Thomas Knoll 🌊 @thomasknoll@interconnected.systems
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COO at Revelry.co – I get to help entrepreneurs build their ideas and teams – Building online communities for 20+ years.
Joined Aug 2018
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most
frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, fabulous?”
/via Mairriane Williamson
“Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit.
Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as
they might be. Don't merely dream -- but create!”
/via Robert Collier
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The world’s first time traveler was just a boy who created a machine. The moment before he first switched it on, he appeared to himself as an old man.
“Don’t,” the old man said.
The boy hesitated, but he remembered how angry he was at every adult who ever tried to hold him back.
“Fuck you, old man,” he said, smiled, and hit the switch.
In an instant, he was old, standing before his younger self.
“Don’t,” he said.
“Welcome to corporate America, where no one has a stake and as long as you're getting paid, you don't care and the goal is to hit your bonus.”
/via Bob Lefsetz
Just learned about Factorio via CEO of Shopify on https://www.breaker.audio/the-knowledge-project-a-farnam-street-podcast/e/37958636 It might be time to pick up a new hobby
I always knew Coke was a gateway drug... https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/17/news/companies/coca-cola-cannabis/index.html
Make hay while the sun’s still shinin’
“Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can
control. Freedom is about what you can unleash.”
/via Harriet Rubin
I need real sleep tonight.
"If you want to change society, tell an alternative story."
Thomas Knoll 🌊
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There are 27 new beers at the MN State Fair. It is my job to test them all.
Today I MINNESOTA STATE FAIR!
Good morning! Starting my 2 minute mind sweep. What are you up to?
Thomas Knoll 🌊
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People forget how much context influences community participation. Put someone in a room full of people talking a certain way and they’ll inevitably adopt that way of talking.
That’s why the epic aggression and negativity on Twitter is so poisonous. In the end, it doesn’t matter what the tools do or how they look. What matters is the community content and tone. What matters is what’s considered normal.
No one wants to hear the hard stuff.
Starting my mentor hours for #500strong one of my favorite parts of the week.
Thomas Knoll 🌊
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Imagining if Mastodon called instances "neighborhoods" instead. The metaphor works really well IMO and doesn't sound like robot-speke.
"Had an associate at another VC firm text one of my partners about my vacation a couple weeks ago, implying I wasn't working hard.
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If you think that spending time with your wife and kid on vacation is an example of a poor work-ethic, you're part of the problem.
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Find me in a decade and we'll check the receipts."
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept."
—David Hurley
/via @ericajoy
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COO at Revelry.co – I get to help entrepreneurs build their ideas and teams – Building online communities for 20+ years.
Joined Aug 2018
