Suffering with too many WIP never-ending projects? Here is what 37signals recommend: — You need to focus on finishing WIP projects first. You can’t add new stuff unless the previous stuff is finished. — Being 90% done could mean that you're still only halfway through the project. — Don't work on two things at once. It's a huge mental burden. — You need to focus on hard issues first and don't start with easy ones and wait until the end for the hard ones. — Giving lots of time to a project is a curse, not a blessing.

This season on the Rework podcast (by Basecamp) they are discussing many "chapters" from Shape Up. In this episode they discuss Writing a Pitch. Few insights: — Writing a Pitch is not the same as shaping. Writing a Pitch is just formalizing the shaping discussion. — Try to find a balance between writing a detailed spec and having just one line. — The goal is to give teams of two (designer + engineer) a sense of autonomy, purpose, and mastery. — Most of the design decisions are made during the cycle since, according to them, that's the most effective way. — The pitch should focus on Rabbit Holes to identify risks and things that could take forever. — When you feel that the whole Pitch is one big Rabbit Hole, treat it as a science project with the goal of getting information.

New version of Swan App is rolling out. What's new? — You can finally initiate withdrawals directly from the app. — If you like to buy dips, turn on notification for bigger price movements. If you're Swan customer, please don't hesitate to share your feedback!

Another great piece by #[0] Combining open monetary and social media networks can bring many benefits, especially to people in poor and authoritarian countries. Let's go Nostr and Lightning Network!

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The Implications of Open Monetary and Information Networks

For proponents of privacy and open networks to win, the technology must be easy to use, too costly to stamp out, and well-understood by the public.

Paywall app like Substack over Nostr makes lots of sense to me.

Is there a way to create a subscription model using LN payments over Nostr? In other words, how can you distribute content behind a paywall that people can only access if they prove they paid for it with LN? Is somebody exploring this?