Russ SmithFinding the right kind of users for your productivity appNote: I am going to preface this post by stating my opinions are specific to acquiring users for iOS productivity applications on the…Sep 21, 2018Sep 21, 2018
Russ SmithStartup equity & time vampiresOver the past few weeks, I’ve had a couple of interesting conversations with some startup founders and a first round hire about equity and…Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018
Russ SmithI created a functional pre-mined cryptocurrency and wallet system in under 5 hours and I still…I decided to write this, against my better judgment, in response to Ryan Carson’s hot take on crypto. This post also reflects on a Saturday…Mar 20, 2018Mar 20, 2018
Russ SmithLessons learned from deploying Courier into betaI am really proud of how the team, here at Codeq, handled themselves during the initial rush of user on-boarding. Doing what we do at scale…Oct 2, 2017Oct 2, 2017
Russ SmithinPrototyprThe terrifying navel-gazing process of making a better email appSeveral years ago, I set out on an adventure to rethink email. Starting with just a blinking cursor in a notepad file can be intimidating…Aug 29, 2017Aug 29, 2017
Russ SmithEmail, politics, machine learning, and the color purpleThe idea hit me like a brick. I stopped hearing the cheering. I stopped even being in the crowd for a moment. Someone was asking me a…Aug 22, 20171Aug 22, 20171