Drew Smith
@drewpasmith.com
Leadership (and life) coach helping folk unfold in to life: https://unfoldi.ng
Strategist at StudioPhro* and Wisely AI.
Co-creator at @lookingoutpodcast
#SaccoEra devotee
Late-stage autistic
Gadigal land / Sydney
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Strategist at StudioPhro* and Wisely AI.
Co-creator at @lookingoutpodcast
#SaccoEra devotee
Late-stage autistic
Gadigal land / Sydney
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Drew Smith
@drewpasmith.com
· Oct 29
So, my friend Kalia (@tohirako.bsky.social) and I have built a thing we'd love to share with you.
It's called Seinoza, which is Japanese for "a place of stars".
What's the offer?
Small group pilgrimages through the quieter corners of Japan, starting in April '26.
Here's the back story:
It's called Seinoza, which is Japanese for "a place of stars".
What's the offer?
Small group pilgrimages through the quieter corners of Japan, starting in April '26.
Here's the back story:
Once almost hit a tall, blond woman with my Volvo 262 C.
I came around the corner — she was running across the road.
I stopped to check she was ok.
I approached and got a funny feeling inside.
She was enigmatic.
She dipped her sunnies, smiled, thanked me, walked on.
It was Elle McPherson.
I came around the corner — she was running across the road.
I stopped to check she was ok.
I approached and got a funny feeling inside.
She was enigmatic.
She dipped her sunnies, smiled, thanked me, walked on.
It was Elle McPherson.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Once almost hit a tall, blond woman with my Volvo 262 C.
I came around the corner — she was running across the road.
I stopped to check she was ok.
I approached and got a funny feeling inside.
She was enigmatic.
She dipped her sunnies, smiled, thanked me, walked on.
It was Elle McPherson.
I came around the corner — she was running across the road.
I stopped to check she was ok.
I approached and got a funny feeling inside.
She was enigmatic.
She dipped her sunnies, smiled, thanked me, walked on.
It was Elle McPherson.
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"... fear of heights has nothing to do with the distance from the ground or tall buildings,... it’s about our own human urge to fall when we get that far up, the knowledge that we could plummet, we could go, if we wanted. When I think about Spencer, I wonder why I didn’t choose to fall with him,..."
New substack with news on the hardcopies of the anthology, @meganc.bsky.social's Best Movies of 2025 list, and a new extracurricular by @katprow.bsky.social on Crystal Waters!
open.substack.com/pub/marchxne...
open.substack.com/pub/marchxne...
Katrina Prow on Crystal Waters & End of Year
La da dee la dee da
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
"... fear of heights has nothing to do with the distance from the ground or tall buildings,... it’s about our own human urge to fall when we get that far up, the knowledge that we could plummet, we could go, if we wanted. When I think about Spencer, I wonder why I didn’t choose to fall with him,..."
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Make a Bond movie casual:
On Her Majesty’s Postal Service
The Living Room Skylights
You Only Live Once
The Spy Who Ghosted Me
My Backyard Is Not Enough
From Russia
Pie Another Day
On Her Majesty’s Postal Service
The Living Room Skylights
You Only Live Once
The Spy Who Ghosted Me
My Backyard Is Not Enough
From Russia
Pie Another Day
December 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Make a Bond movie casual:
On Her Majesty’s Postal Service
The Living Room Skylights
You Only Live Once
The Spy Who Ghosted Me
My Backyard Is Not Enough
From Russia
Pie Another Day
On Her Majesty’s Postal Service
The Living Room Skylights
You Only Live Once
The Spy Who Ghosted Me
My Backyard Is Not Enough
From Russia
Pie Another Day
December 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Slacke Weeke.
The tyme bitwene the wyntere holidayes and the new yeare. The tyme of disorganizacioun. The tyme outsyde of tyme.
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Slacke Weeke.
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Make a Bond movie casual:
Casino Normale
Casino Normale
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Make a Bond movie casual:
Casino Normale
Casino Normale
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this is what I needed to find after attempting to use Mom's internet again youtu.be/DVprerMi5Dg?...
thanks, single bar of LTE phone service 💀
thanks, single bar of LTE phone service 💀
Cyberstress!
YouTube video by Found Footage Fest
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
this is what I needed to find after attempting to use Mom's internet again youtu.be/DVprerMi5Dg?...
thanks, single bar of LTE phone service 💀
thanks, single bar of LTE phone service 💀
Make a Bond movie casual:
Diamonds Are Far More Abundant Than De Beers Would Have You Believe
Diamonds Are Far More Abundant Than De Beers Would Have You Believe
Make a Bond Movie Casual
The Antipasto Is Not Enough
Plenty Of Time To Die
The Antipasto Is Not Enough
Plenty Of Time To Die
Make a Bond movie casual:
Lawn raker.
Lawn raker.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Make a Bond movie casual:
Diamonds Are Far More Abundant Than De Beers Would Have You Believe
Diamonds Are Far More Abundant Than De Beers Would Have You Believe
Make a Bond movie casual:
Lawn raker.
Lawn raker.
Make A Bond Movie Casual
On Her Majesty’s Civil Service
The Spy I Met For Coffee, Who Ghosted Me
Diamond Are A Poor Investment
On Her Majesty’s Civil Service
The Spy I Met For Coffee, Who Ghosted Me
Diamond Are A Poor Investment
Make a Bond movie casual
Golden Side eye
Golden Side eye
December 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Make a Bond movie casual:
Lawn raker.
Lawn raker.
Christ, the Crystal Waters piece, and its parallels to the story of someone I used to know, absolutely broke me.
Addiction’s a hell of an affliction, and it ran very different courses in our respective lives.
I’m fucking grateful for where i landed and the people who held me through it.
Addiction’s a hell of an affliction, and it ran very different courses in our respective lives.
I’m fucking grateful for where i landed and the people who held me through it.
New substack with news on the hardcopies of the anthology, @meganc.bsky.social's Best Movies of 2025 list, and a new extracurricular by @katprow.bsky.social on Crystal Waters!
open.substack.com/pub/marchxne...
open.substack.com/pub/marchxne...
Katrina Prow on Crystal Waters & End of Year
La da dee la dee da
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Christ, the Crystal Waters piece, and its parallels to the story of someone I used to know, absolutely broke me.
Addiction’s a hell of an affliction, and it ran very different courses in our respective lives.
I’m fucking grateful for where i landed and the people who held me through it.
Addiction’s a hell of an affliction, and it ran very different courses in our respective lives.
I’m fucking grateful for where i landed and the people who held me through it.
Journey completed in 12 hours and 10 minutes.
Not bad, Margot.
Not bad.
Not bad, Margot.
Not bad.
Today I is mostly piloting Margot one thousand and fifty four kilometres north, to a town called Lismore.
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Journey completed in 12 hours and 10 minutes.
Not bad, Margot.
Not bad.
Not bad, Margot.
Not bad.
I’ve never understood why these things have the stance of a poxy junior SUV.
December 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’ve never understood why these things have the stance of a poxy junior SUV.
Today I is mostly piloting Margot one thousand and fifty four kilometres north, to a town called Lismore.
December 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Today I is mostly piloting Margot one thousand and fifty four kilometres north, to a town called Lismore.
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This thread perfectly explains why AI has little value for qualitative research.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This thread perfectly explains why AI has little value for qualitative research.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the JDM Sigma/USDM Diamanté because it got the 4-light hardtop body with frameless glass. Also, the chrome trim around headlights and grille created a fantastic front end. Our Aussie Veradas got the rather more pedestrian 6-light bodies with framed glass.
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the JDM Sigma/USDM Diamanté because it got the 4-light hardtop body with frameless glass. Also, the chrome trim around headlights and grille created a fantastic front end. Our Aussie Veradas got the rather more pedestrian 6-light bodies with framed glass.
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I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
The Emperor’s Luxury SUV Isn’t Good, But He’d Still Kill Us All To Keep It | Victoria Scott
Get more from Victoria Scott on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
This year, I’ve had three different startups offer to create an AI clone of me for my coaching clients.
This thread describes why I tell them no thanks very much and send them in their way.
I actually gave a session to one founder and he was left reconsidering what he was trying to achieve.
This thread describes why I tell them no thanks very much and send them in their way.
I actually gave a session to one founder and he was left reconsidering what he was trying to achieve.
The idea that AI can “detoxify” people reframes emotional overwhelm as a software problem, and it treats loneliness and strain as things to route into a machine rather than conditions that require support, care, and structural repair. 1/*
These rebranding attempts are getting more ridiculous.
December 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This year, I’ve had three different startups offer to create an AI clone of me for my coaching clients.
This thread describes why I tell them no thanks very much and send them in their way.
I actually gave a session to one founder and he was left reconsidering what he was trying to achieve.
This thread describes why I tell them no thanks very much and send them in their way.
I actually gave a session to one founder and he was left reconsidering what he was trying to achieve.
The Gerald Welter era of Peugeot.
What happens when you put a racing guy with zero taste in charge of the design team of a bran that formerly stood for understated elegance.
Fantastic(ly ugly) concept cars.
What happens when you put a racing guy with zero taste in charge of the design team of a bran that formerly stood for understated elegance.
Fantastic(ly ugly) concept cars.
I also love it's big brother, the 908 RC, Le Mans-powered mid engine sedan!
December 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Gerald Welter era of Peugeot.
What happens when you put a racing guy with zero taste in charge of the design team of a bran that formerly stood for understated elegance.
Fantastic(ly ugly) concept cars.
What happens when you put a racing guy with zero taste in charge of the design team of a bran that formerly stood for understated elegance.
Fantastic(ly ugly) concept cars.
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This much cool should be illegal
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This much cool should be illegal
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
Well that's a relief...
December 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Well that's a relief...
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I wrote about the SUI COLLECTION, presented in Kyoto last month. It'ss the Cabinet Office of Japan’s strategic pitch to global markets that the country has much more to offer by leveraging its craftsmanship and culinary excellence.
www.gchicco.com/the-structur...
www.gchicco.com/the-structur...
The Structure of Sui: Exporting Japan's Quiet Luxury
In November I made an unexpected return to Japan* after a 2-year hiatus to attend the presentation of the JAPAN SUI COLLECTION at the Kyōto Geihinkan (Kyoto State Guest House) within the Imperial Park...
www.gchicco.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I wrote about the SUI COLLECTION, presented in Kyoto last month. It'ss the Cabinet Office of Japan’s strategic pitch to global markets that the country has much more to offer by leveraging its craftsmanship and culinary excellence.
www.gchicco.com/the-structur...
www.gchicco.com/the-structur...
*taps the screen*
(but not while driving)
(but not while driving)
New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
*taps the screen*
(but not while driving)
(but not while driving)
So yeah, entered our Lexus era on Saturday.
'07 anthracite over grey GS450h with 211,000ks on it.
Apart from being amusingly quick, it also feels unburstable.
The Up! will go, obvs, but even the stupid small boot can't dissuade me from considering selling the 300 TE, too.
'07 anthracite over grey GS450h with 211,000ks on it.
Apart from being amusingly quick, it also feels unburstable.
The Up! will go, obvs, but even the stupid small boot can't dissuade me from considering selling the 300 TE, too.
December 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
So yeah, entered our Lexus era on Saturday.
'07 anthracite over grey GS450h with 211,000ks on it.
Apart from being amusingly quick, it also feels unburstable.
The Up! will go, obvs, but even the stupid small boot can't dissuade me from considering selling the 300 TE, too.
'07 anthracite over grey GS450h with 211,000ks on it.
Apart from being amusingly quick, it also feels unburstable.
The Up! will go, obvs, but even the stupid small boot can't dissuade me from considering selling the 300 TE, too.