β½ Activities I love
- Playing soccer
- Poker (it's a great way to make friends)
- Cooking or exploring vegan food
- Working out regularly
- Traveling (Maui is my favorite now)
- Taking baths to relax (favorite hot spring and spa)
- Staying at ryokan (Japanese style hotels)
- Spending time in nature (favorite spot)
π Books I love
- The Code Book by Simon Singh
- Emergence by Steven Johnson
- A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley
- A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine
- Nudge by Richard H. Thaler
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
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π₯ Documentaries I love
- Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Downloaded
- The True Cost
- Fast Food Nation
- The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
- Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
- The Century of the Self
- The Corporation
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π¬ Movies I love
- Fight Club
- Good Will Hunting
- Gattaca
- The Invention of Lying
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π Manga I love
π¨ Artists I love
- Tokujin Yoshioka
- Olafur Eliasson
- Eiichiro Oda
- Hasui Kawase
π Satirical artists I love
- Steve Cutts (Watch Happiness and MAN)
- PaweΕ KuczyΕski (see)
- Ron English (See his POPaganda work here)
- Banksy (see)
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βοΈ Some things I've written
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π Some things I've done
- Built crypto products since 2013, from early experiments to production protocols
- Alumni of South Park Commons
- Built Starlings Lab, pioneered the first credit default swap protocol on blockchain
- Raised $2.5m+ from VCs like NFX
- Got EB-1 green card 15 months after moving to SF with O-1
- Write for freeCodeCamp and Business Insider Japan
- Pledged 1% to Giving What We Can
π οΈ Things I built
Obsidian
- ObsiRandom - Plugin that opens random notes from your vault
Alfred Workflows
- Random File - Browse directories and randomly select files
- Random IMDb - Randomly pick movies/shows from your IMDb lists
- Random Pinboard - Discover random bookmarks from Pinboard
- Random Instapaper - Randomly open saved articles from Instapaper
- Random Feedly - Random article selection from Feedly feeds
- Random Raindrop - Randomly browse your Raindrop.io bookmarks
AI Tools
- AudioInsight - Transform audio recordings of meetings into actionable insights with AI-powered analysis (GitHub)
Blockchain
- Carapace Finance - The first credit default swaps protocol on blockchain
- DAICOVO - Framework for ICOs implementing the DAICO concept with fund management
- Goyemon Wallet - A mobile crypto wallet for earning passive income on deposits
π Stuff I use
- Masterpiece backpack
- Imabari towel
- Hippopotamus pajama
- Jun Hashimoto long pants
- Parks candle
- SATCHMO glasses by A.D.S.R.
- Braun Hand Blender
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