Michael Henry

Hey @benjaminnathan @jornvandijk @koenbok @Jatodaro, I love @framer but curious: when's a proper vibe design flow coming? In-app or preferably MCP? Just today I decided I'd create my next site outside of Framer. Transparency here would mean a lot in these wild AI times!

If you use OpenClaw daily, I'd love to pay $50 for 30 min of your time. I'm doing research for a friend's startup to learn how people are actually using OpenClaw. Happy to share what we learn too! Book here: cal.com/michael-henry/…

If you're using #OpenClaw/#NemoClaw, I'd love to talk to you! I'm doing research for a friend's startup, we're speaking with 100 people. Details: 🗣️ 30-min video chat 💰 $50 for your time 💡 Happy to share what we're learning on the call cal.com/michael-henry/…

I’m launching Attentional Copiloting sessions! tldr: Within an hour, go from stuckness to flow to joy on your most important work Origin story: In 2023, I was in an intense period of burnout, and I was procrastinating much more than usual. I had this one project - important but not urgent - that I'd been putting off for literal months. It was generating constant background anxiety, eating away at me. I'd tried my usual tools. Focusmate gave me accountability but I could still find ways to avoid during the session - checking email, doing "research," anything but the actual task. The emotional resistance was still there underneath, and there were “good” reasons to justify doing other work. My IFS therapist helped me see and even clear the underlying patterns, but it didn’t translate to actually doing the work days later. Out of desperation, I paid an IFS coach friend to simply sit on Zoom with me to do IFS while I actually pulled up the Google doc and did it. We started by outlining the task, and I vocalized my sense of dread as it came up. She helped me work with and regulate each wave of resistance. When I got stuck or wanted to pull up twitter, I paused and vocalized my sensations. When shame came up, we worked with the parts. By the end of the hour, I actually finished the thing with far more flow, far less suffering, and (surprisingly) a sense of joy! That experience gave me an unlock: skilled emotional attunement during the actual work was key, not simply talking about it before or after. By actually applying my contemplative practice while working, I could catch and work with patterns as they emerged. I’ve simmered on this idea for the last year and a half. I ran a bunch of experiments on doing this myself and with groups. I co-wrote an essay about “emotions and knowledge work” and ran a workshop at the SF Commons. Surprisingly, I leveled up my work ethic, overall conscientiousness, agency. As a result, I became an early hire at @jhanatech and @odysseypbc ! Intermittently, I've experimented with this modality by guiding people into flow on the hardest things they've been avoiding: responding to that one fucking email they've let sit for weeks; preparing for a big pitch that filled them with dread; even filing taxes (which turned into a deeper conversation about commitment to libertarian ideals). They’ve all repeatedly said I helped them reduce their suffering on work they would’ve continued delaying without me. I’m now on sabbatical and offering this to others! We'll settle into more somatic presence and bring up the task. We’ll outline the steps, tracking any resistance and nervous system activation throughout. I’ll work with it in real-time in a way informed by IFS and Motivational Interviewing. You’ll verbally “note” your experience, bringing up whenever you’d like to move from the task’s content to untangling emotional context. By the end, you’ll have much more done with much less suffering. More info and booking link in the next tweet!

Hi @arcinternet! CMD + Shift + C stopped working to Copy URL. I can set a different shortcut and it works, but I'd prefer not to. Tips to get CMD + Shift + C working again? I'm on today's latest version.

Hey @browsercompany - is it possible to close open windows in the (control + tab) window switcher?

Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model. Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions. openai.com/sora Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy Tokyo city is bustling. The camera moves through the bustling city street, following several people enjoying the beautiful snowy weather and shopping at nearby stalls. Gorgeous sakura petals are flying through the wind along with snowflakes.”

wow.

BIG news: Runway partnered with Canva. They're making Gen-2 accessible directly in Canva's new Magic Media app, which is available to their pro tier customers. Canva has 150 million monthly users. Generative video is starting to go mainstream.

@ashugeo good plan 🤜 don't forget your skis

@michaelhenryio Let's be roommates 👀

I used Midjourney to visualize my dream home. The prompt: A view inside a small modern mountain home. 20 ft wood ceilings. natural light. Living room and kitchen. light exposed repurposed wood. A view of the snow-covered mountains in the background. Cabinporn. A few words on my process: michaelhenry.io/blog-all/how-i…

@hunterhammonds Thanks for sharing Hunter, these threads are crazy helpful. Curious.. have you seen any user research productized services out there?

20/ Want to watch us launch a new business each month? Follow me @hunterhammonds to keep up with our journey. Like/Retweet the first tweet below if you can:

How to build an agency that scales, fast. I've built multiple $1m - $10m+ agencies. This is my playbook 📖:

@hunterhammonds Would love to see details in Substack or even long-form videos that break it down. Perhaps an offering like productizeyourself.co from @BrettFromDJ

Realizing… this will be the high-level, semi-advanced version of the playbook. Maybe I should start a Substack or something to do really long-form dives into all of this. Would that be interesting?

Posting my entire agency playbook tomorrow. Steal it. Tell me everything you want to know and I’ll add if I left it out.

@hunterhammonds Sounds interesting and fun. I shot you a DM with some context and a few ideas.

ANNOUNCEMENT: We're investing $1 million this year to build 3 of these. Need 3 badass operators / domain experts to come build these with us. Highly competitive salary + benefits + equity options. Serious DMs only. Let's go!

@hunterhammonds Congrats on the early traction Hunter. @kanekallaway curious how this cost and quality would compare to your current solution

5/ Check it out here: viralcuts.co

My newest agency, ViralCuts, is going to hit a $1m run rate within its first 30 days. Here's a story about how I convinced @Codie_Sanchez and @thesamparr to come on a crazy journey with me...

We've discussed but: @JustinOdisho for tuts @SchoolOfMotion for motion graphics (probably #1 way to uplevel) @descript has best-in-class captions. Could use it as a final step in your workflow @screenstudio is incredible but not sure how it'd work with your current style. You might consider a full iOS workflow someday for the sake of speed and efficiency. Would suck to switch from PrPro but Final Cut's speed, simplicity, and features are great. It is also coming out for iPad. Apps like VlogNow and CapCut have incredible one-click effects (masking, transitions, AI stuff) that would take hours to achieve in After Effects. Last, if you don't have at least an M1 Max you are playing games.

Trying to go deep down the rabbit hole of storytelling through video. Have the basic editing skills and am medium proficient (~50M views). I want to be better. I don’t know things like masking, adjustment layers, color grading, after effects. Who’s the best person / YouTube video series to watch to go from a 5/10 editor to a 10/10 in the next 3 months?

@joshdviner @p_millerd I’ve got this one on the list, gonna have to dive in as this is the 3rd time I’m seeing it.

The Pathless Path @p_millerd Lessons: • Imagine a life that doesn't put work first • Develop an appreciation for discomfort • Actively and consciously search for the work that you want to keep doing Very relatable book for myself, having quit my job 2 years ago.

For the past 3 years, I've been obsessed with building a life I won't regret. Here are 5 must-read books that will help you do the same:

Super excited. Very glad I've got 8 years of data in Apple Health. techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/app…

@SirYacht_ long form more probable to be healthy addiction though

@michaelhenryio Addicted to long form youtube videos

2 types of people: Those addicted to short-form video Those not addicted to short-form video