janmikula
Jan Mikula

Director of Product at Swan Bitcoin. Writing about Jobs to be Done and Shape Up.

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2025-01-13 09:18:38

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I want that too!

2025-01-02 18:13:14

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@nprofile…cps4 is this nice use case for Evolu?

2024-12-27 14:57:22

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Yeah, I've been burnt many times...

2024-12-27 14:39:34

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If the Nostr for Business will take off, I would definitely pitch it to them!

2024-12-27 08:27:12

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They are pretty against oligopolies and closed systems, so I think there is a good chance that they will get Nostr. Honestly, their product Once.com played major inspiration in the Nostr for Business idea.

2024-12-23 18:21:39

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Left you a DM.

2024-12-23 15:09:12

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Do you see any crossovers of Nostr for Business and the projects you are working? Trying to put together people that might contribute in shaping this vision...

2024-12-23 15:03:02

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In my defense, this was the WIP version. I planned to redraw it to make it bit more readable. But then people asked me to publish it.
I will probably redraw it a bit and then publish it natively on Nostr. But don't expect miracles. I can't draw very well. 🤣
On serious note. I will DM you, I would love to talk with somebody with security and Saas experience.

2024-12-23 15:00:06

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I would be curious about that as well!

2024-12-23 14:57:22

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PowerPoint on my Surface Laptop Studio.

2024-12-21 21:10:58

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Pssst! That's in notes for the funding pitch. 🤣
In all seriousness. That's one of our priority and reason why we are so excited. This will allow completely new experiences that will be very hard to match for traditional SaaS apps.
One example that I really like. Figjam <> Notion integration where block in Notion can be placed in the Figjam whiteboars and be automatically synced. Typically when you organizing some workshop and you have brief document. That document can live in Notion, in Figjam board and the even shared in Slack. Whenever you change something, it will change everywhere.

2024-12-21 16:03:20

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2024-12-21 08:04:30

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Yeah, I read the whole book the day it was published. It had huge influence on my thinking.

2024-12-20 21:37:05

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Great, I will DM you.

2024-12-20 21:36:04

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Awesome. I will DM you.

2024-12-20 21:35:11

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Please give me feedback and want to hear your thoughts!

2024-12-20 20:47:20

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In my defense, I haven't planned to share it today. I was just getting feedback on @npub1jea…wcny open hours and people there asked me to share it publicly. 😉

2024-12-20 20:27:20

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When you look at current SaaS apps and how you integrate with each other. You recognize that Slack is in the middle of it. All other apps have some kind of integration with Slack. That's also a reason why so many people hate Slack and the same time it's really hard to build competing product. Because they have very strong network effect that locks you in.
But with Nostr we have a way how to break such lock by offering open protocol that is easy to integrate with.

2024-12-20 19:52:48

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Don't have a preference. Will leave it up to the engineers who join us to determine what's the best stack for it.

2024-12-20 19:49:47

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No timeline. We spent last 3 months working in this as side project with my old colleague product designer. We wanted to clarify our vision. Plus we have some early concepts for building great alternative to Slack.
Today, I wanted to validate with Nostr community that the idea makes sense and is doable. Seems it is. Now I want to put together team with engineers and starý building this.

2024-12-20 19:43:15

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Absolutely. Let's connect! I'm finding ways how to make this happen.

2024-12-20 19:42:11

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💯 Completely agree with you.
The reason why I'm so excited is that Nostr can bring next level of experiences and data security +ownership.
So I thing there is real chance to beat the legacy apps.

2024-12-20 19:35:43

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That's awesome. I will DM you and we can have a chat.
BTW I've just joined @npub1jea…wcny on HiveTalk and it worked like a charm. Great job!

2024-12-20 19:33:30

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That's another reason why we want to rebuild Slack. Everyone hates Slack. Me as well. It's design in such a horrible way.
We have some cool ideas to make it way better, so people feel it helps them being productive opposed to being constantly distracted how Slack does it.

2024-12-20 19:31:06

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My background is product strategy and I'm teaming up with my old colleague product designer. So, we are looking for engineers to help us build this.

2024-12-20 19:29:27

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Our initial thinking is to build alternative to Slack, because if you look at current SAAS apps, basically all of them are connected to Slack. It's the brain. My instinct is that if we can build great alternative to Slack, everything else will follow.

2024-12-20 19:17:49

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Thanks for the tip. I will add it to my list of apps that we should pitch or directly help to integrate with Nostr for Business.

2024-12-20 19:16:27

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Haha. Sorry. 🤣
Yeah, this needs to happen. When we were playing with the Figma prototypes, we were so excited since it feels so natural and improving the experience of current SaaS apps.

2024-12-20 18:24:08

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Unfortunately no, it's all drawn in a hand.

2024-12-20 18:03:40

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Is it similar?

2024-12-20 17:52:32

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Awesome. I DMed you!

2024-12-20 17:11:22

We are working on an idea how to build SAAS business apps on top of Nostr. The idea is to rebuild apps like Slack, Notion, Figma, Github, Linear on single Nostr relay and Nostr standard that would allow some cool things like seamless cross-app messaging (e.g. like Slack <> Linear), cross-app workflows.
Here is PDF with more details.: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U_bC4AmR2_61GwgiShNv_EctOcyh4u7A/view?usp=drive_link
If anybody is working on something similar or like the idea and want to join our efforts, please let me know.

2024-12-20 08:09:23

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Totally agree! Interoperability is such a important thing. You've seen my Nostr for Business deck and one huge inspiration to start working on it was the fact that all SAAS business apps like Slack, Notion,... are trying to be this huge superapp. The problem is that the experience is getting worse as they are adding more and more features.
Having small dedicated apps that are exceling in the small niche and are seamlessly interoperable with other apps is the way to go.

2024-12-19 15:27:31

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That's great! Is there any write up or specification that you guys worked at specifically around the work set of tools? I'm planning to explore this direction of Nostr...

2024-12-19 07:58:20

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Hey William, last couple of months I've been doodling with similar ideas. I call it Nostr for Business and the idea is to rebuild apps like Slack, Notion, Github, Linear on Nostr standard which would enable great experiences like:
1) Cross-app communication - it wouldn't matter if you're responding from Slack, or GitHub PR, it would be the same thread.
2) Cross-app workflows - e.g. close ticket directly from Slack thread where the ticket is mentioned.
3) Cross-app components - that's exactly what you're mentioning in your post.
Can I send you DM with the PDF and Figma prototype? I would love to hear your thoughts on this. https://m.primal.net/NAWa.png https://m.primal.net/NAWc.png

2023-09-06 07:52:24

Suffering with too many WIP never-ending projects? Here is what 37signals recommend:
— You need to focus on finishing WIP projects first. You can’t add new stuff unless the previous stuff is finished.
— Being 90% done could mean that you're still only halfway through the project.
— Don't work on two things at once. It's a huge mental burden.
— You need to focus on hard issues first and don't start with easy ones and wait until the end for the hard ones.
— Giving lots of time to a project is a curse, not a blessing.
https://youtu.be/vnAWT06Bsgw?si=kyInX6uv-9ZC-9EX

2023-09-05 06:21:16

This season on the Rework podcast (by Basecamp) they are discussing many "chapters" from Shape Up. In this episode they discuss Writing a Pitch.
Few insights:
— Writing a Pitch is not the same as shaping. Writing a Pitch is just formalizing the shaping discussion.
— Try to find a balance between writing a detailed spec and having just one line.
— The goal is to give teams of two (designer + engineer) a sense of autonomy, purpose, and mastery.
— Most of the design decisions are made during the cycle since, according to them, that's the most effective way.
— The pitch should focus on Rabbit Holes to identify risks and things that could take forever.
— When you feel that the whole Pitch is one big Rabbit Hole, treat it as a science project with the goal of getting information.
https://youtu.be/d_a-Jojd3Pc?si=OK5BgSuO4jve32UD

2023-08-30 12:21:57

New version of Swan App is rolling out.
What's new?
— You can finally initiate withdrawals directly from the app.
— If you like to buy dips, turn on notification for bigger price movements.
If you're Swan customer, please don't hesitate to share your feedback!
https://void.cat/d/GQCzJA2EVNqfCGEtLfPH22.webp

2023-08-23 19:08:04

Can't wait to read this book!
#nevent1q…94pr

2023-08-02 07:16:32

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It works in a way that on each table in restaurant there is a QR code and you scan it and you can order things and also pay for the order with your phone. And one payment option is newly LN.

2023-08-01 15:05:07

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To by se mohlo v dohledné době změnit. https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/07/new-iphone-browsers/

2023-07-29 12:29:01

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Teď už vidím splash screen. Ale stále se to neloaduje. https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_1799875340249943261690633716.webp

2023-07-29 10:38:45

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Nefunguje mi v Edge mobile browseru na Androidu. Vidím jen černou obrazovku.
Věřím, že mouchy brzo vychytâte. Jinak super práce s PWA. https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_6487286204442277701690627022.webp

2023-05-24 11:22:30

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Yep, I have lots of similar views as Dergigi.

2023-05-20 18:46:40

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I see 3 types of Persona's on social media. Content creators producing unique content. "Editors" that are retweeting or reposting with comments good content from Content creators. Consumers who read, watch, and listen good content.
I always wanted to build a product that would allow Editors curate the best content for their followers, get money from subscription, and give fair share from subscription to Content creators which their content has been curated by the Editor.
In other words, we have so much content that I would like to pay somebody to curate my content and that person would give some portion of that money to people that produce high quality content.
And I think Nostr will allow that.

2023-05-20 18:39:54

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If I understand the V4V concept, it's more like tipping after you reading the post.
I like subscription model since it gives content creators more predictibility in revenues and more thighs to their readers.
The problem with current subscription model is that platforms are closed and not interoperable. Generic subscription model like Substack over open interoperable protocol like Nostr can create new options and business models for content creators.

2023-05-20 06:11:07

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Very nice update!

2023-03-03 09:06:11

Another great piece by #[0]
Combining open monetary and social media networks can bring many benefits, especially to people in poor and authoritarian countries.
Let's go Nostr and Lightning Network!
https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-implications-of-open-monetary-and-information-networks/

2023-03-02 20:58:05

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I would love to participate on such project. I was thinking very similar idea.
I think subscription model over open interoperable network like Nostr and LN allows to do things that traditional closed paywall can't.

2023-03-02 20:54:36

Paywall app like Substack over Nostr makes lots of sense to me.

2023-03-02 19:16:05

Is there a way to create a subscription model using LN payments over Nostr?
In other words, how can you distribute content behind a paywall that people can only access if they prove they paid for it with LN?
Is somebody exploring this?

2023-03-02 17:51:52

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