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Inside.com Interview about Brizzly

Back in August, I gave an interview about the relaunch of Brizzly and the current state of social for the Inside Social Newsletter. It’s still fairly relevant so I thought I would post a lightly...

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People love stories, not decks

Jason Calacanis recently invited me to speak on the topic of presenting to potential angel and venture investors at the Launch Incubator Spring 2015 class in San Francisco. In preparation, I asked some friends in...

8 years ago READ MORE

I'm Jason Shellen. Founder, designer and product leader on a mission to increase human understanding.

Currently: A Little Drive
Previously: Founded Brizzly, Boxer & Google Reader. Led product teams at Slack, Pinterest, Google and Blogger.

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Brizzly

Social media getting you down? Tired of posting where people can see what you wrote?

Try Brizzly!

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Links to interesting things I've noticed around the web

Back in the saddle

In The Long Middle Part, I shared that I was in a world of hurt due to chronic pain. By the end of October, I wrote that I was in less pain after a few...

Inside.com Interview about Brizzly

Back in August, I gave an interview about the relaunch of Brizzly and the current state of social for the Inside Social Newsletter. It’s still fairly relevant so I thought I would post a lightly...

Fall Update

It’s been two months since I wrote about my ongoing struggle with chronic daily pain so here’s a quick progress update. In short, I’m in less pain in my head and neck. I’m still in...

The Long Middle Part

The opening of Stevie Nicks “Edge of Seventeen” crackles over an obscured speaker in the surgery center pre-op area. I’m in a recliner with a hairnet on and booties over my shoes. I’m here for...

People love stories, not decks

Jason Calacanis recently invited me to speak on the topic of presenting to potential angel and venture investors at the Launch Incubator Spring 2015 class in San Francisco. In preparation, I asked some friends in...

Post-erity

Tonight while looking for my personal blog post about the sale of Thing Labs to AOL I realized… I never posted it. There it sat in the drafts on Blogger. I must have been a...

Build a new model

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

Thing Labs joins AOL

I’m incredibly happy to share with you today that my company Thing Labs is merging with AOL. Thing Labs has come a long way in the last two years, and we’ve built products I love...

Brizzly

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