James Boike

Technology, media, energy, environment. Dad of two boys, founder of @RevereTeam. Here for the mems not the likes.

[James Boike @boikej]

@ashleevance I'm very sorry for your loss Ashlee. What a wonderful tribute to your dad. He sounds like a good man.

[☔🔥☔ @kirbywinfield]

Cascadian Dynamism™ startups are ripping.

Nine months after @ascend_vc published our market map, 16 of those companies landed more than $2 billion in funding, adding hundreds of deeply specialized engineering jobs, standing up manufacturing capacity, and turning overlooked industrial spaces into operating infrastructure.

We've seen old fisheries (!) and airport hangars being converted into beautiful production floors for satellites, autonomy, and energy systems.

That momentum sits in tension with the prevailing narrative. For the past few years, the story around Seattle and the broader Pacific Northwest has centered on outmigration and capital flight. Most of that is justified, but less discussed is the cohort moving in the opposite direction, founders and operators choosing to build here, close to the environments their products are meant to serve.

(copy and images courtesy @Natebek)

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

I've used em-dashes my whole life — they add rhythm and grace to writing. But now they're an AI tell.
Can we get a grandfather clause for those of us who were fluent in em-dashes before ChatGPT launched in November 2022?

[James Boike @boikej]

@Taylor_Soper Wow wow wow Taylor, congratulations to you and the team you're joining! What a run!

[James Boike @boikej]

@philgomes The irony...

[James Boike @boikej]

@lulumeservey This is great data but it also shows the complexity in media work. Tomas was the largest sales lever by far. Tomas posted after he read Casey's post. Casey posted after he read a feature in traditional media (MIT Tech Review). Traditional media reaches independent experts too.

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

As of today Voyager 1 is one light-day from Earth - 25.9 billion km (16.1 billion miles) away.

A radio signal now takes 24 hours to reach it. In ~50 years, it has traveled about 1/1500th of the way to Alpha Centauri, our nearest star at 4.27 light-years.

The Universe is incredibly vast. 🛰️

[James Boike @boikej]

@howardanglin What? Warren Buffett gave $43.3 billion to the Gates Foundation from 2006 through 2024. https://t.co/cfbeZCBIIV

[James Boike @boikej]

@timoreilly Great point and counterpoint. But is the distinction clearer and more important if you replace "work" with "problem-solving"?

[James Boike @boikej]

@patrickc ..."built from nickels and dimes." Beautiful building.

[James Boike @boikej]

@Callisto399542 @Erdayastronaut https://t.co/yjyr4niTfo

[James Boike @boikej]

You missed the point of Tim's original post. It's about getting to a product where they could experiment and take risks. Cybertruck's 800v architecture, steer by wire, the design as a whole -- good product or bad, it's all definitely a huge risk that they couldn't have taken with the cars before it.

[James Boike @boikej]

You missed the point of Tim's original post. It's about getting to a product where they could experiment and take risks. Cybertruck's 800v architecture, steer by wire, the design as a whole -- good product or bad, it's all definitely a huge risk that they couldn't have taken with the cars before it.

[James Boike @boikej]

@jasonfried hey.jey!

[James Boike @boikej]

@ADoricko @a16z

[James Boike @boikej]

@gruber See also: any overlay of tariff news on chart of S&P swings.

[James Boike @boikej]

@thesamparr @typesfast @paulg https://t.co/fXFjcHwyQH

[Overlap: Business & Tech @Overlap_Tech]

Flexport Founder Ryan Petersen recounts telling Paul Graham that he was stepping down as Flexport CEO

"I said 'I think he's going to be better for the company than I am.' And PG said 'that's like saying some other guy is going to be a better husband for your wife.'

No one has ever been more disappointed in me than when I told PG that I was hiring a CEO."

@typesfast talking about his conversation with @paulg about stepping down as Flexport CEO, before eventually returning to the company a few month later

Source: @KPGrit

[James Boike @boikej]

@adcock_brett "People who are serious about software should make their own hardware..."

[James Boike @boikej]

@BillAckman @X @EPotterMD @UHC Thank you Bill for such a thorough and intellectually honest response. What about Clare Locke? You said good things about them in your two posts on this issue. They are not simply a messenger. They seem to be a highly knowledgeable participant in this hostile and flawed system.