Category: captitulate

  • Mad Libs, Part 2

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    On March 19, I sent out 184 DM’s, mostly on Telegram, but also on text message and Discord. I only messaged people I already had a direct message thread with. It included this image with a link to the poll below. From those 184 DMs, the poll received 86 votes and the web page received…

  • Solving the Turnip Puzzle: Part 4

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    The Hidden Track, the Well and the Bucket Part 4 of an ongoing series. Part 1 focused on the AI race. Part 2 focused on capital allocation in VC systems. Part 3 reconnected the loops between workers, creators and capital across generations. Part 4 brings it back to Chones. There’s an old citrus packaging warehouse…

  • North Star

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    What I want for Chones is to be the place you bring your treasure to, because you trust it will be honored, because you have been supported by us. Thank you @Jordanisgreen for our conversation that helped me realize this. Seems like every platform has promised some bullshit to builders and creators. Wattpad has regular…

  • Mad Libs, Part 1

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    Remember that part in Ready Player 1 when Wade goes backwards at the start of a race and a path opens up, under the race track? I feel like I’m trying to build that hidden track underneath, away from faster and faster speeds, with all sorts of obstacles. The feed is mostly noise. We’re going…

  • Chones Brand Design

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    I wanted it to feel like the bow of a bikini, worn in the ocean.  The bow is sandy, wet, with salt water, and messy. It holds the bikini on someone’s body, until that body wants the bikini removed; then, just pull one end. During our meeting about Chones brand design, Jordanisgreen asked me some…

  • Solving the Turnip Puzzle Part 3

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    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…

  • Solving the Turnip Puzzle Part 2

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    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,…

  • Solving the Turnip Puzzle Part 1

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    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…

  • Chones 2025 Impact

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    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…

  • Chones Party with V4N

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    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…