Thomas Otter
@thomas-otter.bsky.social
General Partner at Acadian Ventures.
A recent investment...https://open.substack.com/pub/thomasotter/p/jolly-why-we-invested?r=1rwdrs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
March 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A recent investment...https://open.substack.com/pub/thomasotter/p/jolly-why-we-invested?r=1rwdrs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Another good article, this time from @mipsytipsy.bsky.social, about Brian Chesky's Airbnb story and how he put all the blame on the dysfunctional organisation he created, and then praised himself for learning basic management practices on the job. Founder mode indeed 🤢
charity.wtf/2024/12/17/f...
charity.wtf/2024/12/17/f...
“Founder Mode” and the Art of Mythmaking
I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot …
charity.wtf
January 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Another good article, this time from @mipsytipsy.bsky.social, about Brian Chesky's Airbnb story and how he put all the blame on the dysfunctional organisation he created, and then praised himself for learning basic management practices on the job. Founder mode indeed 🤢
charity.wtf/2024/12/17/f...
charity.wtf/2024/12/17/f...
Doing the reflecting thing. thomasotter.substack.com/p/2024-refle...
2024 Reflections and review
Building Acadian Ventures Fund II.
thomasotter.substack.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Doing the reflecting thing. thomasotter.substack.com/p/2024-refle...
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An amusing error: I was asking google for the factors of the number 3719 (it's prime).
December 11, 2024 at 4:30 AM
An amusing error: I was asking google for the factors of the number 3719 (it's prime).
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Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
My latest post. A riff on a Rachel Botsman lecture. AI and trust. thomasotter.substack.com/p/in-auto-sa...
In Auto-Sapients We Trust: Deployment and Adoption of AI in production.
Riffing on Rachel Botsman's lecture. Shift, Leap and Stack.
thomasotter.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:24 PM
My latest post. A riff on a Rachel Botsman lecture. AI and trust. thomasotter.substack.com/p/in-auto-sa...
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One thing many people are not aware of is that Apple has an entire building full of engineers who are working to push the boundaries of physics in seeing how far an AirPods case can fling the individual earbuds in different directions whenever you drop the case.
November 29, 2024 at 7:15 PM
One thing many people are not aware of is that Apple has an entire building full of engineers who are working to push the boundaries of physics in seeing how far an AirPods case can fling the individual earbuds in different directions whenever you drop the case.
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Mary Tyler Moore accidentally nailed a perfect trick shot in *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1962)—on the FIRST take.
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
November 30, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Mary Tyler Moore accidentally nailed a perfect trick shot in *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1962)—on the FIRST take.
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
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Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚
November 30, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚
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I think BlueSky will be significantly better for conferences than any other site. Organisers can create speaker starter packs to allow attendees to auto-follow all speakers. Also a custom feed of all folks skeeting abut a conf would be a big win.
Advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges is already working!
I need to add it to the code for the devopsdays website! I’ll do it today :)
October 21, 2024 at 6:07 AM
I think BlueSky will be significantly better for conferences than any other site. Organisers can create speaker starter packs to allow attendees to auto-follow all speakers. Also a custom feed of all folks skeeting abut a conf would be a big win.
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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And to think people said there was no good use for AI
www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-gran...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-gran...
AI grandma fights back against scammers
Daisy's mission is two-fold: To waste scammers' time so they can't speak to real people and to draw attention to fraud by warning consumers to be vigilant.
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM
And to think people said there was no good use for AI
www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-gran...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-gran...
So good.
When the product manager tries to persuade the CEO with book talk
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 AM
So good.
At slush this week
November 19, 2024 at 8:12 PM
At slush this week
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Thoughts on CEO reputation in my Substack Speech Bubbles: open.substack.com/pub/otterc/p...
Reputation Matters
When CEOs need to put their reputation above their company's
open.substack.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Thoughts on CEO reputation in my Substack Speech Bubbles: open.substack.com/pub/otterc/p...
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Anyone new here talking about Future of Work, HR or payroll? Maybe even tech?
If so, let’s connect!
If so, let’s connect!
November 12, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Anyone new here talking about Future of Work, HR or payroll? Maybe even tech?
If so, let’s connect!
If so, let’s connect!
My growing AI ethics bookcase.
November 17, 2024 at 4:24 PM
My growing AI ethics bookcase.