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Is Apple cringe?

Love Reddit threads like this. How to be good at sales: “Use a pen. Get a notebook and write things down. I don't know what it is, but customers love it. They feel like the president. If you have a to-do item, write it down in front of them. I never used my phone.” www.reddit.com/r/sales/s/pd...

Come hang out on The Panel livestream! Lots to talk about after my trip to London, UK + Toronto.

This idea from @jessehanley.bsky.social resonated with me so strongly, I had to write about it. "Do the hardest thing." justinjackson.ca/hard-thing

This idea from @jessehanley.bsky.social resonated with me so strongly, I had to write about it. "Do the hardest thing." justinjackson.ca/hard-thing

Great answer to "Why do SaaS founders struggle so much with marketing?" from @earthlingworks.bsky.social: "Many aren’t willing to do the work needed because it’s hard in ways they don’t like. So they go back to what’s easier/comfortable."

"There is no way in hell, absolutely zero chance, that you can build something new and avoid bumping into “that’s not what I meant”. You can’t avoid it, because you can’t define it yet, because building software is learning!" – @thorstenball.com registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/building-s...

To paraphrase Ben Thompson: "Consuming podcasts is a zero-sum activity — time spent with podcasts is time not spent with another form of media." Really, this applies to most long-form media. Broadly, folks are consuming one form of media at a time. And, folks only have so much time in a day!

Great analysis from @pmillerd.com on the wealth gap between Boomers and everyone else. newsletter.pathlesspath.com/p/is-the-boo...

Babies are so cute until you remember their skulls have all the extra teeth up there Waiting

Went to the “nerdiest bar in Toronto” with @wesbos.com, Brooke, @excid3.com, my son, and @adamwathan.com!

My son and I had an awesome tour of Google’s new Toronto campus thanks to @olivi-eh.dev We had some great discussions around Gen Z and AI, Gen Z and careers in CompSci, Kubernetes, and walkable neighborhoods!

If you're in Toronto, and you want to hang out tomorrow (Weds) at 1pm (around Bloor street) DM me. I'm putting together a little hangout for indie, web, startup folks.

I’m in Toronto! Staying in the Annex neighborhood downtown visiting my son until I leave Saturday morning. Anything we should see and do while I’m here? (I know it’s Tech Week – anything good?) Might try to put together a last-minute meetup before I go… cc @wesbos.com

This piece by @monteiro.bsky.social about "How to deal with your kid leaving" is just beautiful and real. I've had 2 kids move out (and 2 more still at home), and this hits. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

Here is a demo of @transistor.fm's new video podcast hosting. Upload one video file, and we'll publish that video episode to YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify (coming soon), and HLS in RSS! I'm particularly excited about HLS video being distributed through RSS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQOy...

Today on the podcast: A series of miracles (with Jason Cohen) What did you think of this one?

I believe I just got a last-minute surprise guest for this one today! This will be a good one to join the livestream chat. @pascallaliberte.me @davegiunta.com @emmettnaughton.bsky.social @rezzz.com @zackgilbert.com @beausimensen.com @ryanhefner.com

Going live in 40 mins! Join us in this chat!

This is cool. Asked Claude to generate some color options for this UI element, and it generated a bunch of sample palettes + UI mockups.

$5 / hour at A&W in 1996.

Why buy vegetables when I can grow them myself for way more time, energy, effort, and money?

(2/5) I believe we need two traits (that we must develop and nurture) in this generation: critical thinking AND compassion. One without the other is dangerous.

Whoever said the “pen is mightier than the sword” has never been in a sword fight with a pen.

Live now! Come join us.

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Technology has amplified all voices, but human nature hasn’t changed. We are still hardwired to focus on emotions like fear, hate, and anger. The people running the technology platforms know this and have chosen to further amplify the ‘worst’ voices for profit.

In the early 90s, the internet was so small and quaint. But now it's everywhere. All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects, in every direction. justinjackson.ca/tech-done-to...

I think we truly don’t appreciate how much the internet has influenced and given rise to the idea that *everything* is debatable and the ultimate arbiter of truth is determined by who is willing to talk the longest.

I'm hosting today! Please join the chat with @pascallaliberte.me, @ryanhefner.com, @davidjones.social, @davegiunta.com, @zackgilbert.com, @curiousorbit.com, @emmettnaughton.bsky.social, @beausimensen.com, @rezzz.com 🙌

It’s time to improve my score.

made a new video to celebrate every time I do something new.

most insane payment structure i've ever seen. the app is mean to you unless you pay them.

When I left twitter I deleted 60,000+ tweets. I've always wanted to have a searchable twitter archive on my personal website. Couldn't find a service that would do it for me. Finally built it with Claude Code: justinjackson.ca/tweets/

If you've ever said to yourself, "Jeez the copy on my site is really sad, and it doesn't seem to connect with prospects," or "perhaps I really should have a lifecycle email series, but have no idea how to go about building that," then you should talk to @punchlinecopy.com! She's helped us with both

11 years ago today. Lunch (at MicroConf I'm assuming), with Nathan Barry, Brennan Dunn, Ryan Delk, @joshpigford.com, and me! (with a beard)

Damn, 1977, that’s one hell of a living room.

💯 Scott Young, on giving advice: "The metamorphosis of the internet means the path I took to get here literally doesn't exist anymore." www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2026/04...

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In the age of AI, the way to stand out is to prove to potential customers that they can trust you. How? Put real human faces on your product. Have a picture of your team! Talk about your experience. I think @freek.bsky.social's team nailed this with their new app: there-there.app

Going live in 15 mins!

Wowsa. The TBPN podcast was likely acquired for $200m+? They were set to generate $30M!?

I'll be live on the New Media Show today with podcast hall-of-famer, Rob Greenlee. We'll definitely be chatting about video podcasting, HLS, AI, and the future of RSS. www.youtube.com/live/fF5ybfL...

Alright, I'm done with this spam sent from "companies running autonomously on Polsia."

Yikes! Good time to be in cyber security: thehackernews.com/2026/03/axio...

Me, avoiding the haters

The idea that podcasts were always meant to be "audio only" is just not true. Here's Steve Jobs demoing video podcasts in iTunes/iPod back in 2005: youtu.be/gVd_ylNvma0?...

Hard technical problems don't necessarily translate into profitable businesses. "People sometimes mistake hard problems (in the computer science sense) for valuable problems(in the business sense)." – Ryan King, CZI Science justinjackson.ca/hard-valuable

Just published this thought: "An update on what we're building at Transistor" Curious what you think...