At the end of last year, I wrote this post arguing that development value has shifted from land to the build. And in it, I argued that it's no longer viable to be a high-density land developer in Toronto. The practice of buying land, rezoning it for a higher-and-better use, and then selling it for a margin, is over — at least for the time being. It's also not easy to find value in the execution of new builds, but it's a better place to be looking. Because today, as we underwrite new developme...

“The Eaton Fire of January 7th, 2025 didn’t just scorch the hillsides. It lit the signal flare of a future rushing toward us faster than our institutions are built to handle.” When the winds kicked up that winter and the sky turned copper, it wasn’t just dry brush that ignited—it was the illusion of normalcy. Of stability. The fireline stopped just short of homes, but it tore right through our sense of preparedness. We knew this was coming. And we know it will come again. What we need now is ...

GM! Well the last 2 weeks were filled with tech challenges, jury duty and birthdays! We took both of our birthdays off this past week so we only had 1 episode this past week. You'll find the past two weeks of episodes. This coming week we are back to our usual schedule so get ready for the week ahead!

Clean your monitor I need to remember that I’m not defined by the projects I’ve worked on It’s funny how I went to a sold out Tyler, the Creator show but when it’s time for us to put on shows I can’t find the Tyler, the Creator fans. There’s a chance that we are in too much fear of public distribution of our work I forget fans of music don’t know how much things cost to do as artists Finding out Scott Sasso isn’t a part of 10DEEP anymore and doesn’t support it was not on my bingo card.

365 days of framedl, the tryst to find undiscovered gems, and $SIMP

Came across a tool called Synthetic Users that simulates interviews using AI. It reminded me of a project I ran in 2023 using LLMs to generate proto-personas for my collectors. The tech is fast and can be useful in narrow cases, but it is not a replacement for real people. If you want real insight, you still need to watch real users. This post explores where synthetic interviews help and where they quietly fall apart.

Every now and then, a BizarreBeast emerges from the depths of my beastly subconscious and demands its own spotlight. It’s time to meet PlantStan, the latest original BizarreBeasts 1/1 painting, now live in a special auction on Manifold.xyz exclusively for $BB holders. This painting is a BizarreBeasts artifact designed to fuel the $BB Empire and offer unparalleled utility and partnership to a dedicated BizarreBeasts collector. How? The winning collector of this BIZARRE 1/1 painting will also r...

In this post, I reflect on the first chapter of David Epstein’s Range and what it reveals about human advantage in an AI-driven world. Drawing from Kasparov’s concept of freestyle chess, I explore why those who can coach AI rather than compete with it are positioned to thrive. As a generalist, this helped clarify what I’ve long felt: that broad thinking, strategic judgment, and adaptability are amplified, not replaced, by AI.

One city that we didn't talk about from Monocle's recent Quality of Life Survey, but that regularly appears on the list, is Tokyo. In this year's ranking, it was bestowed with "best for cleanliness."All of this isn’t to say that there’s no rubbish in Tokyo but, overall, it’s much tidier than other cities of a comparable size. Tokyo spends a fortune on keeping things presentable. The Clean Authority of Tokyo’s waste management budget for the central wards is ¥105bn (€640m) this year, of which ...

If you're enjoying my writing, please share my newsletter with your friends in crypto and join my Telegram group for a more behind the scenes look.IntroThis week appears to be a pivotal week for DAOs. And it got me thinking, is the death of DAOs upon us? There are many folks who LOATHE the concept of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (“DAO”s). And based on what is happening on the ETH and SOL side of things, it would seem obvious the idea of DAOs are dead. I personally feel differen...