoughtful strategy and diligent execution to turn it around. What I'm most proud of, is that the team here today is largely made up of people who dug in or joined to support Buffer as we worked through our most challenging chapter as a company. 51% of the team (38 of 74) experienced the last all-time-high on February 6, 2020. A further 27 folks joined us during our decline. This means that 91% of the current team joined before our recent growth phase that began in January 2024 . Each and every person at Buffer played a role in us reaching this new all-time-high ARR milestone. And it makes me very energized to think about what this team, having been through this experience, can build from here. We're now officially in uncharted territory as a company. We have, by definition, never been here. I'm excited to keep going and see where this leads! And I think that defines this moment quite perfectly, because I believe that the way we'll discover how far we can take this company is by continuing to uncover our own path.

@jspujji LinkedIn

Two years ago, I hired an agency to revamp my LinkedIn profile. Since then, I’ve seen 3x more inbound leads. I asked the founder if I could share what he taught about LinkedIn profile upgrades and he said ‘yes!’ So that’s exactly what I’m doing. For context: In February, @marvinsangines of Notus hosted this workshop for my Accelerator Program. His agency has optimized the Linkedin profiles of 150+ B2B founders & executives worldwide - including mine. In the 83-minute session, he took us through the exact workflow his agency uses to turn every client’s profile into a high-converting landing page. As a BONUS, he also shared a step-by-step Notion template anyone can use to do the same. If you want the full recording + the bonus template FOR FREE: Comment “LinkedIn” and I’ll send it to you.

@jasonfried I would read that! Feels relevant when we have no idea what the next year will bring.

Whenever it feels like it's time to write another book, I start by writing the intro. I aim to keep it around a few hundred words, and I only give myself a few minutes to write it. If it feels like a struggle, I'm not proud of it, or it's just no good, then it's not the right time to write a new book. I don't try again. I wait. Sometimes months. Then, once it feels like it might be time again, I start again. I did this a few months ago and it didn't get anywhere. And then yesterday, spurred on by sparky friction here on X, I just felt the urge to write. I like it. I think we have the beginnings of a new book (co-authored with @dhh, of course). The working title is "Making it up as you go". Here's the introduction: --- This book presents a new approach to work. One we’ve been working on, and working under, for nearly three decades. No theory, abstractions, or anything academic. Just real stuff. It’s not a business book about numbers, metrics, OKRs, KPIs, forecasting, targets, goals, estimates or other conveniently measurable things. They say you can only manage what you can measure. Bullshit. It’s not a business book about certainty, either. Not chasing it, not craving it, not seeking it out. They say you should know everything about what you’re about to do before you do it. Bullshit. It’s also not a business book about big. It’s not about growth, or fundraising, or scaling, or competing, or winning. They say the only worthy way is up and to the right at all costs. Bullshit. If you want traditional business books like that, there are a billion on the shelf. Throw a dart, pick one up, and you’ll have read nearly all of them once you’ve read one of them. This is a book about making it up as you go. About developing and following your intuition and gut. About finding a sustainable orbit and settling in. About making lots of small reversible decisions rather than big, scarring, permanent ones. It’s a book about wandering ahead now, rather than walking a path you set before. About playing it out, rather than planning it out. About doing what you think, rather than doing what you thought. About exercising independence, rather than getting in line. Because you don’t run a business, you ride it. This book is the story of how we’ve built our business, 37signals, one day a time over 26 profitable years, without paranoia, without fear, and without worrying that we don’t know where we’re going. Still. On these pages, we’ll show you how making it up as you go applies to management, strategy, product development, design, technology, customer service, hiring, marketing, writing, and, ultimately, thriving long-term in a highly competitive market by not paying attention to all the things that simply don’t matter. Let’s get into it.

@damengchen Smart! Youve been talking about this for years

Just bought a domain; it will become what it says.

@taraarobertson @peeplaja Winner!

@peeplaja Mydsummer

There's Wynter, there's our conference Spryng... it's time for our next sub-brand. But should it be Symmer or Summyr?

@anothercohen I can smell what the rock is cooking. And it’s queso.

Hear me out

@peeplaja I couldn’t disagree more. It’s all about marketing. The main case study (xerox) describes how they found a specific market and story to tell. “Kids show better academic performance with color handouts”. This commercial insight moved the needle for reps who sold against status quo

@chrishandyblog Not about marketing

Best read/listen on marketing to B2B enterprise companies?

@frantzfries Seems like a pretty good return on a build though. Seemingly infinite integrations.

founders will really hear “build what people want” look at their Linear board full of tickets and go build an MCP server nobody asked for