John Girard

Serial tech entrepreneur. Relentless learner. Especially curious about AI, tech+culture, quantum weirdness, music.

[John Girard @jgirard]

@auren Not insane and not complacency. It's not urgent. Same as Apple waiting for 2+ years to deploy real AI. They have already won where it matters (distribution) and can slowly add with no risk of displacement. Proof point: its maddening, but you def won't leave Google over it :)

[John Girard @jgirard]

@auren Email campaign to all amazing founders you know: "I'm compiling a list of the best founders in the world, new founders and veterans. Who are the *THREE* best founders you know (at least one very early in career), and can you introduce me to them?" Ask those founders the same q.

[John Girard @jgirard]

@ada_cx having a strange experience trying to reach someone there in sales. The BDR has gone silent and I could use help connecting with an AE. Sourcing something short term for a $100m business that handles 1m+ tickets/mo. Could someone please contact me?

[John Girard @jgirard]

@LegalZoom is so extractive and misleading. Apparently if you DON'T choose expedited, it means that LegalZoom takes 5-14 days to file?? From a quick glance at language, assumed (most probably do) that expedited paperwork would be turned around 1 day. Nope - will be 13 days

[John Girard @jgirard]

@auren This is my favorite thing you've ever written. Printing it out, tacking to the wall above my desk

[Auren Hoffman @auren]

have never seen a well run business. ever. the best businesses are mediocrely run.
all businesses are loosely functioning, disasters, and some happen to make money

[John Girard @jgirard]

Got a new podcast! 4 guys talking about AI is basic info for anyone interested in what's happening in AI space https://t.co/3o3mLI4EYD

[John Girard @jgirard]

Man Suno is WILD https://t.co/mODBnGsmhL

(Prompt: “a hamilton style rap about a president for was a former reality tv show star and con man that cheated everyone his whole life and was finally convicted of a felony”)

Purely fictional, of course.

[John Girard @jgirard]

@pmarca "anytime soon" qualifier matters here. Real question is what THAT means.

[John Girard @jgirard]

What an utter mess @billcom has become. Classic #enshitification. Inappropriate charges, billing for a period BEFORE the upgrade date (I'm being charged for feb 20 to Mar 19 after upgrade on Mar 20), impossible to cancel, 90 minutes and counting lost to unwinding and canceling

[John Girard @jgirard]

@dunkhippo33 Quick follow-up question - the example you give of being taxed more than you earn is around entertainment / meal deduction (changed a few years ago). Surely that can't add up to getting upside down on taxes. What other expenses are not 100% deductible that you got stung on?

[John Girard @jgirard]

@peter Defaults + flex? ("$200 for wine 🍷 tasting"; "$150 for Nobu dinner 🍱!"; "Plane tix to Cancun! ✈️🌴")

[John Girard @jgirard]

Just catching up on twitter (er... x) notifications, and got to some AI news from 3 days ago and immediately thought "I can skip this, I'm sure lots has changed since.." Brain calibrating around pace of change is wild.

[John Girard @jgirard]

@durjoy This is one of the first "I bought it within 5 minutes of learning about it" items for me in a long time..

[John Girard @jgirard]

@durjoy Well, most of the health benefits of alcohol actually *have* been debunked, so if one is following the science it's probably "no alcohol and some coffee"

[John Girard @jgirard]

@karpathy Interesting feature of AI is that "does not seek to build superintelligent God entity" does not preclude building a superintelligent God entity

[Peter @peter]

Some good news to round out 2023 — Moderna’s mRNA skin cancer vaccine reduces recurrence or death by 49% over existing treatments!

https://t.co/zdfJmgbKnS

[John Girard @jgirard]

Sooo amazing and relatable! Same diagnosis and similar journey for me last 2 years. Bravo

[James Stuber 🌱🌿🌳🍂 @uberstuber]

Last year I was diagnosed with ADHD. I haven't written about it much because the diagnosis was a shock.

Now I have a more solid understanding of ADHD, how it presents for me, and ways to mitigate some of the downsides.

So, for threadapalooza 2023, here's 100 tweets on ADHD

[John Girard @jgirard]

@patrickc I'd bet the good people at @felt could help out (really amazing maps project / tool)

[John Girard @jgirard]

@nireyal Beautiful tool - thanks for sharing this