Ryan Grove

It doesn't tackle any big issues, but a documentary I've found myself rewatching every few years is Dig! by Ondi Timoner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUZDSzE3qIQ Filmed over seven years, Dig! documents the rise(s) and fall(s) of The Dandy …

That was an amazing story. What SpaceX has achieved is pretty incredible given all the barriers they had to overcome. The parallels between SpaceX and Tesla are also interesting. Both companies are run by Elon Musk. Both companies started from …

One of my favorite things about the Tesla Model 3 is that it ditched the big bulky key fobs used by every other car. Instead, it offers two more modern alternatives: you can pair it with your phone, which allows you to get in the car and drive off …

Wow. I've never thought about the fact that hurricanes could have such a delayed effect even after they'd passed just by causing rivers to flood. I wasn't familiar with Georgetown, so I looked it up: https://goo.gl/maps/s2MbFvYePhm Looks like …

> Are they innovating an investing in a way that's good for consumers in the long run or just their shareholders? I think Amazon has been a net good for consumers, in that they tend to provide quality products and services at fair prices, and …

Great shots! It's so cool that you're taking the leap and doing what you love full-time. Takes guts and determination, both of which I know you have. 😄

> nice! how exactly does that happen? https://gph.is/1KjihQe

Hey Dan, I think you're probably publishing your post before the embed has a chance to load. Cake's editor is WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get), so if you publish before an embed loads, then there won't be an embed in your post. Try hitting …

Make sure to press Enter after typing or pasting the URL. If you don't press Enter, we take that as a signal that you don't want to create an embed. Seems like people are having trouble understanding this, so we're working on making it more clear. …

Not at the moment, but allowing Markdown in the plain text editor is a great idea. I'll add this to our todo list. 👍 We've been hoping we could solve the rich text editing issues on Android sooner rather than later because we want using Cake to be …

Cake now supports rich link embeds in posts. When you type or paste a link URL on an empty line and press Enter, the link will automatically expand into a beautiful preview like the one you see below. Image links become image previews, YouTube …

Hours after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina there are already reports of deaths, flooding, and widespread power outages. If you live in the eastern U.S., how are things going right now? Have you or anyone you know been affected …

Cake doesn't have a private messaging feature yet. Sorry! We've discussed adding one and we do have some ideas, but there's lots of other stuff that's taken priority so far. Private conversations between multiple people (as opposed to private …

I do this too! I've always been fascinated by filmmaking, so I'm constantly thinking about how they did things as I'm watching a movie or TV show. It doesn't really distract me though — it's sort of like there are two parallel threads in my brain …

I'm not up on all the details yet, but my first impression is that this will be a massive problem for startups and small businesses. Filtering uploads for potential copyright violations is an almost impossible technical task. YouTube might be able …

I don't ride motorcycles, but I love travel documentaries and I especially loved Long Way Round and Long Way Down! One thing I've learned from trying to film my own travels is that sometimes when the going is hard and you're tired and miserable …

I had the exact same problem with The Witcher 3. I think there must be some magical formula where if a game has X amount of stuff to do and it takes Y amount of effort to do something fun then I love it and will play for weeks (Skyrim, Fallout 4 …

Ironically, I think a big reason is that James Cameron has been too busy exploring the oceans to supervise remastering his movies. …

I think Elon is a riveting speaker when he's talking about something he's interested in, but you still have to look past his "um"s and "uh"s and various other quirks. But you can really tell when he's not super interested in something. He still …

Oh, absolutely there are more monsters to discover! No doubt about it. The ocean is so vast and so deep, and we've barely even explored the first hundred feet or so under the surface. I'm sure there are incredible things there still waiting to be …

> whats the double click on that? That's amazing. I'm gonna start using this one.

> We are all individuals I'm not! https://youtu.be/QereR0CViMY?t=30s Kidding aside, generalizations are sometimes hard to avoid without being verbose or lawyerly. When someone uses a generalization that bugs me, I try to remind myself that I'd …

My favorite thing about traveling is that it helps me shut my brain off. At home, I can't stop thinking about things I need to do for work, about chores I need to do around the house, about upcoming appointments, about politics — you name it, it's …

For what it’s worth, I love my Tesla and I didn’t buy it as a status symbol (I actually chose the color I thought would be least likely to draw attention). I wanted a great electric car, and that’s exactly what I got.

What are some common mistakes people make when pitching to VCs that you wish they'd stop making? How often do you hear a pitch that you find compelling personally, but that you know would be a bad investment? What about the reverse: ideas you find …