Morgan J. Lopes

Curious what goes through someone’s mind during a 50-mile run? I finished the race summary from my first ultra marathon. Check it out. morganjlopes.medium.com/my-first-ultra…

@thesamparr I miss your actual voice... on MFM ad-reads. Your ai version is similar enough to be recognizable, but different enough to be creepy.

@businessbarista Ai

The best AI tools & tactics are stuck in private chats and buried Slack threads. So I'm spinning up a few WhatsApp groups for folks who are actively using AI in their day-to-day. First is an AI group for ceos/founders. Second is an AI group for engineers & engineering leaders. Third is an AI group for marketers & marketing leaders. No sales pitches. Just smart people sharing how they’re using AI to move faster, do more, and stay ahead. If you want to join one of these groups, reply with "ai" and I’ll DM you an invite.

@howardcjohn Which year did it become a better business than the one you sold?

I quit the company I sold in March 2020 (pandemic month) and went FT in Slingshot. Year 1 - Made almost nothing. Year 4 - Got down to $600 in biz account. Year 7 - We're profitable. Working with Adobe, Google, and TONS of startups helping them create/manage swag. Do not quit.

@Austen sms. Lemme order by unread, PLEASE!

What is the most hated piece of software you use regularly?

@elonmusk When is DOGE gonna get around to cookie/GDPR banners on websites? Delete 'em! Low hanging win for every American, multiple times a day.

NOTE: The percentages about Earth were the only ai generated piece of this prediction.

Huh? Let's scrap the analogy: Within 36* months, 70% of employees in America will strongly rely** on AI to perform daily business functions. * 36 months is my conservative estimate ** I'm NOT saying "will be replaced by"

People call it a wave. I thought it was a tsunami. Now I see the whole world flipping upside down. We will live underwater... Engulfed in all forms of AI. Some will have/find scuba gear. The rest will be gasping for air.

It's wild how many comments see "talking about money" as immature and ego driven, particularly given how many major life decisions are related to income/price. - housing - transportation - marriage - kids - education - retirement - travel Recently a 40yo+ friend with 2 kids shared they were making $60k+. They couldn't understand why they weren't able to get ahead or save for the future. The only person benefiting from my friend's ignorance was his (former) employer. Because we talk about money... we get better deals, earn higher paying jobs/projects, and find simpler ways to upgrade areas of life. (bank screenshots are only necessary when someone calls BS on a number, haha.)

My boyfriend says him and all his friends talk about money all the time. How much they make, how much they bought houses for, screenshots of checking accounts, what they paid for engagement rings etc. He is blown away that my female friends/colleagues don’t. I said, “it feels incredibly rude and improper.” He said, “This is why women get paid less and get screwed in any form of commerce more than men.” Ladies is this true?

@yoalexrapz Information asymmetry is an advantage... for whomever has it. The more I tell my friends, the more they reciprocate... increasing our collective advantage. The bigger the transaction, usually the more true. The advantage seems to compound over time.

@Austen Every fraud account, spammer, and bot on our app. Who needs recaptcha when all malicious actors seem to be using the same browser on a windows machine?

People still use Firefox???

@sarahtothelee @JamieHoward Thanks Sarah. Sending DM

@JamieHoward cc @MorganJLopes

OpenAI's Operator is neat, but yet very useful in practice. Anyone want to help me build an alternative that just uses dynamically generated Selenium scripts to perform AI-powered browser tasks locally? - Record the task - Convert to Selenium script - Run it. When it breaks, hand AI the script, screenshots and console logs - AI writes a new version of the script and tries that instead You wouldn't be using a web browsing specific AI model, but I feel like that would be a much better approach.

@BrentBeshore Convos about optimizations (red light, cold plunge, multivitamins, etc) with people intent on neglecting fundamentals (exercise, nutrition, sleep, etc).

For those who are 10+ years into maintaining a high level of fitness, what are the unexpected or non-obvious struggles you ran into from years 2-10?

@BrentBeshore Performance vs Aesthetics

@BrentBeshore I can't find a middle ground. If I'm not continually raising the bar, I'm losing interest.

@SeeBQ @OpenPhone too uncommon a feeling. I still remember the first time I felt it... thanks @easypost

That feeling when the vendor finally gives you API access, and you hit that first curl command and it just works. *shudders* Great work @OpenPhone that was too easy!

@BarrettABrooks "No more lattes" would have a similar impact on my marriage too.

It also seems obvious to me that you could as easily and without pissing everyone off say "we're changing the way we serve coffee here so it's always available on demand and never takes more than 3 minutes to get a cup." "No more lattes" achieves 95% of the objective and 10% of the irritation to staff. This is where Elon shoots himself in the foot IMO. If he were 15% more people oriented and cared at all about the emotional side of human life, he would be even more effective at what he does.

When I worked for Seth Godin, one of the things I learned from him was this. "What has to be true for it to take half the time?" was something he would ask any time we were talking about timelines. Often the answer was that nothing needed to change other than the ship date.

@brianpreston haha. They're all just paid actors.

@MorganJLopes is a local celebrity.