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More thoughts about words, language and learning → vokabulo.com
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Some mistakes deserve gratitude.
You say something wrong.
Someone corrects you.
You laugh.
And suddenly the correct version is permanently burned into your memory.
Meanwhile the twenty words you studied carefully yesterday have disappeared.
The brain has interesting priorities.
Apparently embarrassment receives premium storage.
A mistake you remember can be more useful than a rule you forget.
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Vokabulo 5.7 is out. 🎉
It has lots of small improvements, fixes and refinements - the sort of things nobody will ever open the app and say:
“Wow. What an exquisitely improved edge case.”
But hopefully you’ll notice that everything simply feels a little better.
Which, come to think of it, is also a pretty good description of learning a language.
No dramatic transformation overnight.
Just lots of tiny improvements until one day you realize: Hey. I can actually do this.
Vokabulo 5.7 is live. 🚀
P.S. Try the new widget. Small feature. Surprisingly addictive.
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Ready to move past the green owl and learn the vocabulary you actually need for real life? Check out the best Duolingo alternatives for serious language learners in 2026!
vokabulo.com/en/blog/77-best…
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Husband and I tried Miami for 1 year after living in SF and NYC tech scenes.
Very top heavy - mostly successful founders and VCs who go to live in their nice houses and aren’t out there being part of the community
Tons of larping founders - I got invited to some “female founder dinners” and every single woman showed up dressed for a kardashian wedding and had obviously spent all their time in the salon, not building a startup
The grifting is real - we won Miami Hack Week in 2023. The $10k prize money did not exist and it took 6 months to even get a hold of the organizer. He never paid. When the next Miami hack week came around, I tried telling 3 people in the community. Organizer told them I was a liar and that I had been paid. This bullshit would never happen in SF or NYC.
Miami hack week seems to have a new organizer now so I’m hopeful it’s being better managed.
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Teaming up with @BFC_VC @sagarbarvaliya to bring a unique chance to connect & collaborate! 💥
We will be co-hosting an invite-only Web3 investor gathering during Davos week with Blockchain Founders Capital. This closed-door event will bring together top investors and thought leaders to dive into pivotal topics shaping the decentralized future.
This is the line-up from us, probably nothing! 👁️
🔹 @ysiu, co-founder and executive chairman
🔹 @EvanAuyang, group president
🔹 @alanlau999, chief business officer
🔹 @charis_campbell, director of capital markets
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Excited to speak at the Web3 Investor Gathering in Davos with @BFC_VC & @animocabrands.
Eager to engage with industry leaders, innovators and investors to discuss the future of DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, RWA, stablecoin and regulatory frameworks beyond 2025.
Most people tend to lean more towards conservative values as they age, primarily to safeguard the interests of their generation. In contrast, I find myself increasingly drawn towards libertarian values, believing that the barriers to entry for the next generation should be as low as possible.
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We raised a $1.6M pre-seed round!
At @getriver_io we're building an events platform for global brands to let members from their community host on their behalf.
We're thrilled to partner with @bwcvc, @blockwall_vc, @BFC_VC, @LAUNCH, @veryearlyxyz, and @SolanaFndn for our pre-seed round.
15 months ago I had an insight while building community for The All-In Podcast. I couldn’t find an event platform that would let fans host their own events without data sharing issues and tons of work for me as the organizer.
So @Jason suggested we build one. He invested an angle check along with @balajis .
We’re super proud of how much we built this past year with just $150k. Our MVP has powered community events for @theallinpod , @myfirstmilpod, @tferriss, @bryan_johnson, @daveasprey, @superteam, @SolanaFndn, @DeGodsNFT, and more.
We’ve already had over 2,000 events, produced by 3,000 crowd-sourced hosts with 55k attendees.
These community events have happened in over 150 cities around the world.
All with a *tiny fraction* of the planning effort of other event platforms because River lets the COMMUNITY produce the events.
We’re so excited to build IRL community at a massive scale in a way that’s never been done before and we’d love to have you follow along.
Could River help your community?
→ @tferriss used River to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his podcast by bringing 4k fans together in 150+ cities on a single day
→ @superteam uses River to host 100+ IRL watch parties during their live stream of the Solana Ecosystem Call *every month*
→ @twistartups uses River to host Founder Fridays jam sessions each month around the world (founders only!)
→ @theallinpod had 20+ unofficial side events around All-In Summit in LA and hosts worldwide meetups to celebrate episode milestones.
More use cases around paid events and paid membership subscriptions coming soon!
BACK TO BUILDING 🚀