Worried that AI is making you stupid? Come train your brain at Mind Club! luma.com/gr1y72u0 #kitchener #waterloo #kw #mindclub

I started a new thing: mindclub.ca

I gave a career talk this week. You might find it interesting. aggieinc.substack.com/p/how-to-hav... ⚛️🧪

Some thoughts on how to categorize different quantum tech startups. Thinking about it this way helps me know when lessons from regular startup land apply, and when they might not. insights.quantum.salon/p/four-axes-...

I really like the analogy of algorithms as recipes. We can extend the analogy to quantum computing. In this post, I take it a little too far. insights.quantum.salon/p/the-quantu...

Check out my guest appearance on The Quantum Experience where I get to share my thoughts on leadership. aggieinc.substack.com/p/guest-podc...

more from Derek Sivers

So, I won’t be able to write anything serious for the Aggie Inc. Substack this week. I’ve gone into focus mode. In the meantime, here are some things I’ve been enjoying recently, if you’re looking for inspiration. What about you? aggieinc.substack.com/p/a-list-of-...

Just learnt a new term: mistakes of commission. These are data-rich mistakes, the kind that help you hone your craft. open.substack.com/pub/lulu/p/t...

know your audience

wise words from 1908

Boop!

nice

yes

What the heck is the difference between incubators, accelerators and venture studios??? insights.quantum.salon/p/incubators...

patience sive.rs/donkey

My favourite note-taking tools and my philosophy around how I incorporate technology into my life. aggieinc.substack.com/p/my-favouri... #solopreneur #notetaking #apps

Kinda wish you could cash in your citations when you leave academia

I used to think of VCs as this mysterious group of people, who existed to give you money, if only you managed to impress them somehow. If you do too, this post will help. quantumsalon.substack.com/p/the-mechan... #quantumcomputing #venturecapital #entrepreneurship 🧪⚛️

I had a dream where for one reason or another, I was given the task of finding a particular address in a phone book. In the dream, I thought it was the funniest thing ever, but I didn’t have anyone around who I could share the joke with.

I'm doing more recordings these days and think it's time to invest in a new mic. Any suggestions for a good podcasting mic?

One of the best things about being a solopreneur in 2025 is the sheer number of tools and apps you can use to be productive without hiring more people. In this post, I wanted to highlight some of my favourite ones! aggieinc.substack.com/p/some-of-my...

So I’ve now heard of silicon valley, quantum valley, and hydrogen valley. What other valleys are there out there?

Sometimes I have trouble explaining to my tech friends why physicists have trouble adjusting to industry.

Hot take: I think companies sometimes underestimate how much it matters whether people feel proud to say where they work.

Can you imagine if Planck chose a less cool sounding name, how different our industry might be today.

Some advice, on how to take advice, from Derek Sivers.

Anyone else love how on a mac, the eject disk menu item is right above the erase disk menu item?

Communication for deep tech startups is tricky. The standard advice is to abstract away the technical details and focus on customer problems. But in deep tech, that’s easier said than done. And even when it’s possible, it’s often not enough. quantumsalon.substack.com/p/deep-techs... 🧪⚛️ #deeptech

We still have our dvd player hooked up. When we’re feeling nostalgic, we go down to the local library and rent out some dvds for an old-fashioned movie night 🍿

At some point, a business needs to hire or outsource some of the work. But what work do I outsource, and how do I explain to the other person what to do and how to do it? I know how to do everything, but do I know how to teach it? aggieinc.substack.com/p/you-need-h...

Quantum computing isn't the only technology being developed that takes advantage of quantum mechanics. It's useful to have some map of how all of these technologies fit together. Check out my thoughts on this here: quantumsalon.substack.com/p/quantum-ph... #quantumphysics #quantumcomputing 🧪⚛️

Given that food delivery is so huge these days, why don’t we have ice cream trucks anymore?

This is probably the funniest comic I've read since I can remember www.reddit.com/r/comics/com...

Aggie and Tobias dive into the concept of "vibe physics” (AI-assisted physics research) and explore whether this represents genuine progress or just nonsense generation... #physics #vibephysics #vibecoding #aiagents ⚛️ 🧪 youtu.be/Ue55Q9KsLEc

I am aghast to learn that ordering a meal with a female name gets you less food than ordering the same meal with a male name. I can put up with a lot...but don't shortchange me on my food dude 🙃 www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromo...

Idea: a marketplace for used lab equipment. Like eBay but for beam splitters.

quantumsalon.substack.com/p/quantum-pa... #quantum 🧪⚛️

I started a thread on conference posters over on LinkedIn if you want to share yours: www.linkedin.com/posts/aggie-...

If you detach the sticky note left-to-right, it doesn’t curl up there way it does when you detach it bottom-to-top

Who out of the quantum folks remembers this incident from 2007? youtu.be/saWCyZupO4U

A bit about what I’ve been up to open.substack.com/pub/aggieinc...

Ok who is actually pronouncing h-bar as slash aitch?

A new article on how to make sense of the quantum news: quantumsalon.substack.com/p/how-to-rea... #quantum #quantumcomputing 🧪 ⚛️

I need to add a category “walking around looking for my phone” to my exercise tracker

Is there a genre of fan fiction about the personal lives of characters in work-focused dramas? I was just thinking to myself, I wonder what Assistant Director Skinner got up to while off the clock

One insect I wouldn’t mind an abundance of are fire flies!

Oh yeah in the meantime, episode 3 came out youtu.be/VgY_p-rn_FU

People always talking about wildlife in Australia, but Canadian wildlife is scary. The geese here are no joke. And yesterday I saw a baby fox fighting with the neighbour’s cat.