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@rswebdesigner My younger brother and I played it for hours... took forever to master the controls on PC keyboard. 😅

@MeysamSafari Loved Prince of Persia. Just maddening to play and get the controls right, but so fun once you got the flow.

Can't believe how many good DOS games came out in 1989.

https://www.abandonwaredos.com/abandonware-list.php?tp=4&year=1989&ord=4

(And, I guess Prince of Persia came out for Mac in 1989, and PC in 1990?)

What was the best PC game of 1989?

@dohertyjf Yup

@dohertyjf Helpful thread! One challenge I’ve found with a smaller team is that balancing days off is a lot harder.

Even going from 2 people to 4, I noticed it was a lot easier to take time off. 👍

@amarksteadman @PodcodeTV @TransistorFM Nice! 🙌

@MbyM Thanks!

@PodcastindexOrg Yes! The other shows are private.

@dan_copy Thanks!

@SachaGreif Lots more lame video. Way less petty photos. 🙃

@brianpmccann Thanks Brian!

@alanklement Thanks!

@Ad4mWood Thanks!

@AlbanBrooke Thank you! 🙌

@Peasquared Thanks!

@Wickerpedia Thanks!

@just_a_jhonny It’s true (and it’s tough, I know!).

It does depend on how old the kids are (it was much much easier once my kids were 10+).

I should have also added “save up and then quit” to the list. 👍

@John_Speed Yes! I should have added “save up and then quit” to the list. 👍

@robwalling @csallen Love it! 🙌

These are delightful.

@driesvints Thanks!

@TheOmarZenhom Thanks!

I'm celebrating by editing this video. 😅

@marvindanig @TransistorFM @jonbuda Thanks!

@spikeballchris just listened to your interview with @noahkagan!

LOVED IT.

(And I’m a big fan of @Spikeball too!)

https://overcast.fm/+O4jjFSyRo

@mariordev @TransistorFM @jonbuda @HelenRyles @jsonperl Thank you! 🙌

@igorbenic Thanks so much. 😊

@JackEllis Thx!

@Clew_less Thank you!

I can't believe this! 🤯

Back when we started Transistor, it would have been hard for us to imagine our little platform hosting this many shows.

So exciting to help thousands of people launch their podcasts. 🙌 https://twitter.com/TransistorFM/status/1524488635411668992

For founders, there's another danger of being in "desperation mode:"

People can smell your desperation. We often avoid folks who seem desperate.

Generally, customers, partners, and VCs want to do business with folks who seem calm, grounded, and confident.

Sometimes having our back against the wall can be the push we need.

But there's a risk: desperation can lead to despair.

In the beginning, I think it's best to be "hungry" over "desperate."

Back in 2014, I called this spectrum the "desperation scale."

https://justinjackson.ca/desperation

@joelennon Yes, sometimes being desperate can be the push we need.

But there's a big risk there.

In the beginning, I think it's best to be "hungry" over "desperate."

Back in 2014, I called this spectrum the "desperation scale."

https://justinjackson.ca/desperation

If you're starting a company without any financial margin, one misstep can lead to desperation.

Desperation impedes your thinking. You become consumed by the moment and your immediate needs. You can't see the big picture.

https://justinjackson.ca/desperation

For most founders (especially those with children), it's best to either:

a) Keep your day job, and gradually build up your startup on the side
b) Raise some money, and use that to fund the first 1-2 years of the company

But don't just quit your job and "hope for the best!"

Many success stories highlight how founders had to overcome financial hardship: running out of money, eating ramen, having cheques bounce, etc.

This is not the ideal way to build a company.

Much better to give yourself some financial margin, than to be living on the edge.

I've seen many self-funded entrepreneurs who get into a "negative cycle of desperation:"

- They quit their job, but don't have any savings
- They're under immediate pressure for their idea to bring in $
- If their startup doesn't bring in the required $ right away, they flail

@VineetSinha It’s true!

@djtvt Oh yeah, those look amazing!

@AliAbdaal Whoa! Niiiiiiiice. I’m going to check that out. 👍

@The_Annett Ooh this looks good

My favorite YouTube sub-niche is watching beatbox loopstation battles on @swissbeatbox:

https://youtu.be/lVpMGq3PRyM

@im_brian_d Whoa nice! Make it public? 😜

@StressedDev Nice! Looks like the mobile view needs to be tweaked.

@thethoughtcard Nice! Congrats! 🎉

Product/utility idea:

"Paste in a bunch of Twitter URLs and auto-generate Tailwind HTML that looks like this"

@dvassallo So many of the things on that "more affordable" list have had crazy inflation in the last few years. 😅

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/business/economy/cars-inflation.html

"Original movies just aren’t popular anymore, if they even get made in the first place." – @a_m_mastroianni

Since 2010, over 50% of top-grossing movies were prequels, sequels, etc. "In recent years, it’s been close to 100%."

https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/pop-culture-has-become-an-oligopoly?s=r

@jesseleite85 Hahahaha

@DCoulbourne @calebporzio it was nice catching up with you two today! It’s been too long. https://overcast.fm/+pVpvuN-1s

@DanielZarick I’d love to chat with you about this. We should record a podcast maybe?

@DanielZarick Oh nice! I would love to peek at that. 😄 (always curious how people set goals at this stage of the year)

@arvidkahl @ryanstrickler Ok. You win the internet

@AntonyNorthcutt Nice!

@kilianvalkhof @polypane @TransistorFM Like the structured data I have here?

https://transistor.fm/reviews/

What are you working on?

Reply with screenshots, URLs, etc!

@jacksleight Sweet! How can I message you? Are you available to do Statamic work?

@onurozer Nice! 👏

Really love how the individual pages turned out:

https://www.apacagencies.com/redhill/

@bentoalson Agreed

@bentoalson Happy birthday! 🎉

@jacksleight @statamic @Alpine_JS Nice! This looks awesome!

Did you do the design as well?

It is strange to see how quickly sentiment can change. https://twitter.com/matteing/status/1523894362907807746

@matteing Yup. It’s surprising how quickly sentiment shifts!

@Tsukio_scoring @alanb I think the guestbook is going to make a comeback.

@AdemoyeJohn Usenet, FidoNet, listservs

@alanb love it!

This article was also featured on @cbcradio here in Canada, on the @sparkcbc show:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/322-web-brutalism-millennial-interests-and-more-1.3602286/why-brutalism-is-the-hottest-trend-in-web-design-1.3602292

@jessmcmullin Thanks!

Really fun to see all of these old-school web folks celebrating the beauty and simplicity of HTML.

(I originally wrote this piece in 2016 and cringe a little bit when I read old writing... but I'm glad people are still enjoying it!) https://twitter.com/anildash/status/1523703801718657031

@r00k @ashugeo WOW! 😍

This looks amazing! 🙌

@aarondfrancis @louisnicholls_ @youngprotean @ramykhuffash @GeoffTRoberts @Julian @IndieHackers Not sure I can do a podcast with someone who doesn't seem to respect me.

I'm able to have lots of discussions (in good faith) with people who don't agree with me, but those require mutual respect that seems to be missing here.

https://twitter.com/louisnicholls_/status/1304051036928323586

@anildash Thanks, Anil. I'm a big fan of what you're doing at Glitch.

I need to start using it again! (And show it to my kids). ❤️

@EmmettNaughton @anildash Grade 9 baby!

@louisnicholls_ @youngprotean @ramykhuffash @GeoffTRoberts @Julian @IndieHackers That’s the pull of the market!

Hundreds of people wake up, and go searching for the same thing, in the same area.

Who *created* that customer demand for sandwiches? Who *compelled* them to go out and search for it?

That underlying wave of demand is what we build businesses on.

@louisnicholls_ @youngprotean @ramykhuffash @GeoffTRoberts @Julian @IndieHackers What’s most interesting to me is that there were already a bunch of people walking by asking for sandwiches.

@louisnicholls_ @youngprotean @ramykhuffash @GeoffTRoberts @Julian @IndieHackers How does the founder create “market demand” in this example?

@tomcreighton Agreed.

Relaxing and unplugging.

RT @asmartbear: Great, evergreen article from @mijustin on "how to build something people want."

Possibly the most common reason bootstrap…

@louisnicholls_ @GeoffTRoberts @Julian @IndieHackers You do see "mediocre" founders in an incredible market (with lots of pull) who can pull off a small win.

You also see AMAZING founders in really poor markets (which require lots of "push") who flounder.

https://twitter.com/ShaanVP/status/1455715933251522563

@louisnicholls_ @Julian @IndieHackers @fulligin I’ve clarified what I mean by “go after a market with strong demand” multiple times.

Specifically in this post from 2020:

https://justinjackson.ca/misconceptions

@louisnicholls_ @GeoffTRoberts @Julian @IndieHackers I never said it was easy!

But the market (the amount of customer demand for a given thing) is the necessary underlying factor.

Founder talent, network, team, etc matters, but only if there’s underlying demand (pull) for what they’re building.

@louisnicholls_ @Julian @IndieHackers Market pull is the most important factor.

@fulligin had echoed this as well: “people don’t get it; it’s the market.”

@louisnicholls_ "Market pull" is the most important factor.

If Founder A chooses a bad market, and Founder B chooses a good market (where there's "pull" for a solution), Founder B will win every time.

@Julian articulated this well on the @IndieHackers podcast:

https://share.transistor.fm/s/7d64c3ae

@jackmcdade Yes

@thejonotron @TransistorFM Hahahaha

@aarondfrancis @dvassallo That said, you definitely have to be “in motion” (doing stuff, trying some experiments, learning) to catch good waves.

@aarondfrancis @dvassallo I’ve done “100 projects in a year” and it didn’t teach me a ton.

It wasn’t until I saw friends like Wathan and Otwell responding to strong “market pull” that my 💡 came.

Identifying market pull is less about prediction, and more about seeing evidence of demand in the present.

To me, this is like surfers going after the same wave.

Finding a good wave (and paddling out to catch it) is hard enough, but once you're riding the wave it's all the other advantages that matter: surfboard (product), surfer (skills, network, etc).

🏄‍♂️ http://justinjackson.ca/surfing https://twitter.com/asmartbear/status/1522972237384531968

@asmartbear To me, that's like surfers going for the same wave.

Finding a good wave (and paddling out to catch it) is hard enough, but once you're riding the wave it's all the other advantages that matter: surfboard (product), surfer (skills, network, resources).

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@vivsavage Thanks for sharing it!

This is broadly my story:

I started building products at a similar time as many of my peers.

The difference is I started by swinging at every pitch, while my successful friends found a market with strong demand.

It wasn't until I settled down that I found something that worked

The Bob/Jane example is just illustrative of a broader point for entrepreneurs:

Two founders can start at the same time, with the same resources, and one can do 100x better than the other.

The difference in outcomes is almost always attributable to which market you choose.

@brunojdo The Bob/Jane example is just illustrative of a broader point for entrepreneurs:

Two founders can start at the same time, with the same resources, and one can do 100x better than the other.

The difference, in the case of founders, is almost always attributable to the market.

@JamesNeophytou This story isn't about IBM, it's more about us as entrepreneurs: it's the fact that two people can start at the same time, with the same resources, and one can do 100x better than the other.

@corey_gwin @BillGates Not sure if you're talking about literally swinging at baseball, or if you're speaking about the metaphor (going for a business idea).

@thejonotron @TransistorFM Lol. Love this one.

Another thought: this is why marketing tactics that work for one company often don’t work at another.

If your product has a different demand curve than another product, you won’t get the same results. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1522665700589924352

@dkegle13 I’ve written quite a bit about that:
https://justinjackson.ca/build

I'm discussing this more in my newsletter tomorrow.

You can subscribe here if you want to get it + chat more:

https://justinjackson.ca/newsletter

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