Mike Barnlund

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

https://t.co/vLmiBKTtX3

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Underrated life advice: Become easier to impress. Be amazed by a beautiful sunrise. A great conversation. A good cup of coffee. A long walk. A laugh with friends. The people who find joy in small things end up finding joy in a lot more things.

[Lindsay Shepherd @NewWorldHominin]

The CBC "prank show" deception scandal is getting so much worse.

The producers (operating under fake identities/fake company names with fake websites) told a number of RCMP veterans - people who dedicated their lives to serving on the frontlines - that they were invited to film for a show called "Life After Service." A ceremony to thank them for their service would follow, and they were told dignitaries would be present. This would take place at the CBC Vancouver studio. They were told to come in uniform.

When the RCMP vets arrived at the CBC Vancouver studio on March 25th and 26th, the "pranksters" took their phones away, which they claimed was CBC Vancouver studio policy. The former RCMP officers were also placed in front of an audience of what they were told were about two dozen "journalists." And it was sprung on them that this was a "live broadcast", with "media availability" afterwards!

Then the producers switched up the whole session to be not about life after service, but the historical wrongs committed by the RCMP against indigenous peoples - to berate these vets for being part of the RCMP.

There is so much more but I am hoping the individuals targeted in this elaborate scheme will be able to share their stories themselves.

Seriously, what even sounds remotely funny or silly about this concept? It is just sick and cruel

@CBCNews and @APTNNews... what are you thinking?

[tobi lutke @tobi]

C-22 is looking like a huge mistake. It worries me a great deal. There is so much nonsense in there that It may well end up dealing a death blow to Canadian tech viability.

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

@DanEbs @GetKoho @INTERAC This is actually a miracle. Congrats @GetKoho!

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

@fahdananta You can’t break “The Law of the Farm”. You can’t harvest before you plant.

First they need to know that they don’t know. (Hard) Then, you can help them know. (Easier)

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

The goal of Personal AI: civilization where individual humans, augmented by AI, can do consequential work without being captured by extractive institutions.

Freedom to write your prompt and own your data.

This is the new battleground.

2034 won’t have to be like 1984.

[Ron Alfa @Ronalfa]

LinkedIn is basically Moltbook now.

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

@fahdananta I praise the questioning, and explain that the difference between good and great is sometimes just getting up and doing the work when you don’t feel like it

[Kaz Nejatian @nejatian]

Work hard. Get married. Lay down roots. Build a family. Never lie.

Someone should tell young men that the path to joy is relatively straight.

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

@mcfazeli @amazon @Meta @Microsoft @salesforce @stripe @Shopify @Google Huge!

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

I have changed my mind on how AI will impact jobs in America.

Previously, I believed AI would replace many entry level roles typically filled by young employees. The technology would then work its way up the organization and eventually reduce the total number of jobs in a company.

The data is saying something different, so when I get new information I am willing to change my mind.

The number of software engineers being hired has been increasing. The number of open software engineer roles is growing.

The number of new college grads who get hired has increased 5.6% over the last 12 months. The unemployment level for people aged 20-24 years old who have a college degree has fallen from nearly 9% to almost 5% as well.

The Wall Street Journal recently wrote “AI created 640,000 jobs between 2023 and 2025 in the U.S., according to an analysis by LinkedIn of job posting data, including new white-collar positions such as Head of AI and AI engineer.”

And I am starting to see companies throughout our portfolio aggressively hiring to keep up with the demand for their products and services.

If AI can make employees more productive, which is widely accepted as fact, then companies are going to want as many productive units of labor as possible. This is a key reason why I am changing my mind.

AI appears to be a magical technology that will make companies more productive and more profitable. The net result will be more corporations, more startups, and more jobs.

All three are big, positive wins for the American economy.

[Deano🧙‍♂️ @deanbloembergen]

https://t.co/hdiGxZWlHF

[tobi lutke @tobi]

@JohnNabuurs yep. Canada can be the richest country on planet earth any time it chooses. It's literally just choices.

[Bruce @bruce_barrett]

Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is going to the moon next week on Artemis II and it’s not in the news anywhere in Canada.

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

@mixpanel Love this, working great so far. Thank you!

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

@thekitze Any 2.4G mouse too

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

Great read. Totally agree on building for agents, and that's a very different build than building for humans.
But I think you're overstating agentic ignorance of brands. A lot of brand loyalty is built post-purchase. Fulfillment, delivery, post-purchase care/support, and most importantly product experience. Brands who ignore this will be vulnerable, but I'd argue they already were.
Humans will still have loyalty to brands that take care of them after checkout. The agents that serve those humans will need to take that preference into account as they will any shopping preference: style, size, color, etc, or they will lose out to agents who do.

[Noah Zweben @noahzweben]

Announcing a new Claude Code feature: Remote Control. It's rolling out now to Max users in research preview. Try it with /remote-control

Start local sessions from the terminal, then continue them from your phone. Take a walk, see the sun, walk your dog without losing your flow.

[Mike Barnlund @mbarnlund]

@farzyness Great chapter. When’s the book out?