So bummed I couldn’t make it to this one.

Throwing this out there which was proposed last year at. It may or may not suit, but putting it out there again.

nostr:npub1e0z776cpe0gllgktjk54fuzv8pdfxmq6smsmh8xd7t8s7n474n9smk0txy is also running an event in Floripa in Jan, so could combine 🤷‍♂️

(Although that might be too soon).

Why am I not surprised?

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it Nostriga ☹️

I was really looking forward to it, but I’m in the middle of a residency process that precluded me from leaving the country.

Typical government bureaucracy, something that should’ve taken a couple weeks has dragged on for months, and I’m still waiting for a simple document, without which if I left for Riga, would’ve meant I had to start the ENTIRE process again from scratch. 🤡🤡

I was trying to figure out a way up until yesterday night, in the hope I could make a last minute appearance. But this morning, I had to throw in the towel…

Anyway. It is what it is. Some things you can’t change, so you roll with the punches.

Thanks again to nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and the organisers like nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va nostr:npub1zu5tdnq7w63fgmsfz85te7e6zeg7y2lt8q8r9jp5zcg68jfy73jqraqtgz nostr:npub1papldckxytp2m8met6hyeh37m0cn6e32j03srl6thy4gq3tqrz3srq8t4n nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg, etc. I promise I’ll make it up to you all next time around.

Unfortunately Brazilian government is too slow to print docs and I was unable to make the flight

🫡🤝

Thankyou sir !

It’s a wild ride

On this day, two years ago, I told you, you were mine. Today, I renew that promise. You’re mine, forever woman.

They say that women are crazy.

You can often double the level of crazy with a Latina.

With you, mi Esposita, that doubling occurs again.

You’re a wild animal, a force of nature - and I love you for it.

You have continued to enrich my life, support my endeavours (however crazy) and challenge me (in every way imaginable), and I look forward to more of this as we begin the next chapter of our lives together.

Last year I spoke about the unlikely circumstances under which we met in Costa Rica. Me, an Australian nomad/scamdemic escapee, and you, a Dominican model & aspiring coach trying to set up her own little online business.

This year, I’d like to reflect for a moment on the past year and how things have changed, plus a lesson learnt.

We’ve now settled into a new country, established a long term routine and begun to build roots. We’ve both found our groove in the relationship. You, as the home-maker, house-wife, cleaner, chef, pilates pro and aspiring momma. Me, as the lunatic in the office, staring at the screen for hours, writing, building and yelling at people on the phone - trying to hustle his way into making a dent in the universe.

There’s a lot of trad-wife and trad-husband stuff on socials these days, and I expect most of it is fake. In fact, I know many people who show one side online while in reality it’s completely different. We decided to show nothing online about us (other than the odd anniversary poast like this) but actually live that life for real. For everyone reading, I recommend the latter approach: It’s healthier for the soul (although maybe less so for the bank account & follower count).

That being said - if there’s something I’ve learned from marriage - is that it’s not all smooth sailing. Like I said, women are crazy - and men have been trying to understand them since the dawn of time (with little to show for it).. And perhaps therein lies the problem. You don’t necessarily want to be understood, but instead want presence. This is often mentioned theoretically, but takes on a whole new meaning practically. If there’s something you’ve taught me about women (without a single word), it’s this. And it’s made me a better man. You can read all the books & tweets you want, but real life is where rubber meets the road. As Bruce Lee once said: “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

So thankyou for being my wifey, my little sidekick, my clown, my slow cooker, my personal chef, my gym buddy, my home-maker, my personal intuition-device, my little model, and all the other things you are and plan to be (including your 99 personalities).

Love you, and I look forward to continuing our journey into wherever this life and this crazy-ass world leads.

nostr:npub1gscnk7wlcvcruw7scjhwpjrja94gfu369fzkyje6kcc0yn6rqyhscqtpjp

Not if I can do anything about it.

But we’ll see.

Let’s hope I can prove you wrong

😂😂😂

This is going to be one of the biggest features for nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3

I’m not talk about mass adoption. I’m talking about early network effects and what spot nostr occupies in people’s minds.

The former is lacklustre, the latter is vague

Perhaps. But those are still niche niche niche niche niche products.

I say niche 5 times and that’s still probably too generous.

Yes - things need to start somewhere, and maybe time is all that’s needed. But I’d like to put some effort into the right places (communication and marketing) so that the time we have is more effectively utilised

Pablo has a really good angle on this with how he intends to build nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x

I think that approach is infinitely more compelling than V4V.

I personally don’t think V4V scales. That’s why busking is not really a viable commercial strategy for 99% of the market.

Either way - this community needs more minds like yours around.

PS: You should also connect with nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa and give her some feedback on her new initiative.

I think this is a strong angle.

That being said, I do see some challenges in having my identity shared across multiple different platforms.

For example. People communicate with their audiences quite differently on Instagram, compared with X, compared with Substack, and certainly when compared with LinkedIn.

I’ve had a number of conversations with content creators who’ve mentioned this.

It’s not a deal breaker for them, but it’s something I don’t have a very clear answer for.

But overall - I think the portable identity and portable social graph is the biggest benefit, and the one worth leaning into with messaging & comms.

One of the best responses. Thanks Karnage. Thinking about it through this lens is important for us to actually find a solution. Will think about these further.

Appreciate you laying it out.

But I don’t think what you laid out is a viable pathway to something large or significant.

If nostr is going to be some minor little network where a few people congregate to avoid ads and just chat to each other - sure. I see value in that.

But that won’t change the web or make any meaningful impact in the world.

The future is content creation, and that means more and more content creators and a larger and larger creator economy. (Yep…more influencers).

Sure - 80% of them are cringe, but 20% are excellent educators and there is loads to learn. (Maybe it’s 90/10, or 99/1 ).

The web is going to become the future of education. And that means content creators, selling stuff, and that also means ads.

Will Nostr play that game ?

Or will it remain small and fringe ?

Zaps are definitely not the killer app. In fact, I think the focus on zaps does way more damage to nostr than good.

Best response so far.

I got sucked into the competition frame, but what you said is really the correct frame.

That being said, same principle applies. Our market isn’t just “everyone”. That’s a retarded take, which too many nostr people have

Some good responses to my post yesterday. I’m going to do a long form on highlighted to elaborate some thoughts further.

That being said, it’s crazy the number of responses that just amounted to this:

I wouldn’t call something that ends up driving irrelevance bc it couldn’t attract capital, “a feature”

But u do u