Shikoli Makatiani

SHIKOLI MAKATIANI

I live in the future.

I write what I see.

I teach what works.

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EDITOR’S DESK

  • Start Here: What This Publication Is About
  • The Future Is Unevenly Distributed in My Inbox
  • Field Notes: 10 Signals I’m Tracking This Month
  • The Checklist I Use to Decide What to Build

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  • The Future Is Unevenly Distributed in My Inbox

    This is a placeholder for the inaugural Future desk essay. Replace this with your actual content about the signals, patterns, and predictions you’re tracking. William Gibson said the future is already here, just not evenly distributed. My inbox proves it daily. Between the pitch decks, the research papers, and the Slack threads from builders in…

FIELD NOTES

LATEST LESSONS

  • The Checklist I Use to Decide What to Build

    A practical framework for filtering ideas and committing to the ones worth building. Not everything worth observing is worth writing about. Not everything worth writing about is worth building. And not everything worth building is worth teaching. Here’s the checklist I use to decide. The Five Questions Does this solve a problem I personally have?…

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