My first substack It’s never been easier to write shit, so why only consume it
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- October 14, 2025
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- May 18, 2018
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Off 152nd & Broadway, NY
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- June 8, 2014
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Photo preserved from Fiifi’s public Tumblr archive.
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- June 8, 2014
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- June 8, 2014
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{A drafts from a year ago- still relevant 4/3/14} Hate to play devil’s advocate but Assad’s persistence is almost admirable; but I should quickly add that, the resulting effect of him clinging to power at the the expense of Syria is not…
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- April 3, 2014
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ha! http://www.temporarilyembarrassedmillionaires.org
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- October 22, 2013
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The Grand irony of American Politics and its apparent fight for Freedom. The winner I see out of all of this is China- America can finally take a break from taking shots at them for doing the “same” thing so blatantly. Admittedly my ini…
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- June 10, 2013
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- 2 min read
In today’s world, web developers have it all: money, perks, freedom, respect. But is there value in what we do?
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- June 10, 2013
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Whether ecommerce in Nigera, price comparison in South Africa or mobile advertising in Tanzania, African startups are changing the continent.
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- June 9, 2013
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nba : Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs poses with the trophy after Game Four of the Western Conference Finals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 27, 2013 at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via…
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- May 28, 2013
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Insightful article about the dynamics of modern day media and corporate marketing - although that’s not what the article talks about directly (that would have been awfully boring to read, but nonetheless the article ends on /alludes to…
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- May 24, 2013
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- 1 min read
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- May 11, 2013
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One of my favorite TED Videos- Kevin Slavin: “How algorithms shape our world”.
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- May 7, 2013
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We live in a world of pessimist- The DOW reaches its highest point ever and no one (media) is hysterically as excited about it as when it was helplessly hanging around 6,000’s. I guess it doesn’t make for entertaining television. Moreov…
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- May 5, 2013
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Originally created by CERN in 1992, the world’s first website invokes a time long past when pages were just plain text on a white background. There are no advertisements, no pictures, and certainly no video. It’s an entirely utilitarian…
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- May 3, 2013
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- April 28, 2013
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- April 24, 2013
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Six famous thought experiments explained quickly
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- April 22, 2013
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Talk about going from the the bottom, to the top
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- April 3, 2013
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- March 30, 2013
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- March 28, 2013
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17 year old Summly founder got his start up acquired by Yahoo! for a reported $30million. He seems to be a level headed kid.
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- March 26, 2013
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Earlier this year, I wrote about the prospect of Michael’s Dell’s plans to buyback Dell shares and turn it around ( here ). Am sure the words swirling in Michael Dell’s mind nowadays is: “Now ain’t that a b*tch”. Until a few weeks ago,…
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- March 26, 2013
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- 2 min read
Got introduced to #LauraMvula via this song-She. Very Poignant voice. Hope she attains some level of mainstream success before she disappears into the oblivion of one-to-small time hit artists.
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- March 25, 2013
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Would have dozed off and skipped English classes a lot in High School had it not being for the gripping stories of Chinua Achebe (1930-2013). Even though his books were often read in the monotonous voice of my English teacher, the plots…
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- March 23, 2013
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This is more interesting when you contrast it with youtube videos that go viral, and make $3,000 to $5,000 per million views.
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- March 22, 2013
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You have to experience both ends to really appreciate this comparison. Unfortunately/Fortunately has a fair bit of startling truth to it.
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- March 19, 2013
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Its great to see some republicans have a change of heart towards gay rights, but in light of the political philosophy of democracy its fucked up to know why there are changing. The question I’ve since pondered about since this(and previ…
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- March 18, 2013
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Decided to try Google Music. I hope spotify and itunes saw this coming No wonder spotify recently “evolved” its desktop application. Google Music is essentially like most music services out there. You can buy music from Google or upload…
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- March 16, 2013
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- 2 min read
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- March 10, 2013
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It would be interesting to see how this turns out. For one, its going to be one hell of a blame game. Think about all the unsecured and public internet access across America. Who are ISP’s going to blame in this day of free ubiquitous w…
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- February 27, 2013
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- February 27, 2013
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- February 27, 2013
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It is interesting to note that given the vast integration of technology in business and everyday life, technology is only responsible for 11.2% of Global Wealth. Needless to say, technology has a lot of room to widen its contribution. A…
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- February 21, 2013
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On Friday, our planet will experience somewhat of a close call: an asteroid will fly by earth but luckily miss us by about 15 minutes. So should you be losing sleep over the fear of asteroids crashing into earth? With help from Bill Nye…
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- February 15, 2013
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Here is the liquidity of Tech Companies
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- February 13, 2013
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- February 13, 2013
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I read a Forbes review about this book that started off saying “I dare you to read this and not get a little fired up and action-ready”. To show how effective the book was at getting me “fired up and action-ready”, I was only able to re…
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- January 30, 2013
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I admire their efforts but for some, I question the economics of their frugality. If they are not doing much philanthropy work with their money, isn’t it a waste of capital resources to have excess money hoarded away? If you are not don…
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- January 17, 2013
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This is an old article I came across via fb. What took me aback reading this article was the fact that the Author- Jimmy Carter rescinded his position in his church to stand for equality, criticizing religion as an outmoded accessory re…
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- January 17, 2013
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This is an old article I came across via fb. What took me aback reading this article was the fact that the Author- Jimmy Carter rescinded his position in his church to stand for equality, criticizing religion as an outmoded accessory re…
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- January 17, 2013
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When I first heard about the impeding deal, I thought to myself- there is no way any Private Equity firm can pull this LBO off smoothly (And I’m not talking liquidity or credit). This isn’t another manufacturing company that just makes…
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- January 17, 2013
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Are you waiting for someone to lead and inspire you for the boss to recognize you for clients to thank you for coworkers to help you for the world to hail you well here’s a news flash they are all just sitting there too waiting for you
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- January 6, 2013
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I want to learn to write one whole page every day, it doesn't matter what it’s about. I just need to write and keep writing and keep writing. And keep writing, like my high school math teacher: Mr. Asamini would say, with an almost stut…
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- January 5, 2013
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- January 5, 2013
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Just great writing, and coming from a 16year old- its above commendable.
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- January 4, 2013
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I abhor New Year resolutions because people not only tend to get unrealistic about them, but some seem to think every new year comes with a magic fairy that changes who they have been on Jan 01. But then again, who doesn’t like magic tr…
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- January 2, 2013
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2012 was a really humbling experience: learnt a lot and look forward to 2013 with a shade of optimism and a tint of realism.
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- January 1, 2013
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Alert: I am a little harsh on the book. Although a story might be great, I do appreciate great delivery-vis-à-vis great writing. One peculiar pet peeve of mine is bad writing. Admittedly, I get a little antsy about authors who aren't ke…
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- December 27, 2012
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Great ideas are sometimes born out of not so great moments: snapchatme : My co-founder Bobby and I met at Stanford in 2009. I was a freshman studying Product Design and Bobby was a junior working on his B.S. in Mathematical and Computat…
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- December 17, 2012
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Online vs. Offline Competition
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- December 16, 2012
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And we were all there to witness it, to be privileged by this artisan! He does it in his own inimitable, brilliant way, Messi twisting, turning, like an alligator with a twitch, beautiful give and go! He takes a million pictures in that…
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- December 14, 2012
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Start up site just got grandfathered-in to Google app Free!
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- December 12, 2012
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Fiifi: I Honestly don't know how different this is going to be from tumblr or pinterest, but I guess its twitter founders doing it so... Why not give it some attention and money: www.theverge.com/2012/12/10/3735458/medium-twitter-ev-wil…
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- December 11, 2012
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fiifiappiah : The book does a great job of presenting HBS and the experience of attending Business school in general in an introspective light, coming from someone who thought he didn’t belong there. I think this perspective affords the…
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- December 9, 2012
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- December 9, 2012
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The book does a great job of presenting HBS and the experience of attending Business school in general in an introspective light, coming from someone who thought he didn’t belong there. I think this perspective affords the reader a disc…
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- November 19, 2012
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funny cos I always though Apple was being complacent with Abobe-not allowing its devices to run flash. But Steve jobs was right, in the sense that, their application really slows down devices, cos its on a pc we don’t see it (Unless you…
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- November 11, 2011
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In his colored works, Nishino pieces together the cosmopolitan centers of different Japanese cities to form a surreal urban landscape.
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- April 24, 2011
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Zipcar IPO Today! As a finance-like-zipcar- pioneer driver I am happy that the offering was over subscribed. Hopefully being public works out in their favor to crunch revenue numbers up. NASDAQ:ZIP
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- April 14, 2011
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I’m about to try out this tumblr shit out. Just a blog of random pics I like around the internet. Do no have copyright over these…blah…blah…blah.
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- April 13, 2011
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- 1 min read