Justin Jackson

Just a little peek into my life

lol. Another Transistor-hosted podcast in the news: archive.ph/LxJA2

Revolutionary! 4 megabytes!

Hey Toronto friends: @transistor.fm is headed to your beautiful city for our team retreat. We need recommendations! Restaurants, sights to see, things to do, etc

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"It's going to take 6-10 years, so you have to really enjoy what you're working on." justinjackson.ca/enjoy

This will be a good one! Going live in about ~30 mins

nice post @justinjackson.ca !!! Feeling this in my soul lately. justinjackson.ca/want-the-most

Just published a new blog post: Who wants it the most? (Do I personally have what it takes?) justinjackson.ca/want-the-most

Can't get this song out of my head

I've been looking for a label to describe the power law that seems to exist in most markets where top performers capture the lion's share of the attention/money/etc. Finally found it: "Superstar Economics." home.uchicago.edu/~vlima/cours...

For AMERICA. (And all who drink Coke Zero) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAA...

Come hang out while we record! Best way to spend a Friday.

Often, it's the founder who "wants it the most" who ends up winning a category. Do you want it more than your competitors? youtu.be/2S2VrTMDlgA?...

Still think it’s so cool that you can publish HLS video to your podcast’s RSS feed and folks can watch it in @pocketcasts.com.

Just published a new episode: "Do I want it the most?" What do you think of this idea?

Just published this thought: "You can't be average in an AI economy" Curious what you think...

laravelnew.com was up for renewal, so it was time for a refresh... #1 @ianlandsman.com / @mostlytechnical.com fanclub website

when my teen comes upstairs and bugs me during my show. cc @mostlytechnical.com

Wow. @jackrhysider.bsky.social (Darknet Diaries) just released a new podcast. Looks very good: thisislow.com 👆 Interesting: he links to @johnspurlock.com's OP3 open stats on the homepage.

Today we have @aaronfrancis.com joining @briancasel.com @jordangal.bsky.social and @justinjackson.ca on The Panel LIVE. youtube.com/live/WwmJczh... - jev ai - How do we decide what's next? - State of education businesses - State of AI adoption

Nothing goes as hard as this 1986 Turbo Pascal manual

So nice to see my old friend Jarrod on here! Give him a follow. Super talented designer, writer, and business thinker.

Wynford Hall NSI-1103 - Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. Swiveling clock radio Early 1970s

In its own way, every successful business is an outlier. Your goal shouldn't be to start an average business (most businesses are not that good). Your goal should be to build a business that bucks the trend.

Illustration from A+ Magazine, November 1984 archive.org/details/a-pl...

If you run a software business, you should buy @asmartbear.com’s book for the “Find your Carol” chapter alone.

“If you enter every moment of your life at full speed, you’re gonna miss out on some points. Pinball is the same.” Fantastic essay by @monteiro.bsky.social buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

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Come join us for THE PANEL, live today at 11am Pacific. www.youtube.com/live/nXMKYKS... Out-of-the-box marketing Hiring for customer success Buy a business? How to talk to customers Marketing funnels that work Company of one operations @jordangal.bsky.social @briancasel.com @justinjackson.ca

I’d like to propose a political test called “can you imagine this guy standing behind you in line?” where you choose a guy and if you can’t imagine them standing behind you in line they’re banished to an island for criminals

Too many people overthink a problem before they've even tried doing it once. Spend less time thinking and just do the thing! That's where all the learning actually happens. After you've done it once, you can reflect on what's working and what's not working.

More importantly, we need to take data sovereignty more seriously. Why is DSC using Google Maps in the first place? There are cheaper and better options. How do we not have robust and scalable Canadian mapping solutions? (And yes, data sovereignty requires more data centres in Canada.)

Kids these days say they can recognize AI images but I dunno ‘cause this 1984 editorial image from A+ magazine feels like weird AI art to me. archive.org/details/a-pl...

Dell Dimension XPS P 133 from 1995. $2,699!!!

"No matter how much [we try] to pretend otherwise, we all have flaws that we really ought to work on. We live in an unfair and opportunity-rich world where talent, privilege and effort make all the difference, cutting through the facade of blanket “perfection”" www.readtangle.com/bring-back-s...

Just published this thought: "Don't over-engineer it; just hit the ball (Golf analogy)" Curious what you think...

Come hang out in the chat!

Golden hour

I just had an excellent support interaction over chat at transistor.fm. Which made me realize how rare that is nowadays. Kudos to them. /cc @justinjackson.ca

The good ‘ol tape drive. (Sharp MZ-2500, 1985)

We're livestreaming TODAY (Thursday) at 1pm Pacific (4pm EST). Join @jordangal.bsky.social @briancasel.com @justinjackson.ca Topics: - xAI's land grab - Claude and I broke up. - How can we be more ambitious now? youtube.com/live/sIt2NmT...

As tech people, when designing features, we tend to get overly clever. But then when you talk to normal people using the software, the things they actually care about tend to be way more basic than you'd ever expect. Keep it simple.

Just published this thought: "Well, that was easy!" Curious what you think...

Just published this thought: "This should be easier" Curious what you think...

I asked Claude to analyze @thepanel.bsky.social (using the @transistor.fm MCP server), and it basically told me the show's been more popular since @jordangal.bsky.social joined the show. 🤣

Just published this thought: "An Update on Justin and Wildfires" Curious what you think...

Back in 2000, while still in college, I read this article about the founders of Great Harvest Bread Co. Their philosophy on life changed how I thought about building a business: justinjackson.ca/the-good-life

Same, same.

I pre-ordered this book. Highly recommended if you have an existing SaaS and want to find new ways to unlock growth.

IBM Executary 224 Portable Dictation System, 1960 (via formlab)