August 7, 2023: Smart Things Smart People Said

Hi friends,

How's everything going?
This is Kei and Kazuki, founders of Glasp 👋

We hand-picked 3 good articles for you to highlight this week. Hope they'll help you get new ideas and perspectives. (You can read this online!)

📚 3 Good Articles for You

Smart Things Smart People Said
by Morgan Housel (3 mins)

• "A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.” – Kevin Kelly
• “The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.” – Ernest Dimnet
• "Your capacity for gratitude is inversely proportional to your sense of entitlement.” – Mark Brooks

🔗 Glasp Community Highlights

The New Language Model Stack
by Michelle Fradin and Lauren Reeder (7 mins)

1. Adoption of LLMs: Companies are widely integrating language models into diverse products, from autocomplete features to chatbots across various sectors.
2. LLM Tools & Customization: The main tools revolve around language model APIs and retrieval mechanisms, with a significant shift towards open source and custom model solutions. Companies increasingly seek ways to tailor models to their specific needs.
3. Challenges & Future Outlook: For broader adoption, language models must address trust concerns, including data privacy and output quality. The next wave will likely see a blend of multi-modal applications, combining text, speech, and visuals.

🔗 Glasp Community Highlights

How to Break the Perfectionism-Procrastination Loop
by Daniel Mangena (5 mins)

• Perfectionism-Procrastination Link: Fear of change hides behind perfectionism, leading to procrastination and vague goals.

Overcoming the Cycle:

1. Acknowledge the loop.
2. Define clear goals.
3. Seek external guidance.

• Conclusion: Labeling oneself a "perfectionist procrastinator" often masks an underlying fear of change. Recognizing and addressing this can break the cycle.

🔗 Glasp Community Highlights

📣 Community

• 🟩 Test Glasp mobile app:
  We released the Glasp iOS mobile app (test version). You can test it through TestFlight. Click this link to try it out! If you're not familiar with TestFlight, please read this tutorial.
• 🟥 Community Meetup:
  We'll have a monthly community meetup at 10 am on August 11th (PDT). We're looking forward to seeing you all! Please feel free to jump in and out. You can register for the event from here 🤝

👀 Featured Curator on Glasp

Jake Burrington
Jake learns web3, crypto, and more. Let’s follow him and learn together!

Please mention @Glasp and share your profile page on Twitter if you’d like to get featured!

❤️ Gratitude

We found some people who mentioned Glasp in their articles and blogs, and we appreciate all the kindness!

• Thank you for taking the time to talk to us! Your feedback is insightful and helps us improve the product!

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Hope you enjoyed reading this newsletter!
See you next week ;)

Best,
Kei and Kazuki

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