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https://grampasweeder.com/

Not necessarily tiny, but awesome single-purpose gardening tool for removing weeds without overworking your back.


Wirecutter did a write-up on a similar stirrup hoe that works "in half the time of pulling weeds by hand:" https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/garden-weeding-to...

Both have long handles for use while standing up, but grampa's weeder seems to target one weed at a time while the stirrup hoe is meant to cut several roots in one go.

So perhaps use grampa's to dig out dandelions from your lawn, but a stirrup hoe to get all the weeds between the plants you want to keep in a flower bed or garden.


I don't manage it all. Something is always slipping and I always feel like I am falling behind.

That said, here are some tactics I've used over ~2 years as a solo founder to try to keep it together:

1. Focus weeks on certain functions - ie work on developing features for one week and then switch to marketing tasks the next. Admittedly harder than it seems, but when actually followed, find I make considerable progress on that week's topic of focus. Also forces me to accomplish harder work (marketing/sales for me) vs. retreating to what is most comfortable (developing).

2. Speaking with other founders / leaders in the space I operate. This has been especially helpful as I've struggled with a growth/marketing strategy and speaking with others selling adjacent products in the same space has unblocked me many times.

3. Keeping realistic expectations that I'm doing this solo and it will be very difficult at times. Also harder than it seems.

4. Keep a founder's log to persist notable events and learnings. Useful when feeling particularly overwhelmed as I can revisit how much has been accomplished.


#4 is something I need to do ASAP, appreciate the tip. It's easy to see the chasm of what's still ahead but forget how far you've come.


#2 resonates. But not only leaders in the space you're building. Talk to leaders who have built one person companies. It's a unique skillset.


Hate to say it as I like Unicomp as a concept, but had a related experience.

Purchased a keyboard from them back in 2015/2016 and really enjoyed the few months that it worked. There is something about those springs... When it stopped functioning a short while later I contacted Unicomp asking how I could fix and/or replace it and was told I'd have to buy a new one.

Probably meant to be as I developed the need for an ergonomic keyboard. Purchased a Kinesis Freestyle2 and it's worked without issue.


Great question.

Given the forum, going to assume you are seeking an internship in tech.

FWIW, I created/lead an internship program for software devs at a small(er) venture-backed startup. The program was responsible for hiring ~20 interns over two years.

Among the interns I hired, those that stood out had a demonstrated genuine passion for the field as well as our company, had deployed their own side projects to production, and were very very clear in what they were seeking to gain from an internship with us.

Also, very early in my career, I recall a discussion with an intern on how he landed the role at the company I was with at the time. He said he cold-emailed the CEO. He also said that was how he had landed an earlier internship at Amazon!



What is an employee blackout?


It's a policy that prevents employees that have been awarded shares or options to immediately sell their shares once the company goes public to avoid it flooding the market and lowering the price.


When employees are not allowed to sell shares. I think in the case of Palantir though they allowed them to sell up to 20% of their shares.


> the press seems to be at war with everyone

This is the focus of Matt Taibbi's "Hate Inc."


Bookmarked :D

Looks cool, but would like to be able to check out an existing demo lesson before signing up.


Like everything, depends on your definition of success.

If we consider it a speculative investment, then, sure, at this point in time, BTC looks like a solid investment! BTC investments have funded a number of my vacations :D

But, if we consider BTC a form of currency, I would say it is a total failure given its wild fluctuations in value.

Curious what others think? Want to change my mind!


This is REALLY cool.

How can I meet people around me who have already setup a collection point, a community point, or a machine shop?

Do you have an onboarding guide for beginners who are looking for low-effort ways to explore what you are doing?


I don't want to give the impression I'm part of the Precious Plastic Community (yet at least) as I'm only playing around.

However, here are some resources for getting started locally:

- Map of all the workshops registered on PP - https://community.preciousplastic.com/map

- Events that are being organized all around the world - https://community.preciousplastic.com/events

- Onboarding guide, read from top to bottom, includes some videos as well, great for getting started - https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/intro

- And the most helpful, PPs Discord community, tons of channels and even more people, usually very responsive and very diverse - https://discordapp.com/invite/cGZ5hKP


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