Austin Smith
@netaust.in
Media technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Alley and Lede.
2. In terms of FOSS, I don't think competition really gets in our way — it's the burden of ownership. We can agree to come together and build something, but the long run of FOSS projects can be depressing (one star reviews, demands for free help), and it seems less stressful to just... not.
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
2. In terms of FOSS, I don't think competition really gets in our way — it's the burden of ownership. We can agree to come together and build something, but the long run of FOSS projects can be depressing (one star reviews, demands for free help), and it seems less stressful to just... not.
1. Dynamics of venture capital mean that startups try to use news as a growth accelerator. If they succeed they become too expensive for news or worse, try to incept the news. Failure is by design much more common. Maybe the worst outcome is acquisition.
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
1. Dynamics of venture capital mean that startups try to use news as a growth accelerator. If they succeed they become too expensive for news or worse, try to incept the news. Failure is by design much more common. Maybe the worst outcome is acquisition.
Final thought: Fun way to beat jet lag. Feeling like Project Indigo’s auto mode consistently underexposes, but I will have to play with it more. Strava route here: strava.app.link/siKZ1qKArUb
strava.app.link
June 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Final thought: Fun way to beat jet lag. Feeling like Project Indigo’s auto mode consistently underexposes, but I will have to play with it more. Strava route here: strava.app.link/siKZ1qKArUb
Ran out 13.1 just for fun and ended at an appropriately American spot. Batting cages in London?
June 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ran out 13.1 just for fun and ended at an appropriately American spot. Batting cages in London?
11.3 Kensington Palace and Queen Victoria
June 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
11.3 Kensington Palace and Queen Victoria
10.8 Peter Pan and back in Hyde Park
June 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
10.8 Peter Pan and back in Hyde Park
9.1 London Business School, where I was an exchange student
June 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
9.1 London Business School, where I was an exchange student
6.2 Churchill (all following are posted later, I went into airplane mode because my phone was also my map)
June 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
6.2 Churchill (all following are posted later, I went into airplane mode because my phone was also my map)
6.1 Westminster, Big Ben, Parliament, 20% battery and pretty far to go!
June 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
6.1 Westminster, Big Ben, Parliament, 20% battery and pretty far to go!
4.4 Red Lion Square, site of my first work trip to London in 2009
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
4.4 Red Lion Square, site of my first work trip to London in 2009
3.2 St. Paul’s Cathedral. Wow these churches are close.
June 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
3.2 St. Paul’s Cathedral. Wow these churches are close.
2.78 Monument to the Great Fire
June 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2.78 Monument to the Great Fire
2.25 London Bridge station and the Shard. Restroom break.
June 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
2.25 London Bridge station and the Shard. Restroom break.
1.97 Tower of London and City of London
June 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
1.97 Tower of London and City of London