You're receiving this because we're friends, we've worked together, or you just signed up. You can always unsubscribe at the bottom. I got everything I wanted and now I have to figure out what to do with it. After a month of fasting, the first coffee always hits harder than your uncle's opinion on the Iran war at the dinner table. I'm writing this late on Eid after a full day with family. Days like this always make me wish I was more of a morning person. You get up super early and by 11am it already feels like a full day, except the rest of the day is still ahead of you. I guess that is what it feels like when you fit a lot into a short amount of time. That's also what the last few months have felt like. Since January, me, Mike, Nalden and Lazlito have been building the Nternet Studio together. It's a product studio where... we build our own products. We are still figuring out exactly what that means (or maybe I am) but we already launched the new site with some of the things we have already shipped. Mike seemingly left the only social event of the month early to go home and keep working on it. That should tell you enough about the mood right now. There's now also a BETA for a photo book service that I have wanted to work on personally for a while. Give it a try. Let me know if you actually want the book - I have a few discount codes to hand out. We're planning to build a lot more things this year too. Mostly because we're all on the same page now in terms of work, and because the AI tools have gotten so good that you can move insanely fast. Funnily enough, the easier it gets to build stuff, the fewer good ideas I seem to have. A lot of things that felt like useful products before now just feel like prompts. It turns out being able to make almost anything does not really help with deciding what is actually worth making. That is a good challenge for the studio. It also means I get more excited now when something is hard to build. At this point I use enough AI tools to concern an electricity provider, so if it is still hard to make, there is probably something there. Sometimes it still feels less like a tool and more like a I would genuinely be devastated if I lost my job to AI before real estate agents. That would really hurt. Lawyers too, although they get a small pass because at least they occasionally stop you from getting sued. Maybe that is also why scrolling has started to feel worse. Posting is still fun. I have actually been enjoying that more lately. But consuming is different. Most of the time it does not inspire me at all. It just makes me anxious. And every time I log out and focus on the real things happening in front of me, things feel better almost immediately. This is mostly a reminder to myself, but I doubt I am the only one. And what is in front of me right now is a lot of freedom. I know that is a privilege, especially now, and I am grateful for it. I just have to remember to enjoy it too. That is usually when the work feels best. That is usually when I do my best work. Eid Mubarak. Some things I've been listening to recently This podcast with Ed Zitron (even his name is sour) is very good on the business side of AI, and I find him such a funny character. Didn't listen to much music this month but I promise more links next time! Reply if you want. Send me a song, recipe, video (preferably Youtube) or meme. Keep moving. Stay on your feet. Youssef |
You're receiving this because we're friends, we've worked together, or you just signed up. You can always unsubscribe at the bottom. I got everything I wanted and now I have to figure out what to do with it. After a month of fasting, the first coffee always hits harder than your uncle's opinion on the Iran war at the dinner table. I'm writing this late on Eid after a full day with family. Days like this always make me wish I was more of a morning person. You get up super early and by 11am it already feels like a full day, except the rest of the day is still ahead of you. I guess that is what it feels like when you fit a lot into a short amount of time. That's also what the last few months have felt like. Since January, me, Mike, Nalden and Lazlito have been building the Nternet Studio together. It's a product studio where... we build our own products. We are still figuring out exactly what that means (or maybe I am) but we already launched the new site with some of the things we have already shipped. Mike seemingly left the only social event of the month early to go home and keep working on it. That should tell you enough about the mood right now. There's now also a BETA for a photo book service that I have wanted to work on personally for a while. Give it a try. Let me know if you actually want the book - I have a few discount codes to hand out. We're planning to build a lot more things this year too. Mostly because we're all on the same page now in terms of work, and because the AI tools have gotten so good that you can move insanely fast. Funnily enough, the easier it gets to build stuff, the fewer good ideas I seem to have. A lot of things that felt like useful products before now just feel like prompts. It turns out being able to make almost anything does not really help with deciding what is actually worth making. That is a good challenge for the studio. It also means I get more excited now when something is hard to build. At this point I use enough AI tools to concern an electricity provider, so if it is still hard to make, there is probably something there. Sometimes it still feels less like a tool and more like a I would genuinely be devastated if I lost my job to AI before real estate agents. That would really hurt. Lawyers too, although they get a small pass because at least they occasionally stop you from getting sued. Maybe that is also why scrolling has started to feel worse. Posting is still fun. I have actually been enjoying that more lately. But consuming is different. Most of the time it does not inspire me at all. It just makes me anxious. And every time I log out and focus on the real things happening in front of me, things feel better almost immediately. This is mostly a reminder to myself, but I doubt I am the only one. And what is in front of me right now is a lot of freedom. I know that is a privilege, especially now, and I am grateful for it. I just have to remember to enjoy it too. That is usually when the work feels best. That is usually when I do my best work. Eid Mubarak. Some things I've been listening to recently This podcast with Ed Zitron (even his name is sour) is very good on the business side of AI, and I find him such a funny character. Didn't listen to much music this month but I promise more links next time! Reply if you want. Send me a song, recipe, video (preferably Youtube) or meme. Keep moving. Stay on your feet. Youssef |
