Friends

People I like and admire. Some I’ve known for the better part of twenty years; some do work I read the moment it lands. All of them are worth your time. I’ll add to this as I go.

• Jesse Hanley (@jessethanley). I’ve been lucky to have watched Jesse go from S-tier marketer to S-tier developer, entrepreneur, and inventor. His feed is my favorite source for pragmatic AI development practices, and he’s building a one-of-a-kind business in a crowded space at Bento.
• Jonathan Williams (@jonathannen). Multi-time founder (Culture Amp, now Pyn) and one of the most experienced and successful founders I know. Lately he’s writing sharply on his approach to software development and the future of AI.
• Mike Overell (@mboverell). One of the first people I met when I landed in SF, and a great friend & advisor ever since. I admire how he does all of it: as a family man, a friend, a founder & operator. Most recently side questing on New Literacies to work out what kids need to thrive in a world shaped by AI.
• Nick Crocker (@nickcrocker). An inspiration since I first got to know him some 20 years ago. An operator turned investor: he built products on the internet and is now a general partner at Blackbird, backing the best of the best. His newsletter, on the random beauty he finds online, is an instant must-read every time it lands in my inbox, about once a quarter.
• Nick Gray. The internet’s friend. I love the energy he brings to everything, from Museum Hack to The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, and that he’s always experimenting with new ideas, including the /friends page that inspired this one.

This is a /friends page, inspired by slashfriends.org and Nick Gray.