Category: captitulate
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Solving the Turnip Puzzle Part 3
This next part in the puzzle is bringing bringing us around in loops. For context, I’ve used the term turnip puzzle to ask how we work together, so extraction doesn’t lead us to having nothing left, aka squeezing blood from a turnip. I’ve also been working with Claude. In part 1, the focus was on…
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Solving the Turnip Puzzle Part 2
Last night, my teen son and I were discussing the state of the world. I wish he was older before having to grapple with these things! This morning, I’ve been working out some more of the turnip puzzle with Claude. The turnip puzzle is my name for trying to understand how we keep working together,…
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Solving the Turnip Puzzle Part 1
This morning, I dreamt that I was telling a room of startup founders that we’re trying to be out in front of something that has already replaced us, thus our goal is wrong. I got out of bed and started working out some puzzles with Claude, mainly about whether anyone in the AI race is…
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Chones 2025 Impact
Let’s just say we all meet up in person. And let’s say that we can produce whatever experience we’d want. Wouldn’t you want to play PacMan at Pizza Hut and trade Garbage Pail Kids? If I sent you a cold dm with an invitation link, would you trust that it’s a real event, with real…
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Chones Party with V4N
On December 4, 2025, I had the privilege of sharing a conversation with V4N during Chones Party! V4N is the founder of Upe! You can follow her on X. She shared about community, finding signal in the noise and fun. Here are some highlights! 03:34 Tap into the fun in our DNA Things can be…
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Chones Party with Kenny
On October 23, 2025, I had the privilege of sharing a conversation with Kenny during Chones Party! Kenny is the founder of POIDH and the SEO expert! You can follow him on Farcaster. He shared about SEO, AI and incentives. Here are some highlights! 02:04 The Story of Kenny & SEO Once you start writing…
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Chones Party with G2
On October 9, 2025, I had the privilege of sharing a conversation with G2 during Chones Party! G2 is the founder of Creative Platform! You can follow him on X. He shared about music, deep fakes and keeping things simple. Here are some highlights! 01:38 Decades of music Getting that first hand experience was really…
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Chones Party with E2T
On October 3, 2025, I had the privilege of sharing a conversation with E2T during Chones Party! Travis is cofounder of Farcastle and Bootleggers! You can follow him on Faraster. He shared about coordination, cypher punk and music as cultural stewarding. Here are some highlights! 02:30 The journey to all Travis’ expertise This was really…
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Chones Party with Jordanisgreen
On September 25, 2025, I had the privilege of sharing a conversation with Jordanisgreen during Chones Party! Jordan is founder of Times New, and who we can thank for our amazing Chones brand design! You can follow her on X. She shared about flow, taste and boxing. Here are some highlights! 01:21 Why we hang…
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Art, Tech and Time
A fine artist isn’t concerned about AI, because their art is hung on walls. They do use it to write grants, because they admit that their writing skill is poor. A software developer wanted us to consider various open source licensing when reviewing IP and copyright. Art & AI & IP was a gallery reception…