Investor, Writer & Photographer. Partner emeritus @ True Ventures. Past life: Started GigaOm. I have written about tech for 3+ decades. Visit: Om.co

Perhaps the most profound lesson was learning to look beyond immediate outcomes. What seemed like devastating wounds at the time have become battle scars I now cherish. Former colleagues became lifelong friends. Ideas we pioneered—from paid subscriptions to multiple revenue streams—are now industry standards.

Most importantly, failure opened doors I didn't know existed. It led me to photography, where I learned to hear light and see wind, finding new meaning in the slowness of time. What felt like the worst moment of my life was actually a journey to a better future—I just couldn't see it then.

Remember this: your worst day might just be the universe's way of redirecting you to where you need to go. 

A longer version of this post is published and available on my website, https://om.co/2025/03/11/ten-years-later/

.eth
@bluesky.social
.farcaster
etc.

These are the new area codes

It’s time for a new network to protect us from spam. 

XMTP now has network level consent and the ability to add a security deposit to your request box to protect and get value for people and bots that want your attention. 

This shit is out of control.

Check out this magic demo - @farcaster, @base & @ensdomains now supported in the new Convos app on XMTP. Simple as a passkey. One click auth with @coinbasewallet 

Bring the power of a Decentralized Signal to the identity you already use and love. Bring all your identities into one place on the most secure chat app in the world. Can also use Randos mode to be completely private and not connected to any identity. 

No more phone numbers.

A sufficiently decentralized social network. farcaster.xyz

Your web3 username | Join the chat in /ens

Learn more: ens.domains | Register: app.ens.domains

All of your crypto. All of your wallets. All in one place. Your home for everything onchain. wallet.coinbase.com

xmtp

A random walk down @safe ❇️ and open source tech research

Been working on something new… 

just overhauled the signup flow, it’s rough but it’s so simple, testing it out… whatcha think? 

a decentralized Signal - passkey messenger - built on @xmtp 

In < 10 seconds you can get…

🔑 Passkey only login (no phone number or single global identifier required. Connect as many identities as you want & stay private)

🔒 MLS security and encryption (post forward secrecy & post-compromise security. No back door. Signal level security) 

🪙 Everyone gets a wallet by default - simple as a passkey (just hold cash, no Education required. Can connect any external wallet)

🪪 Connect any identity or multiple identities - bring Signal level security & messaging to all of your identities (Farcaster, ENS, Lens, Base, we even have Randos (our version of temporary or incognito) to stay protected and private)

👮Network level consent to protect your inbox from spam and scams. 

🌐 Decentralized with XMTP to ensure censorship-resistance (more important now than ever)

Food

Hi Casters. I love it when two food cultures come together and make something awesome. Apparently the Lebanese immigrants to Mexico brought shawarma with them and that resulted in the al pastor taco. I enjoyed a particularly good one at Los Tacos Numero Uno today https://maps.app.goo.gl/2d7FKMW4ztJJMGh1A?g_st=ac

Diamond Wheels
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x2e8ce3ac4b30b8a7f73972a82cdf0798428b8b4e/2?referrer=0xb82287781946284c4f096dd7401d7dbc16432982

Founders

if you're building a consumer app, solve for this

Fitness

I love baking this cake! 

“At Tribes, we believe that so-called “web3 social” products will feel familiar yet full of small, magical moments that crypto tech makes possible. Social is the cake, and web3 is the icing.”

I love baking this cake! 

“At Tribes, we believe that so-called “web3 social” products will feel familiar yet full of small, magical moments that crypto tech makes possible. Social is the cake, and web3 is the icing.”

https://warpcast.com/tribes/0x1adaed

Today we’re introducing tipping on messages to enable big gratitude.

A ❤️ is great, but a ❤️ and $1 says even more. Tipping puts your money where your emoji is and says: I value your contribution, literally.

See how it works:

Today we’re introducing tipping on messages to enable big gratitude.

A ❤️ is great, but a ❤️ and $1 says even more. Tipping puts your money where your emoji is and says: I value your contribution, literally.

See how it works: https://tribes.mirror.xyz/X8A3mR_9XJw9ZyjqV64u4Kb58QVvaYDEmsVDrwjCfpU

UXR in web3 is interesting because you have a wider view of participants' actions across apps/etc. (via public transactions) to inform your questions and learnings.

Related: want $100 to talk web3 for an hour?

UXR in web3 is interesting because you have a wider view of participants' actions across apps/etc. (via public transactions) to inform your questions and learnings.

Related: want $100 to talk web3 for an hour?

https://warpcast.com/tribes/0x57b098

Our Tribes Vibes collectible drops have always been about saying thanks and having fun with y'all. But today we're revealing a little secret.

Tribes Vibes collectibles are invitations to our Founding Tribe, too.

When I was new to product design it seemed smart to copy big apps' solutions — after all, they're big, they test, so they must know what's best, right?

Not as often as you'd think. 

What outsiders see as "best practices" are often insiders' "mistakes we can't unmake".

I love it when a little button makes big new things possible.

We added Add.

https://twitter.com/tribes_xyz/status/1632821064156983296

Producty designerd in Crocs. Pro aesthete. court3r.twitter

Andrew

@courter