Mark Fishman

One company that I think could and should exist is a social network for residents in large apartment buildings. You could think of this as "Nextdoor for Gen Z." The motivation here is both practical and idealistic. For the visionary: this could be a meaningful way to combat the loneliness epidemic and help people build community, especially in relatively transient environments. For the operator: this a large population with distinct needs and strong potential network effects.

This weekend, a friend of mine showed me how he was using a custom GPT to help him develop characters for a video game. He had already established the core of these characters, but wanted to further imbue them with spiritual knowledge. The use of custom GPTs or tailored chatbots may be old news for some, but to me it was the first ti...

The most difficult part of writing is actively managing feedback loops. Firstly, you need to get out of your own way. Most people start editing before they finish writing, which short-circuits the process of exploring ideas. Getting feedback from other people is usually helpful but slow. And unless you have a professional editor, there are only so many requests you can comfortably make of friends and family. AI completely changes the feedback landscape for writing. It is faster and has unlimi...

If you’d like to get feedback on your product, book some time on my Spotlight!This post wasn’t sponsored by Spotlight, but I do like to write about p...

It’s 8:30am, 30 minutes before my self-imposed “deadline” for getting this done.Normally, when there are no external motivators, I won’t hold myself ...

We are taking a short break launching new concepts for Concept Testing in order to iterate on our methodology. However, with some big Farcaster hacka...

I have been struggling to figure out what Angel User means. I've defined it as a concept but I haven't fully shaped what the actual "product" is. Unfortunately, I also tied Angel User into my identity—it became my "personal channel" on Farcaster and the name of this Paragraph publication. This unintentionally created pressure to turn it into a fully developed pursuit. (I had been publishing screenshot essays to Farcaster instead of full posts here because the posts didn't fit the "Angel User"...

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I decided not to turn these into concrete goals, but here are general areas that I’d like to invest more time and attention into in the coming year.