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drewcoffman

@drewcoffman.eth #3895

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apple pundits don’t realize that regular people don’t care about this stuff at all

the number of people who both desperately want Apple Intelligence AND don’t know about the 18.1 beta is zero

normal people get new phones way after they’re released, have probably heard “Apple Intelligence” in passing for a year, and will be pleasantly surprised whenever it shows up on their phone

there’s no reason for Apple not to advertise it, yet i keep seeing takes like this again and again

https://x.com/parkerortolani/status/1846194840049996024?s=46
the short stories in this collection were honestly a bit hit or miss, except for one — Poker Night — that’s probably my favorite piece of writing on the absurdity of aging and dying that i’ve ever come across
TIL the word “company” comes from the Latin “companio” which includes “pan” (bread), meaning “one who eats bread with you”
now reading Trust Me by John Updike
i picked this up because i heard it was similar in vibe to East of Eden, but i felt it was somewhat of an antithesis — where Steinbeck’s characters doing their best within a world filled with tragedy, Yates paints a picture of characters trying to do their worst within (and because of) a world of abundance

both are valuable to ruminate on
that feeling when you’re on vacation and it’s a sunday but you have a good idea for a @base creative project so you text @nngllzz.eth and start to cook 😇
now reading Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
took some time offline over the past week to be with family

being with family rocks ♡

excited to dig back into what's happening online and onchain
very thankful for this!

DAO voting is one of the coolest “wait, so how does this work?” parts of the onchain ecosystem, and i love being a part of the /nouns voting community
i’m having a nice weekend
/LA
highlights how figures like Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison drew upon ancient wisdom to shape the nation, but falls short in explaining the Greco-Roman context in depth

too getting bogged down in comparing the lives of the founding fathers to modernity, but some interesting nuggets nonetheless
found an old talk from Steve Jobs in 1983 where he basically predicts our current experience with LLMs
now reading California: Designing Freedom
just making sure i can still post to coffee 😇
sneak peak of the Base 2025 strategy just dropped
i watch this video every few years

if you’ve never seen it before, you’re welcome

https://youtu.be/7hF41qPkJxs?si=Zjb6TX2tT8e_UKSW
what i read in september
update: i’m doing it
/LA
now reading First Principles by Thomas E. Ricks
this was extremely important to me when i built my own coffee shop a few years ago, and will be important again when we build @nouncoffee (coming soon)
i go to coffee shops that have seating areas with the best aura

a good table at a good coffee shop is an elite workspace
i forgot to post about finishing this book because once i turned the final page, i wept

absolutely beautiful book
the onchain internet is still in its Nokia phase, revolutionary but clunky

to bring the world onchain, we have to get to the iPhone era — and the iPhone era is coming 🫡