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August 24, 2025

Holy Shit… Middle School!

Seth Goldstein

One more week. That’s it. That’s until the kiddo is in… wait for it… middle school! I can’t stand it. I remember when he was a little nugget. Now he’s off to a school where he changes classes and has tons of responsibilities. Am I worried for him? Yes. Am…

August 24, 2025
August 19, 2025
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Kent Island Maryland Vacation Summer 2025

Seth Goldstein

Just got back from a 4-day family trip to Kent Island, Maryland. It was about 3 hours away and not to stressful a drive. Not only did we go with my in-laws, but we also went with my wife’s sister and brother-in-law and niece. I’m pleased with how much my…

August 19, 2025
August 10, 2025
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ChatGPT 5… Just Wow!

Seth Goldstein

Last night I was playing around with the new ChatGPT 5. I asked it to have a brainstorming session with me on my messaging for my Podcast Mastery coaching program. Within 15 minutes it not only helped me hone my messaging but coded out a WordPress native block theme for…

August 10, 2025
August 1, 2025
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WebP Image Converter

Seth Goldstein

So I vibe coded using Claude AI’s Opus 4 Model a nifty little WebP Image converter that takes your JPG, PNG, and GIF images and makes them in to WebP and much much smaller. It’s on version 1.0.6. But feel free to try it. Updated Aug 27 2025 This is…

August 1, 2025
July 20, 2025
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Billy Joel Documentary On HBO Max

Seth Goldstein

Just saw this great documentary (part one of two) on Billy Joel — Billy Joel: And So It Goes. He is such a talented guy and his music is amazing. I never knew how autobiographical his songs were. This documentary really makes me appreciate his music even more than I…

July 20, 2025
July 16, 2025

Payment Processors And Steam Banning Games

Seth Goldstein

Steam, the game distribution market place, has a new game ban policy. ​I see why some of these games are raising flags, but I also get really annoyed when payment processors decide what people can and can’t buy. If I want to look at naughty stuff, that isn’t breaking the…

July 16, 2025
June 26, 2025
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Intrigued By The LLMs.txt

Seth Goldstein

Intrigued by the LLMs.txt file spec. Though not completely supported, I see it as a way to get your site in the AI engines. I know many people feel that letting the AI engines have your content you’re aiding and abetting bad behavior on the part of these AI companies….

June 26, 2025
June 9, 2025
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3 Ways To Ruin Your Podcast… The Business Amplifier Podcast

Seth Goldstein

My episode of the The Business Amplifier Podcast was released today. Andrew Laws hosts a great 10 minute podcast highlighting 3 things about a topic for businesses. My topic was 3 Ways To Ruin Your Podcast! https://youtu.be/aNzSRRQsTUA?si=SWY2aUti70em1TXH This was great fun and I think I shared some good value. Have…

June 9, 2025
June 8, 2025
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AI And Podcast Creation

Seth Goldstein

Google’s NotebookLM is letting people share their “podcasts” generated from their NotebookLM data with the world. First off, would you listen to an AI generated podcast more than a human-made one? Secondly, isn’t this just adding to the slop that humans have been putting out as podcasts anyway for years?…

June 8, 2025
May 19, 2025
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Has Taylor Lorenz Lost All Sense Of Sanity And Decency?

Seth Goldstein

I can’t believe Taylor Lorenz! I expected more from her. As a journalist and as fucking human being. I guess was wrong to think that highly of her. Just because you think something, doesn’t mean you say it out loud! https://www.mediaite.com/news/taylor-lorenz-openly-celebrates-joe-bidens-cancer-diagnosis-hopefully-he-rots-in-hell-and-rests-in-piss/ She really gives journalism a black eye. I’d be…

May 19, 2025
April 25, 2025

Bluesky Has And Outage And People Wonder Why.

Seth Goldstein

Bluesky had a massive outage the other day, and people are wondering how could a “decentralized” social network go down like that? You know how? It’s not decentralized yet. Most of the users are still on the main server and that’s what went down. You don’t see stuff like this…

April 25, 2025
March 8, 2025
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Lock Your Credit Reports

Seth Goldstein

I meant to write this suggestion out when I was told by my wife that we should do this. Lock your credit reports so that people can’t f- with it. This is more important now than ever with DOGE and the Muskrats rummaging through the federal government. I still can’t…

March 8, 2025
February 22, 2025
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Review Of The AllCast Podcasting System

Seth Goldstein

Recently I was sent the ALLCAST – Video Conference, Webinar and Podcast System from American Recording Technologies. Plain and simple — this system is sick. When the CEO of American Recording Technologies, Alan Adelstein, reached out to see if I wanted to try it out, I was excited to try…

February 22, 2025
February 2, 2025
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Sharing Between Protocols

Seth Goldstein

So, I’ve wanted to figure out the best way to utilize both the AT-Protocol and the ActivityPub protocol and how they can talk to each other. There’s an app/service called Brid.gy on both ActivityPub (Mastodon/Fediverse) and on the AT-Protocol. What it does is nothing less than awesome. It creates accounts…

February 2, 2025
January 20, 2025
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Blog Questions Challenge

Seth Goldstein

I was challenged by my good buddy Simon Cox to participate in the Blog Question Challenge. I accepted. Why Did You Start Blogging In The First Place? The Blog Question Challenge encourages bloggers to reflect on their experiences and share their insights. Good question. I’ve been blogging since the early…

January 20, 2025
January 2, 2025
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My 2024 Recap

Seth Goldstein

So many people are doing 2024 recaps, so I figured I’d write one too. 2024 was a weird year. That’s even an understatement. At the beginning business was extremely slow. It rather sucked. Most of the business I had this year pushed off to the 2nd quarter or later. Thank…

January 2, 2025
December 27, 2024
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Happy Holidays!

Seth Goldstein

Happy Holidays everyone! It’s been a great holiday season so far here. Christmas Eve-Eve to Christmas Eve my wife, son, and I went on our annual trip to Hershey, PA to go to the Hershey Lodge for some swimming and some chocolate goodness. Now we’re in the in-between week. It’s…

December 27, 2024
December 21, 2024
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On Picking Someone’s Brain

Seth Goldstein

I really hate the term “Pick Your Brain.” First off, it just sounds yuck. Secondly, when you want to pick someone’s brain it usually means you want FREE advice. To me pay people for their time, especially if you’re picking their brain on something they do for a living. What…

December 21, 2024
December 19, 2024
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Matt Mullenweg Doesn’t Like Being Called Out On His Behavior

Seth Goldstein

Inc.com posted an article that their reporter did with Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress. In the article the reporter, David H. Freedman, doesn’t paint a sunshine and rainbows picture of the whole fiasco between Matt (et. al) and WP Engine. Matt, in his right, responded calling the piece a…

December 19, 2024
December 16, 2024
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Yes, Pineapple On Pizza Is Great, But That’s Not The Point

Seth Goldstein

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-org-login-introduces-mandatory-pineapple-pizza-checkbox Seriously, how old are we? Instead of having people swear they have nothing to with WP Engine they now have to proclaim their love for pineapple on pizza before being let into WordPress.org. WTAF! Come on! In other news State of the Word happened in Japan this AM. It…

December 16, 2024
December 12, 2024
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Drones Over Doylestown!!!!

Seth Goldstein

There have been reports of drones over New Jersey quite a bit lately. The NJ governor has declared a limited state of emergency grounding drones and the FBI is involved. The military says it’s not them. And a congress-critter is saying they’re from Iran. 😵‍💫 It’s been all over the…

December 12, 2024
December 6, 2024
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A Fun SEO Win

Seth Goldstein

Not a hugely searched term in Google, but I come up in multiple locations for the term Philly Startup Advisor. It’s a one-pager setup on Carrd.co and isn’t even a .com. It’s a freaking .us! What I find interesting is that so much emphasis is put on the .com domain…

December 6, 2024
November 30, 2024
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Post-Thanksgiving Capitalism Buying

Seth Goldstein

I’m being pretty well behaved this post-Thanksgiving-Capitalism-Buying-Days time. I got a few needed things. But hardly anything that my ADHD wanted me to buy. Though, the season isn’t over and Cyber Monday is still coming! Argh! Wish me luck and wheel power! 😵‍💫😜🤣

November 30, 2024
November 26, 2024
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The Autoblue Plugin For WordPress Is Almost Live!

Seth Goldstein

Daniel Post, a WordPress buddy of mine, has made an awesome plugin called Autoblue to post blogs to Bluesky and to bring comments back into the blog! This is sick. I’m helping beta test it. So that’s fun! Please reply and let me know if you see it in Bluesky!!!!!…

November 26, 2024
November 23, 2024
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Bluesky, Billionaires, And Dodo Birds

Seth Goldstein

People say that Bluesky might turn into Twitter and be purchased by a billionaire I know Jay doesn’t want this to happen. And in theory it won’t due to the possibility of decentralization, but we’ve been burned multiple times. Shall we do it again? Sure, why not. 😵‍💫😜 I mean,…

November 23, 2024
November 22, 2024
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Do You Pick Up Random Phone Calls?

Seth Goldstein

Does anyone ever pick up random phone calls? I sure don’t. Because about 99% are spam. Heck most of the texts I get are spam too. So why would I pick up the phone and talk to a spammer if I could text with them. 🤣😵‍💫😒😎 Heck half the time…

November 22, 2024
November 21, 2024
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Harper, A Grammar Checking Tool Was Purchased By Automattic

Seth Goldstein

Okay the acquisition of Harper by Automattic (the parent company of WordPress.com) makes actual sense. Harper, a grammar checking tool, will hopefully be integrated into all of the Automattic and .org (here’s hoping) properties.​ Unlike some of the other acquisitions that Matt Mullenweg and Automattic have purchased (ie. Simplenote, Pocket…

November 21, 2024
November 10, 2024
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States Rights… This Is Gonna Get Interesting

Seth Goldstein

I think States Rights are going to be at the forefront of the national stage come Jan 20th when Trump 2.0 comes into office. The GOP has always said they are Pro-States Rights. But that’s only when it serves them. This should be interesting. To say the least. Republicans have…

November 10, 2024
November 6, 2024

I’m Beside Myself Today

Seth Goldstein

I’m beside myself today. I pretty much cleared my day of meetings and just did what work I could muster. I can’t believe that Trump won. But then again, what’s with the Democrats going to the center? Obama won because he spoke to progressive causes. Our two party system is…

November 6, 2024
November 1, 2024
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Worried About Election Day 2024

Seth Goldstein

I’m so nervous about Tuesday. The 5th of November in America might be a triumph or a disaster. God, I hope Kamala Harris & Tim Walz win. If not I’m scared from the future of our country. It’s not just Trump, it’s Vance, it’s the power they have to shape…

November 1, 2024
October 30, 2024
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Rest In Peace Sandy. I Love You

Seth Goldstein

Today (10/30/2024) I found out that my pseudo-grandmother died. She was ~96 and lived a full and amazing life. She was my Grandpa’s sweetheart up until he died at age 80. She had three loves-of-her-life. Here first husband, Lloyd, Norman (My Grandpa), and Bob (who died a few years ago)….

October 30, 2024
October 30, 2024
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I Was A Guest On The Catalytic Leadership Podcast

Seth Goldstein

I was lucky enough to be on William Attaway, Ph.D.’s podcast Catalytic Leadership. The episode aired yesterday. We had a great conversation and William is a great interviewer. He asked some really good questions. “As digital marketing challenges continue to evolve, entrepreneurs are faced with the daunting task of staying…

October 30, 2024
October 25, 2024
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Matt Mullenweg, WordPress, And The Net

Seth Goldstein

WordPress is more of a backbone of the net than Twitter/X if you think about it. And, like Twitter/X, it’s owned by one person. Matt Mullenweg. But unlike Twitter/X, 43% of the websites on the Web run on WordPress. That’s close to half! This used to be a point of…

October 25, 2024
October 23, 2024
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Matt Mullenweg & Free Speech

Seth Goldstein

Matt Mullenweg recently posted on his blog that his freedom of speech has been hindered by a court injunction in the lawsuit brought by WP Engine against him et. al. https://ma.tt/2024/10/first-amendment/ Ummmm, I don’t think that the court telling you to STFU is a First Amendment issue. As I recall,…

October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
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WordPress Is Matt Mullenweg’s Per Court Document

Seth Goldstein

H/t to Jeff Chandler finding this disturbing document. How the ever-living-f*ck did we get here. WordPress is almost 21 years old. And one man controls all of it. This is so fucked up. Something, I’m not sure what, needs to happen. One man controls software that powers 43%+ of the…

October 23, 2024
October 12, 2024
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On WordPress

Seth Goldstein

I haven’t found a better platform for my stuff than WordPress. Do I want Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine to come to some agreement and get this behind us. Absolutely. But I don’t think switching platforms because of Matt’s behavior makes any sense. And yes that’s just my opinion. Maybe…

October 12, 2024
October 11, 2024
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Last Night I Saw The Aurora Borealis

Seth Goldstein

I saw the Aurora Borealis from the front yard of my house last night in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia. It has happened before, but I missed it. I didn’t this time. It was faint by the naked-eye, but my iPhone camera caught it. Bucket list item checked off.

October 11, 2024
October 8, 2024
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WordPress Accessibility Day Tomorrow For 24 Hours!

Seth Goldstein

Tomorrow is WordPress Accessibility Day 2024. It’s a 24 hour, yes 24 hour, online conference all about accessibility on the Web and in WordPress. It kicks off at 14:45 UTC, or for us East Coasters is 10:45am, and runs for 24 hours into Thursday! I plan on catch as much…

October 8, 2024
October 5, 2024
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BarCamp Philly 2024

Seth Goldstein

It’s not the same without my friend Reed Gustow, who passed at the end of August, but the show must go on. BarCamp Philly, which is happening today, has been going strong for 15 years. I love this unconference, because where else can you learn about knitting and AI at…

October 5, 2024
September 29, 2024

Sad Day Today

Seth Goldstein

Today is when a bunch of us are saying goodbye to a good friend and pillar of the community today, who died suddenly at the end of August. It’s fitting that it’s raining and yuck out today. He will be missed terribly not just by me but by the community…

September 29, 2024
September 25, 2024

Plugin That Allows You To Post From Mastodon To WordPress

Seth Goldstein

Testing the latest update to the plugin that @alexstandiford@fosstodon.social pointed out. Last time I tried this. It worked but broke my blog post on certain sites. I noticed that the first sentence will be the title, so keep it short, hit enter, and the write more. Check the plugin out…

September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024

Moved Fediverse Resources To Own Domain!

Seth Goldstein

So I finally decided to move the Fediverse Resources page to it’s own domain name. This way I can invite collaborators and grow the list. Check it out here: https://gmedia.sh/fedi-resources-sgnet It’s still rudimentary, but it’s something.

September 25, 2024
September 24, 2024
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On Forking WordPress

Seth Goldstein

It’s been floated with the recent outburst between Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, that the community should fork (aka move the OSS) WordPress to a new project, with out the drama (or so it’s thought). I’m not sure how I feel about this. It’s not going to be a small…

September 24, 2024
September 21, 2024
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On Matt Mullenweg And The Q&A At Wordcamp US 2024

Seth Goldstein

Updated (at bottom) 9/25/2024 This is going to be a post that will grow and be added to as my thoughts come together around what happened at the Q&A with Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of the WordPress project and CEO of Automattic. I can say one thing for certain it…

September 21, 2024
September 15, 2024

FediForum Day 3 Recap or The Day After

Seth Goldstein

So I completely forgot to post about the last day of FediForum. What a great group of people, both organizers and attendees. I feel like I’ve made some decent connections and fediverse friends. The last day was great and full of geeky knowledge. I can’t wait until the next one!…

September 15, 2024
September 13, 2024

Day 2 Of The FediForum!

Seth Goldstein

Today I actually made a three sessions at the second day of the 4th FediForum. Two were about journalism. The First was how newsrooms use or rather don’t quite use the Fediverse. Not yet at least. And how it’s all about metrics and tracking to make sure the effort is…

September 13, 2024
September 12, 2024

FediForum Day 1 Recap

Seth Goldstein

FediForum is on it’s fourth iteration and is a 3 day unconference (like Barcamp) that is completely online. Today was chock full of great demos, Meta’s Threads released a new feature live during the demos at the start and the talks were fantastic. The unconference runs through Saturday and there…

September 12, 2024
September 11, 2024
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I Will Never Forget This Day In 2001

Seth Goldstein

I remember September 11, 2001 like it was yesterday. It was a beautiful cloudless day, like today. I was a sophomore at the University of Delaware. I remember thinking the whole event seemed like we were in a Tom Clancy novel. But we weren’t. It was reality — real life….

September 11, 2024
September 10, 2024
Reed at WordCamp US 2016 in Philadelphia.

Remembering Reed

Seth Goldstein
Reed was a friend of mine. He was caring and always willing to lend a helping hand. He was very active in the Philly Tech/Photo community. The loss of Reed will be felt for years to come!
September 10, 2024
September 6, 2024
Olive the black curly haired Airedoodle doing what she does best. Laying on the couch like a potato!

Quick Update On Olive

Seth Goldstein

Olive is doing much better. She’s eating a bland diet and getting her energy back! The past few days have been tough. But I’m glad she’s on the mend. Thanks for the outpouring of thoughts and good vibes. It means a lot.

September 6, 2024
September 5, 2024
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A Rough Day & Week

Seth Goldstein

Olive the Airedoodle is still not eating consistently. Getting her on more meds to get her appetite stimulated. Ugh, this poor pooch and her belly issues. Then if that wasn’t enough, I found out that a friend of mine for the Philadelphia tech community, who I’ve known for more than…

September 5, 2024
September 3, 2024
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Tough Labor Day 2024

Seth Goldstein

Update: Olive just has bad inflammation in her belly. She’s on her way home. Thanks for all the well wishes! So my Labor Day has been a tough one. Olive our 2 1/2 yr old Airedoodle was throwing up and pooping all over. We took her to the ER yesterday…

September 3, 2024
August 31, 2024

YouTube Guilty Pleasures

Seth Goldstein

I love a few shows on YouTube that I can’t explain it, but I enjoy so much. Ame in a Van, Nikki Delventhal, Tory Delury are three gals who live in vans and travel around. Yes they’re cute, but that’s not why I watch. It’s their personalities and the adventures…

August 31, 2024
August 25, 2024
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What’s With People Being Gruff In Emails

Seth Goldstein

I get it, frustration happens. But reread your emails and look at them from the recipient side. I’m guilty of writing gruff emails too. I’m definitely not innocent. But lately, geezus. I’ve gotten some very gruff emails from people. Once I get them on the phone they’re fine. Just in…

August 25, 2024
August 25, 2024
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Gadgets I can’t Live Without

Seth Goldstein

Taking the prompt from Emily, a friend I have on Mastodon. So what are the gadgets that I can’t live without? Well my dual 27″ monitors, to start. I was working on a 27″, a 16″ laptop screen, and a 20″ monitor. Yuck. I sucked it up and got a…

August 25, 2024
August 1, 2024
Three of us in front of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls Canada. all smiles for the picture at least.

Back From Niagara!

Seth Goldstein

Got back last night from Niagara Falls on the Ontario, Canada side. Me, Mere and Ilan spent 5 days exploring Northwestern NY state and Niagara Falls, Canada. Was there some bickering, yes. Was there an 11-year-old on the trip who was full of spunk? Yes. Overall, memories were made! That’s…

August 1, 2024
July 21, 2024

Kamala Harris 2024!

Seth Goldstein

The prosecutor vs. the felon for the future of America. You can’t make this shit up. Here’s hoping the Dems endorse her and give her the nomination at the convention. I was going to vote Biden/Harris but now since Biden put the interests of the country ahead of his own…

July 21, 2024
July 17, 2024
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Lots Of Hacking! Secure Your Sites!

Seth Goldstein

For the love of God use two factor authentication when ever you can! So many sites not just WordPress are getting hacked. With this in mind, change your passwords, get a password manager, and randomize your passwords for every service. I know Passkeys are the latest hotness, but I still…

July 17, 2024
July 7, 2024
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Really Looking Forward To Niagara Falls In 3 Weeks

Seth Goldstein

In three weeks my wife, son, and I embark on an adventure to Niagara Falls. We’re doing both the USA/New York side and the Canada/Ontario side. The kiddo has no interest in doing the boats, but surprisingly wants to see both falls up close. I’m excited, because it’s been a…

July 7, 2024
July 7, 2024

The Ted Lasso Series Finale Was Perfect

Seth Goldstein

I know I’m behind with Ted Lasso. It’s been out for a bit, but the wife and I just finished the series. I have to say it was the best ending to a series I’ve seen in a long while. Often series go on too long and just end abruptly…

July 7, 2024
July 4, 2024

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Seth Goldstein

Though predictable, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F was so much fun and so needed! Well done Netflix, you managed to pull off a movie off an old classic without messing it up. It’s not gonna win any awards, but it was fun, action-packed, and funny. Not gonna ruin the plot,…

July 4, 2024
July 1, 2024
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Get Away From The Computer And Network IRL

Seth Goldstein

Seeing my friend Martin Focazio announce his new role (congrats again Marty!!!!) by pointing out the importance if in person networking, made me realize how important it is to get out and meet people and networking in person. Not just on platforms like LinkedIn and Alignable (et al). Since the…

July 1, 2024
June 26, 2024

Two Advisory Meetings Today

Seth Goldstein

Two advisory meetings with two of the 3 startups that I officially advise. There is a 4th, but I’m not really an official advisor per se. Today my call with Myna Insights was exciting. Myna is going to turn the SEO industry for the SMB arena on its head. I…

June 26, 2024
June 7, 2024

That Damn Calendar…

Seth Goldstein

I hate bumping people’s meetings. I really do. People want to meet with me. But those who aren’t driving revenue or need me right always have the possibility of being bumped. I try to only bump people once. But sometimes it happens more than once. It’s not personal. Just how…

June 7, 2024
June 3, 2024
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Glad To Be A Mentor

Seth Goldstein

I’m so glad I chose to take Don Samoil up on being a mentor in the Founder Institute Keystone cohort accelerator program. I’ve learned so much more about not only the startup ecosystem in Philadelphia and beyond, but I learned so much more about myself and how I can help…

June 3, 2024
May 25, 2024

Advising Some Cool Startups [An Update]

Seth Goldstein

So for the past few cohorts of the Founder Institute Keystone accelerator sessions, I’ve been mentoring some pretty cool startups. Of them, three I’m getting more involved post-FI. The big one is Public Assembly, which is morphing and pivoting into something great. More on that in a later post. The…

May 25, 2024
May 20, 2024
AireDoodle on brown leather couch.

We Survived 4 days/3 Nights On Our Own

Seth Goldstein

This weekend my wife, Meredith, went on a much needed break to Cape Cod with her girl friends from college. This left me home with the 11 yr old pre-teen. He and I did pretty good, minus some butting of heads. Last night and this morning were a bit tough…

May 20, 2024
May 11, 2024

Holy Shit! I’m 43.

Seth Goldstein

Yea, I guess I’m middle aged. Good grief. So far just been relaxing and enjoying my day. Sushi for dinner and some beer. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, so Mere will have a chance to relax and kickback some. Being middle aged doesn’t feel that bad, besides the joints aren’t what…

May 11, 2024
May 3, 2024

Love This Quote

Seth Goldstein

Saw this on a YouTube video where the YouTuber goes to the pinball museum in Las Vegas. She liked the quote and shared it and it resonated with me too. Here’s the link to Tory Delury’s vanlife channel and the actual video.

May 3, 2024
April 28, 2024
Midjourney AI rendering of a happy Mastodon at a computer.

Mastodon Is Now A U.S. Non-Profit

Seth Goldstein

I think this is a good thing. Either they are a non-profit in Germany or in the U.S., but their mission stays the same. People like to make a big fucking deal out of nothing. The new board of directors includes Biz Stone, of Twitter-fame. Just because he’s on the…

April 28, 2024
April 23, 2024
sad ghost at computer ai generated

AI Companies Abound, But Some Are Shit

Seth Goldstein

I made a mistake. I thought I was re-upping my Midjourney subscription and saw that DaVinci AI was associated (probably because they use Midjourney in some way) with Midjourney. So stupidly I paid for a year of DaVinci AI and later found out two things: It sucks! It’s not Midjourney…

April 23, 2024
April 23, 2024
Niagara Falls From the Tower on The Canada side looking at the Horseshoe falls

Passports ‘R Us

Seth Goldstein

Went to USPS in Dublin, PA to get passports all squared away. We were going to do a passport cards, then heard that it’s better to do a passport book because it’s good for longer and if we came back later to do a booklet it’ll cost more money, be…

April 23, 2024
April 6, 2024
Picture of an iPhone in front of a Macbook standing up. with a microphone cover to the right. Says: I went iPhone

I Went iPhone.

Seth Goldstein

Yes, Mr. Android went iPhone. I did it for a number of reasons. First of all we got the 11 yr old kiddo a data/phone line, so it made sense for us to all be on the same platform. Apple tends to be more secure, keyword on tends, so we…

April 6, 2024