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Matt Galligan

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2 years

Tell me you don’t know NFTs without telling me you don’t know NFTs.

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5 years

This whole “let’s all dunk on Bill Gates” thing is infuriating. Yep, dude is mega rich. But he’s also one if the greatest philanthropists the world has ever seen. Dollar for dollar I’d wager his philanthropic investments are dramatically more efficient in their return vs. gov.

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Say Bill Gates was actually taxed $100 billion. We could end homelessness and provide safe drinking water to everyone in this country. Bill would still be a multibillionaire. Our message: the billionaire class cannot have it all when so many have so little.

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Matt Galligan

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10 years

Hey, you remember that time where everyone called the iPad a big iPhone and said no one would buy it and it was useless?

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3 years

I’m 100% confident I’ll never work in a traditional office environment ever again. Kind of a wild thing to really consider when I thought on it a bit more… Anyone else feel that way?

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2 years

Met an amazing lady 10 years ago at SXSW. Life took lots of turns, but we reconnected last year, and after tons of texts, calls, trips to Texas and back, now we’re here in PA, together. Today I asked her and our kiddos if we could be a family and thankfully they said yes. ❤️

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3 years

Topo Chico is the best water of the sparkling variety, no contest. Don't @ me.

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3 years

Exciting day here at @xmtp_ as we announce our $20M Series A led by @a16z with participation from a few other incredible funds and strategic angels. We're so fortunate to have such a wonderful group of backers, through both our seed and now our A.

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3 years

@CryptoCobain Be careful. You won’t be able to receive any crypto while your wallet is offline.

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

How it started 🔓 How it's going 🔐

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Home desk update. Got mounts for my old dynamic microphone and Sony camera, now connected to computer for better audio/video. Snagged an @elgatogaming Key Light (better on-camera lighting) and Stream Deck to control everything. Feels like some mad scientist shit here now.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

1) 👉🏼 Some personal news 👈🏼 After a few years on the sidelines I’m excited to be jumping back into the saddle and start a new company with my long-time friend and colleague @shanemac 🚀 We’re building something new in the web3/crypto space: ( @XMTPdotcom )

The open source protocol for web3 messaging

1.9M+ web3 identities trust XMTP for secure & private messaging

xmtp.org

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Do you still use Google as your default search engine? If so, why? …and have you tried @DuckDuckGo in earnest for a while?

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Who makes the best everyday tshirt for dudes? Slim fit, comfortable, durable. Any suggestions?

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3 years

What's going on in crypto/Web3 makes the internet fun again.

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11 years

☁ ☁☁ ☀ ☁ ☁ ☁ __🌲🌳_______🏡🌳🌳. 🌳 / \ / | \ 🌲 / 🚘 \

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Crazy that tomorrow it’s December 1st. Crazier still is that yesterday it was March.

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3 years

What are the motivations behind picking technologies to build into this amendment? It’s like Congress coming out and saying you can code with Java + Python but leaving all other languages out.

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3 years

Helping to introduce Web 2.0 engineers to Web3 when recruiting…and then seeing the aha moments start to click in real time…is like straight lightning injected into my bloodstream. ⚡️💉🩸 Go west, fellow traveler, the frontier is calling!

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

My home automation has gone too far. I am drunk with power.

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Matt Galligan

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7 years

@_tessr And for anyone thinking AI will be some pure super-intelligent computer…they must remember humans are teaching them now. Maybe these humans.

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

Finally a homeowner 🏡 Feeling so fortunate and thankful to get a place where my little dude and I can put down some roots and make memories together. 😊

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Matt Galligan

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6 years

Welcome to the world, Nash Weston Galligan! Words just can’t begin describe what it felt like to meet our little dude. Born June 25, 2018 at 7:24am 8lbs 12oz 21” Mom and Nash are recovering well and we’re heading home today. Without a doubt the best moment of my life…

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

gm …from my tiny 1,500 person hometown in Illinois. Here’s a nice little coffee shop ☕️ that opened up last year, in a building that was vacant my entire childhood. Love seeing this.

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4 years

@drgonzo123 @harper The switch was absolutely dubious, and dangerous in this time. Another take here though may be that there's a lag in reporting in general. A number of sources indicated that switching to the HHS reporting service was non-trivial and may take some time. Could be both too 😓

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Home server and networking equipment finally all racked up and no haphazardly hidden away in little boxes everywhere. This does, in fact, spark joy.

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3 years

eBay did $2.67B in net revenue in all of Q2 2021 OpenSea did $3.3B in August 2021

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Matt Galligan

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7 years

The impending robot apocalypse in one GIF

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” ― Arthur C. Clarke Dall-E prompt: A close crop of a hand holding up a Polaroid photo of Half Dome at Sunset, standing in front of a VW Van, as shot with a Leica Noctilux f/1.2

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Dang this has been an awesome week. Can't be understated how much fun it is to be working in crypto rn. Seriously feels like when I got started building back in 2006, Web 2.0 days…more electric even. 🔥

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

web3 isn’t dead. Boom or bust, many of us are still building towards a web where users own & control their identity & data. Beyond buzzwords that’s what we are here for. Not for the gains or the hype. We’re here to build a better web, and won’t give up till it’s here.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

NFTs are so fascinating from a liquidity perspective. “Buy low, sell high” works with tokens because you can always buy back in. But what if you get attached to specific jpgs? Sell them at the top? Great. But doubtful you’ll be able to buy the same one back at the bottom. Few.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Light Mode Dark Mode

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Just a hunch. But maybe they…hedged?

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

@AdamDraper Adam, I really appreciate your passion for startups,but kind of stance perpetuates a problematic mindset. A few times before I’ve done this and when my startup failed went through a depressive and anxious bout of time. I was lucky to have support through that, some are not.

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4 years

Narrator: He wasn’t

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Matt Galligan

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7 years

What do they say? "Now for some personal news?" Yeah, that! In 2017 I'm joining @Postmates as VP of Product Design!

Why I’m Hanging Up My Founder Hat for a While & Joining a Growth Stage Company

Update: Looks like the “for a while” was about half a year. Earlier in April I decided to leave Postmates as it just wasn’t the right fit…

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Matt Galligan

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5 years

Been testing @linear_app as as replacement for Jira with our team. This ⚡️ thing ⚡️ is ⚡️ so ⚡️ fast ⚡️ I can create a ticket, set its status, priority, and assignee before Jira's compose screen loads completely.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Who's working on identity and/or reputation for web3?

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Matt Galligan

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5 years

To think that overnight government (by way of a new president) could change its ways of horrifically inefficient spending is comedic at best. The tax code is broken and favors the rich far too much. But we should look to those like Bill Gates and collaborate vs. vilify.

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

gm, Lens dm 🌿💌🔐 Today is a ridiculously exciting day: @lensprotocol is launching end-to-end encrypted DMs between profiles and @xmtp_ is handling the secure messaging part. Check it out:

XMTP (hiring)

@xmtp_

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gm 💌 dm We’re excited to announce that @LensProtocol has adopted @xmtp_ to provide a secure and private profile-to-profile DM layer for the entire Lens ecosystem 🌿 Read all about it:

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Ethereum’s 2021 Q1 was wild. But my favorite stat? Daily Active Addresses (basically DAUs) is only 607k. Repeat after me: We 👏🏼 are 👏🏼 so 👏🏼 early 👏🏼

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Fall photos with my little dude 🍂🍁❤️

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Matt Galligan

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5 years

Today we’re announcing that @InterchangeHQ has been acquired by @krakenfx . Seeing Interchange at and supported by a major player in crypto made a ton of sense, and both will be in a great place to learn a lot from each other. 🙏🏼

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Matt Galligan

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5 years

🤯 Oh…my. I thought convincing deep fakes (even just voice) were still a solid ways off. I’m wrong. Dead wrong. No way I would have known these were fake if I wasn’t already told so. The world is about to get *a lot* more complicated.

This AI-generated Joe Rogan fake has to be heard to be believed

The most realistic AI voice clone we’ve heard

www.theverge.com

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8 months

I’m in D.C. today to #StandWithCrypto alongside @coinbase and 40+ crypto industry founders to engage with our policymakers, help them learn about crypto, and why they should care about it. 50M Americans hold crypto and we must give them a voice through our advocacy. The…

Stand With Crypto🛡️

@standwithcrypto

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45+ founders from 15 states on Capitol Hill TODAY advocating for pro-crypto policies. We’re here to make our voices heard. Join us #StandWithCrypto

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Someone just asked me for my address and I sent them my ETH address but they actually needed my physical address. My brain is already living in the metaverse lol.

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

For a long time I’ve hoped someone would make a Personal CRM tool that worked really well, but it never came to pass. Never expected something that looked like a note taking tool at first would be what did it for me. The deeper I go w/ @RoamResearch the more interesting it gets.

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

I'm really impressed with now well text entry works with the Apple Pencil on iOS 14. Text selection and deletion is also slick. Here’s a video showing how it works, sped up 2x.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

@LaurenBerson 1. Download @home_assistant 2. Spend 2-3 weeks going down the rabbit hole 3. Reach a stable state 4. Realize that smart plugs measure current 5. Build an automation that figures out when appliance draws current then no longer 6. Look in the mirror & realize you look like this now

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

The craft from this era of OS X apps (2006-2012) was the pinnacle. It was all about delight and high design. Just fantastic. Delicious Library was another that comes to mind. What else?

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

This masterpiece, by @evanvucci

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Matt Galligan

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11 years

Dude next to me on this @VirginAmerica flight is buying a @TeslaMotors Model S while on in-flight WiFi. The future, ladies & gentlemen.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Wore this today. My son said “daddy, it’s your monkey!” Got props from a dude at the LEGO store and a guy working at Shake Shack. The people in the furniture stores gave me smug looks…they’re ngmi.

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Went for a walk before hunkering down in the house to watch the coverage tonight. Beautiful evening for it. Hoping my vote here in Pennsylvania helps push @JoeBiden over 270. 🤞🏼

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

Today a developer building with @xmtp_ deployed an example web3 chat app to Netlify and my existing wallet inbox & messages were available as soon as I signed in to it. Here's a demo showing the experience working seamlessly across sites, environments, wallets, & platforms. ✉️🚀

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Shake Shack > In-N-Out

rhymes with purple

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3 years

In 5 words or less, start a fight without politics

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Matt Galligan

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10 months

Subnames on @ensdomains take on a whole new kind of usefulness when combined w/ messaging. Chatting with hi.xmtp.eth instead of hixmtp.eth means I can visually verify authenticity of the sender, in particular with well-known project or company names. Or read the profile myself.

Zadok7.eth | 00h07.eth 🦇🔊

@realZadok7

10 months

ENS sub usage in wild. @ethcc @coinbase Base Cafe. 👀

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 🎅🏻 Nash man got a workbench and started right in on it! Brought this dad so much joy seeing him enjoy it. I’d modeled it after a @craftsman , so naturally his nickname worked for the logo.

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Matt Galligan

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7 years

@JasonHirschhorn

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Working from a coffee shop for the first time since February 2020. Feels simultaneously remarkable and unremarkable. But wow does it bring joy 😊

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since @benhuh , @arsenio , @Digidave , and I started building Circa. Still nothing quite like it, and I miss it all the time.

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Ringing in 36. Cheers y’all. 🍻🎂🎉

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Got @home_assistant running successfully over the last few days and now with this bit of instruction, my lights are now shifting color throughout the day based on the sun's position. The effect is super subtle, but so very welcome. Extremely impressed with this software so far…

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9 years

Winding down the most important thing I've contributed to in my life is the hardest thing I've ever done. The team is owed so much praise.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Just tax-loss harvested an NFT I didn't want anymore. Sending early apologies to my accountant. This year's taxes are going to be WEIRD.

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4 years

Me yesterday: Email kind of sucks, but what are you gonna do? Me after seeing @jasonfried ’s demo video: THIS WILL DO Also me: Refreshing old email clients in anticipation of an invite feels like some kind of cruel joke

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

You know that thing where they say if you do what you love you’ll never work another day in your life? I love to have fun, learn every day, and work on bleeding edge kind of stuff. And I feel fortunate as heck that what I’m working on each and every day in crypto delivers that.

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Matt Galligan

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5 years

@rachsyme Easily @hughhowey ’s Silo Series. Would make an epic series and a fascinating world to build on screen. Bonus points: 💰 The setting would likely make production less expensive 👩‍🏭 Awesome female protagonist 🔥 Post-apolcalyptic tones that everyone is into these days

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Version 37.0 🥳

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Matt Galligan

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10 years

Finally! iOS 8 will display battery usage per app. Oh happy day! http://t.co/nVDhLRLTyQ /ht @AndrewDumont http://t.co/v0eT1TYGDs

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

@ozlubling @Conaw @RoamResearch FYI @ZackShapiro and I are putting together a 3rd party one, which we’ll use with the Roam API. Maybe you would be interested in testing when it’s ready?

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Yesterday people gave @APompliano shit for not enabling buying of pizzas with BTC. Today 20%+ of those funds to charity would have evaporated. Oh and buying pizza with BTC would have triggered capital gains. As with the original BTC pizza, maybe spending BTC isn’t a good idea?

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People keep asking why we aren't accepting bitcoin for Bitcoin Pizza. Order here: 🔥🔥

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Fit for the season. @WoodiesNFT #4388 . #NewProfilePic

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Matt Galligan

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6 years

People are mocking @CryptoKitties but its seemingly ridiculous concept is actually a perfect example of digital scarcity—something that blockchains now enable. Verifiable ownership of unique digital assets is a game changer.

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

New desk up & running. Designed from ground up to hide all cables and my craftsman friend built it. Will share more later but a few things: - Adjustable height - Hidden laptop slot - Under-mount cable cabinet - Recessed lighting in shelf - Hidden USC-C charger This thing is 🔥

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Matt Galligan

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6 years

Six months after founding @PicksCo , it’s exciting to talk a little bit about our first tool, @InterchangeHQ :

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Knocked out 365 consecutive days of closing the move ring on my Apple Watch, with a daily average of nearly 900 active calories. This thing sure motivates. Wonder how long I can keep this streak up now!

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Matt Galligan

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11 years

Twitter removes follow sync to Instagram. Instagram removes photos from Twitter. I’m not sure who won this war, but I know who lost: users.

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Italy is maybe 2 weeks in front of the U.S. in terms of severity of the coronavirus crisis. They’ve basically shut down the entire country to try and get a handle on it. They are ranked #2 worldwide for overall health system performance by the WHO. …the U.S. is 37th

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Matt Galligan

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1 year

@StaniKulechov Cool. Now remove the branding so it’s not identifiable!

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Backyard patio: upgraded 🙌🏼

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Anyone else getting hit with an overwhelming sense of existential fear and dread today?

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Matt Galligan

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10 years

Fuck you @abc7newsBayArea . http://t.co/OV1zwzc7cT

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

You get to eat one “category” of food, and only that, for the rest of your life. What is it? I’ll start…mine is burgers.

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Matt Galligan

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2 years

Any @BoredApeYC / @apecoin owners out there practicing law in tech?

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Matt Galligan

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5 years

This new Ultra Wide lens is 🔥

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

*Wow* best night of sleep I’ve gotten in quite a while. Notable factors: - Harder strength training workouts lately - No alcohol - No food 3 hours before bed - Last caffeine at 2pm - Cold as heck bed temp from @eightsleep Feeling 🤩 today

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

For four years I drank from a firehose of never-ending political news because it truly felt like I needed to know every last thing going on. Today I unsubscribed from all of my political podcasts & all but one news pod. Subscribed to @TheEconomist on Kindle. Time to slow down…

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

I've been using @RoamResearch for about 45 days so far and seeing how interconnected my notes and thoughts are already is 🤯. Never have been one to write things down much, but have challenged myself to change that. This thing is my own personal Wikipedia now.

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3 years

Recent @DispoHQ shots giving off some early Instagram vibes. Waiting a day to see how they “develop” is really something fun. Even the out of focus or less-than-perfect shots bring a lot of character.

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Matt Galligan

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1 year

Twitter's Search API costs $0.30/query and at the lowest tier ($149/mo) the max call frequency is once per 90 mins. 💸 At the highest tier ($2,499/mo) the call frequency is just once per 4 mins. 🐢 If the plan was to kill the paid API too, I'd say this is how you'd do it. 😱

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Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

Anyone else excited for ? Haven’t really seen many tweets about it. Maybe no one’s really going…

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

1) The last decade was all about the social graph: the representation of relationships within a social network. The next decade of the Internet will be all about the “value graph”: a representation of all value within a network (such as Ethereum)

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

So what I hear you saying is… You want the Internet to be regulated as a public utility with neutrality at its core? Hmm, that’s interesting. 🤔

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

→ Insanely simple text replacement shortcuts but they make me so happy ←

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Matt Galligan

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5 years

Do Not Reply email addresses are anti-customer. The onus should be on the company to manage those communications, not on the customers to navigate the "official" channels.

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Matt Galligan

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3 years

@sriramk I really, really wish that Path were here today

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Matt Galligan

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4 years

Working on my quarantine burger game: 🐮 Two 1/3lb patties (huge, I know) 🧂 Lowry’s seasoning salt, copious 👊🏼 Smashed thin with a monster sized spatula 🧀 Two slices of sharp cheddar 🍞 Martin’s potato roll, bit of mayo 🔥 Cooked on a wicked hot flat griddle top

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3 years

Designed and printed a MagSafe mount to secure my iPhone atop my MacBook Air to use as a webcam. The mount turned out perfectly in the first shot! 🙌🏼 …but after mounting it, I discovered a bit of an unintended consequence. Watch till the end. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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