Paul Dowman (@pauldowman) • Hey
Building technical products and teams. Previously Polygon, Shopify, and a founder.
Publications
- OurNetwork does "web3 social media".
https://ournetwork.substack.com/p/ournetwork-issue-175
- Does @lenster.lens work on mobile (web) for anyone? I can sign in, but the UI seems broken.
I can't use @orbapp.lens because it doesn't support WalletConnect(!) which I need because this account is on my Ledger 😐
- In software and products NEVER say "can't" to a stakeholder.
Either it's a bad idea or you don't know how. Tell them so!
But "can't" is bullshit.
- Underrated benefit of social networks based on custody of a key pair like Lens is that you can sign content.
Important in the world of deep fake video and fake celebrity lookalike accounts.
- The world we're in
https://blog.eladgil.com/p/changing-times-or-why-is-every-layoff
- "There are almost no lean companies founded in the past seven years. This is not a value judgment, but a consequence of the fundraising environment."
https://sarahguo.com/blog/hardreset
- Many people will want to work at "hardcore twitter", maybe just not the people who worked at old twitter.
Of course it's hard to have a new team take over a complicated system with no context, but not impossible.
I expect some incidents but they'll be fine.
- Signing in here multiple times per day is killing me. 😔 Every time I do anything with Metamask elsewhere (switch network or account) I have to re-signin with Lens
- If you're going to be at Devcon this event looks great: https://lu.ma/upa-launch
- Meanwhile, in Japan
https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/10/04/japan-to-invest-in-metaverse-and-nft-expansion/
- I'll be at Devcon next week. See you there?
- "The luxury privilege of the next twenty years will be to leave the city. Not as its leashed servant in a suburb, but to wherever one wants."
- DHH and Jason Fried 10 years ago in the book Remote.
And now here I am in the mountains with my family, far from any office.
- Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk want Lens: https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1575588277700026368
- There has been only one Ethereum reorg since the merge: https://etherscan.io/blocks_forked?ps=100&p=1
In PoW they happen a lot due to latency between miners who are all trying to propose the next block. On the beacon chain there is one proposer selected for each slot.
- It's getting annoying that I get signed out every time I switch networks on another site.
- If the success of our species is largely due to having thumbs, just imagine what we can achieve with MORE thumbs! We'll be an intergalactic species in no time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TkiN309_4
- I'm hiring a staff engineer and a manager at Polygon, do you know anyone who would be a good fit?
- https://jobs.lever.co/Polygon/54a49a5f-3efa-4bbd-b484-2321c36895b8
- https://jobs.lever.co/Polygon/c1f2408a-a618-4943-848b-d3b142dd2071
- If you're going to Devcon in Bogotá: https://swag.ens.domains/
- I might have posted the same image 3 times, or not at all. Let's see if it shows up.
- Hello Lens frens! 🚀