AditiGrants Program Playbook
First things first, big shoutout to Lisa who collaborated on this post with me and to Christina from Aave, who shared her experience and lessons learned from launching the Lens Grants Program. Much has been written about the importance of community in web3. A protocol community can support and accelerate decentralized protocol development, integrations, commercialization, user education, or globalization. As they’re forming, communities often need guidance from the protocol core teams to be m...
AditiSemi Mid Year Learnings
some of them are serious, some of them are silly. all of them are valuable. not ordered in any special way. learned = relearned = sharpened = blahWhen you’re overthinking = write. When you’re anxious = walk. When you’re tired = sleep. When you’re sad = moveHaving a different location to work from vs. live from is a game changerThe key to working through lulls is to keep moving. Get up, get out, go out. I like to end my day at the parkSomeone finally/unironically called me “Sir/Ser” on CT, tha...
AditiShifts in Product Dynamics
There’s been some clear shifts in how product is being built in web3 since the onset of the bear market.Velocity is the new constant: We're not just moving quickly, we're at lightspeed. The pace of what is getting built in the space is a constant change of new technologies & UX patterns (eg. bridging directly into Base on Friendtech, AA/MPC, zkEVMs, etc). Interestingly the platforms where the discourse is taking place is highly fragmented this cycle, especially given the onset of al...
half-baked thoughts: @adeets_22 (twitter) bio: https://aditi.is/
AditiGrants Program Playbook
First things first, big shoutout to Lisa who collaborated on this post with me and to Christina from Aave, who shared her experience and lessons learned from launching the Lens Grants Program. Much has been written about the importance of community in web3. A protocol community can support and accelerate decentralized protocol development, integrations, commercialization, user education, or globalization. As they’re forming, communities often need guidance from the protocol core teams to be m...
AditiSemi Mid Year Learnings
some of them are serious, some of them are silly. all of them are valuable. not ordered in any special way. learned = relearned = sharpened = blahWhen you’re overthinking = write. When you’re anxious = walk. When you’re tired = sleep. When you’re sad = moveHaving a different location to work from vs. live from is a game changerThe key to working through lulls is to keep moving. Get up, get out, go out. I like to end my day at the parkSomeone finally/unironically called me “Sir/Ser” on CT, tha...
AditiShifts in Product Dynamics
There’s been some clear shifts in how product is being built in web3 since the onset of the bear market.Velocity is the new constant: We're not just moving quickly, we're at lightspeed. The pace of what is getting built in the space is a constant change of new technologies & UX patterns (eg. bridging directly into Base on Friendtech, AA/MPC, zkEVMs, etc). Interestingly the platforms where the discourse is taking place is highly fragmented this cycle, especially given the onset of al...
half-baked thoughts: @adeets_22 (twitter) bio: https://aditi.is/
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Below is a list of the top books I read in 2022. The themes range from America’s political evolution, psychology, and tech history/futurism. My biggest recommendation in this list is How the Internet Happened, it’s a must read for anyone in tech.
For 2023, I’ll be going deeper into political economics and China.
Talent – Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross
The Network State – Balaji Srinivasan
How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone – Brian McCullough
The Billionaire’s Folly: The Untold Story of Ethereum and the Unicorn that Wasn’t – Faisal Khan
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of the American Community – Robert Putnam
The Psychology of Money – Morgan Housel
Elequent Rage – Brittney Cooper
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software – Steven Johnson
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment – Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks
The Idiot - Elif Batuman
The Revolt of the Public - Martin Gurri
Books I found myself going back to.
The High Growth Handbook - Elad Gill
From Counterculture to Cyberculture - Fred Turner
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
Below is a list of the top books I read in 2022. The themes range from America’s political evolution, psychology, and tech history/futurism. My biggest recommendation in this list is How the Internet Happened, it’s a must read for anyone in tech.
For 2023, I’ll be going deeper into political economics and China.
Talent – Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross
The Network State – Balaji Srinivasan
How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone – Brian McCullough
The Billionaire’s Folly: The Untold Story of Ethereum and the Unicorn that Wasn’t – Faisal Khan
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of the American Community – Robert Putnam
The Psychology of Money – Morgan Housel
Elequent Rage – Brittney Cooper
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software – Steven Johnson
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment – Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks
The Idiot - Elif Batuman
The Revolt of the Public - Martin Gurri
Books I found myself going back to.
The High Growth Handbook - Elad Gill
From Counterculture to Cyberculture - Fred Turner
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
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