Archive - Ayotomiwa's Newsletter

some need resolutions. all need goals.

i am now convinced that when the new year rolls around, setting zero goals or resolutions is suboptimal — even if you’re very internally driven. half of…

Dec 31, 2023 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

November 2023

how do you want to spend your days?

"You probably don't want maximum effectiveness. For example, the most effective way to make money likely requires a lifestyle you don't want to live…

Nov 27, 2023 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

July 2023

Don’t just move fast. Follow your curiosity.

If you consume from sources that are similar to mine, that is, the audience is creators, entrepreneurs, or builders, you may have heard a variant of…

Jul 5, 2023 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

June 2023

You can't patent algorithms

patents are more interesting and less complicated than I thought

Jun 27, 2023 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

March 2023

The ideal team player

To learn to lead, you need to learn to be an excellent team player first. Transitioning from college into the workforce, we have preconceived notions of…

Mar 7, 2023 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

February 2023

what forms AGI may take

Feb 20, 2023 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

January 2023

We're spoiled superheroes

One attendee is a food fanatic — a fan of the chef that obnoxiously tries to complete the chef’s sentences as the courses are introduced. This guest is…

Jan 17, 2023 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

December 2022

How to make your product go viral

On our call, I mentioned that I had just read Jonah Berger’s Contagious, and some lessons may inform your product marketing strategy. He is the…

Dec 26, 2022 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

Question Time: San Francisco, Staying in touch with Friends

This is the first of what is hopefully a series where I answer questions that friends have asked me to write about. It’ll be called Question Time…

Dec 10, 2022 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

November 2022

What I'm thankful for

I thought I would chime in for once on a holiday theme. Previously, I only wrote about the New Year, which was conveniently prime self-help/productivity…

Nov 24, 2022 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

Microsoft's Github is getting sued for 9 billion for software piracy in Copilot

Co-founder of Instagram, Mike Krieger, described Github’s Copilot as “the single most mind-blowing application of machine learning I’ve ever seen…

Nov 12, 2022 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

October 2022

Is Netflix dead—or headed for a rebound?

Last week, Netflix released a new subscription tier to attract more customers, ‘basic with ads.’ However, this announcement comes on the heels of…

Oct 28, 2022 •

Ayotomiwa Akinyele

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