Dialectic with Jackson Dahl

/dialectic w/ Steph Ango (@kepano) is out now.

Steph is a designer, artist, entrepreneur, toolmaker, and CEO of 
/obsidian, the tool I use to write, think, and store my ideas.

This is a must-listen for any designer or creative person. We discuss constraints, style, principles, reduction, digital durability, investing time, choosing what to work on, compounding, patience, and communicating your ideas.

Steph has worked across mediums: hardware, software, industrial design, packaging, open-source, content, instruments, and more. He's a toolmaker first and foremost, and we talk about how creative constraints enable us to stoke the flame inside us.

Steph is a prolific writer whose clarity and concision inspire me, and we discuss many of his most empowering ideas.

I believe these ideas will challenge you in unexpected ways and push you to be more creative, agentic, and optimistic.

Pods:
https://pods.media/dialectic/8-steph-ango-tools-for-amplifying-our-light?referrer=0x9b902482E62Db8FC486C3f1acAA568006021DbEC

lately I have been focused on writing and building more than speaking, so there was a lot to catch up on!

Fear is temporary; regret lasts forever. Take the leap, even if it’s just a small step.

The future is built by today’s quiet decisions.

It’s not about where you start, but where you’re willing to go that matters most.

The harder you fall, the higher you rise.

Success isn’t just about what you do, it’s also about who you become in the process.

Silence speaks louder than words sometimes.

Growth often begins in discomfort, where we’re forced to challenge ourselves and break free from old patterns.

When everything feels uncertain, remember that your ability to adapt is more powerful than any challenge you face.

Native

Happy Friday! 

Excited to announce that @CoinbaseDev (yo @lincoln when are they gonna get active on FC?) has issued grant to me for the work I've done regarding AgentKit while building $NATIVE.

More to come.

Product & onchain AI @ CDP, Founder @ Vanderbilt Blockchain, EPF Fellow and SSF Enthusiast

Farcaster

The Farcaster team is too _________

They need to do more _________

(Fill in the blank)

a v cool thing about meeting other builders on farcaster (and starting to work with them) is that there is a layer of trust that is kinda built upon the interaction, and that allows for whatever you do together to happen faster

its special

Rawdogging Farcaster by posting no links, images, or quotes. No frames. No tickers. No channel. Just a raw dog.

I love Farcaster because I love the people here. Twitter is a superficial popularity contest. I spent a year trying to grow there and there was zero correlation between number of followers and number of friends. Here, there’s a very obvious one. I’ve met coworkers, roommates, and probably lifelong friends on Farcaster.

Bring back cozy corners. Focus on an app that genuinely builds connection. I don’t know exactly how to do that but it’s what keeps me coming back. I haven’t made a single penny on tokens here because I have no interest in it. Maybe that puts me in the minority here but I do think it’s the majority stance of people outside of crypto.

social app that puts everyone into a 4 people group chat splits.

don't like the group? leave it and get rolled into another one
don't like it too? help the app correct your interests to match with other people

liked it? stick through and rule the outside world with your cabal.

frames-v2

How do you debug frames v2? I have my prototype. I open it in the dev playground. I click a button. It doesn't work. What now? Where do I see what went wrong?

Him: What’s your Twitter
Me: here you go. Do you use Farcaster too?
Him: oh. No not really. I’m not a Base person


Houston we have a problem

hot-beverages

my favorite cafe uses physical loyalty cards

i lost a card a few months ago with 9/10 holes punched, 1 visit away from a free hot beverage 😔

…until i was cleaning out some random stuff in my apartment this morning and i found the card !!

free mocha tomorrow, huge w

brightrunez

@brightrunez