John Fiorello
@johnfiorello.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Musician. Founder of RecordME & TheJSG. Currently helping startups. All around normal kinda guy :)
There's a lot of sick people in the USA. And by sick, I don't mean gross or physically ill. I mean, they have a sickness, but they don't know they're sick.
They are so injured, and so hopelessly dependent on a system they fight to protect, that they're not capable of being unplugged.
They are so injured, and so hopelessly dependent on a system they fight to protect, that they're not capable of being unplugged.
January 8, 2026 at 8:22 PM
There's a lot of sick people in the USA. And by sick, I don't mean gross or physically ill. I mean, they have a sickness, but they don't know they're sick.
They are so injured, and so hopelessly dependent on a system they fight to protect, that they're not capable of being unplugged.
They are so injured, and so hopelessly dependent on a system they fight to protect, that they're not capable of being unplugged.
If your company reaches out to me for help with something & then you want me to go through an application process, your success rate will be very low. If you make me go through one of those automated identity checks, your success rate will be zero.
September 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If your company reaches out to me for help with something & then you want me to go through an application process, your success rate will be very low. If you make me go through one of those automated identity checks, your success rate will be zero.
What's the equivalent of working at the ER on a full moon for your office technology? Because whatever that is, it's happening now.
September 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What's the equivalent of working at the ER on a full moon for your office technology? Because whatever that is, it's happening now.
I caught myself singing 'Take me home, country roads' in the shower this am and wondered how many other folks might be doing the same thing at the same time.
I figured the answer had to be >1, right?!
I figured the answer had to be >1, right?!
August 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I caught myself singing 'Take me home, country roads' in the shower this am and wondered how many other folks might be doing the same thing at the same time.
I figured the answer had to be >1, right?!
I figured the answer had to be >1, right?!
I'm moving through the stages of grief, currently at the anger phase. I may be here for a while. Kyrie Eleison
Young, healthy, expecting dad, heart attack. I'm so angry.
Young, healthy, expecting dad, heart attack. I'm so angry.
July 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm moving through the stages of grief, currently at the anger phase. I may be here for a while. Kyrie Eleison
Young, healthy, expecting dad, heart attack. I'm so angry.
Young, healthy, expecting dad, heart attack. I'm so angry.
Google Gemini for the win...
July 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Google Gemini for the win...
So, I made a cool tool that helps you mute accounts that may fill your discover feed. bubblebuilder.vercel.app
Hope it helps you build a better feed!
Hope it helps you build a better feed!
Bluesky Mute Tool
bubblebuilder.vercel.app
June 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So, I made a cool tool that helps you mute accounts that may fill your discover feed. bubblebuilder.vercel.app
Hope it helps you build a better feed!
Hope it helps you build a better feed!
Built a custom sleep timer for Spotify that fades out and pauses your music after a set time. Just a Chrome bookmarklet — no installs, no extensions.
Free to use. Tip me a coffee if it helps you sleep 😴 ☕
github.com/JohnFiorello...
Free to use. Tip me a coffee if it helps you sleep 😴 ☕
github.com/JohnFiorello...
GitHub - JohnFiorello/Spotify_Custom_Timer: Create a custom sleep timer that fades out the music and pauses the Spotify web player using a bookmark link
Create a custom sleep timer that fades out the music and pauses the Spotify web player using a bookmark link - JohnFiorello/Spotify_Custom_Timer
github.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Built a custom sleep timer for Spotify that fades out and pauses your music after a set time. Just a Chrome bookmarklet — no installs, no extensions.
Free to use. Tip me a coffee if it helps you sleep 😴 ☕
github.com/JohnFiorello...
Free to use. Tip me a coffee if it helps you sleep 😴 ☕
github.com/JohnFiorello...
Sometimes AI feels like magic.
I wanted someone's software to do something it couldn't do.
I went to AI, told it what I wanted it to do, and it helped me build it.
Unbelievable.
I wanted someone's software to do something it couldn't do.
I went to AI, told it what I wanted it to do, and it helped me build it.
Unbelievable.
June 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sometimes AI feels like magic.
I wanted someone's software to do something it couldn't do.
I went to AI, told it what I wanted it to do, and it helped me build it.
Unbelievable.
I wanted someone's software to do something it couldn't do.
I went to AI, told it what I wanted it to do, and it helped me build it.
Unbelievable.
This is something I wrestle with when trying to bridge entrepreneurial programming with high education environments:
June 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is something I wrestle with when trying to bridge entrepreneurial programming with high education environments:
I've been able to hold it together fairly well with spending most of my bitcoin on my last startup back in the day. But getting these Robinhood notifications regularly reminding me it's over $100k is getting harder to cope with.
May 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I've been able to hold it together fairly well with spending most of my bitcoin on my last startup back in the day. But getting these Robinhood notifications regularly reminding me it's over $100k is getting harder to cope with.
Shipping is broken. UPS charging 50% of the price of shipping for a fuel surcharge!? Amazon has ruined me buying/selling anywhere else.
May 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Shipping is broken. UPS charging 50% of the price of shipping for a fuel surcharge!? Amazon has ruined me buying/selling anywhere else.
Shout out to Guitar Center's email marketing crew who give you the option of not just type of marketing you're open to receiving, but the frequency (including monthly or just holidays). This is the way.
May 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Shout out to Guitar Center's email marketing crew who give you the option of not just type of marketing you're open to receiving, but the frequency (including monthly or just holidays). This is the way.
I really dislike Google trying to tell me that I need to pay more for their service because they're giving me free access to their AI. I don't want it, I didn't ask for it, and I'd prefer to opt-in (or at LEAST have an opt-out).
I guess someone has to pay for it...🤦♂️
I guess someone has to pay for it...🤦♂️
May 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I really dislike Google trying to tell me that I need to pay more for their service because they're giving me free access to their AI. I don't want it, I didn't ask for it, and I'd prefer to opt-in (or at LEAST have an opt-out).
I guess someone has to pay for it...🤦♂️
I guess someone has to pay for it...🤦♂️
I received this email and I'm ticked, my wife is pissed. Yeah, thanks for the 'discount' for buying all new thermostats, but why would we stick with Google when they'll probably do the same thing again in 8 years. Home infrastructure is not consumer tech. We own things for decades, not years, right?
Google has such a long and storied history of killing off products when they get bored. I don't know how anyone in their right mind can deploy production infrastructure on their cloud platform.
This move comes just weeks after Google confirmed it had discontinued the Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm, as well as the Nest x Yale Lock.
April 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I received this email and I'm ticked, my wife is pissed. Yeah, thanks for the 'discount' for buying all new thermostats, but why would we stick with Google when they'll probably do the same thing again in 8 years. Home infrastructure is not consumer tech. We own things for decades, not years, right?
I'm working with a #volunteer group to help restore a local volleyball court in North Canaan, CT. We've raised a lot of support and we're almost there, can you help us push us past our goal? We have less than $2k to go! Here's the link to donate (for group 1): shorturl.at/KOjvb
April 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm working with a #volunteer group to help restore a local volleyball court in North Canaan, CT. We've raised a lot of support and we're almost there, can you help us push us past our goal? We have less than $2k to go! Here's the link to donate (for group 1): shorturl.at/KOjvb
I legit thought this was AI.
April 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I legit thought this was AI.
Hosting our next Northwest Startup Community Night. If you're in Connecticut and you want to help support startup founders and small businesses, please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/northwest-...
Northwest Startup Community Night May 2025
Support founders and the startup community in the northwest corner of CT! Free food, drinks, and networking with pay-it-forward mentors!
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April 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hosting our next Northwest Startup Community Night. If you're in Connecticut and you want to help support startup founders and small businesses, please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/northwest-...
Whenever I see stuff like this, the first thing I always think of is that movie where the wealthy people that knew about a planet-ending asteroid were quitting their jobs so they could spend more time with their family before the end.
JUST IN: Klaus Schwab officially resigns as World Economic Forum's Chairman.
April 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Whenever I see stuff like this, the first thing I always think of is that movie where the wealthy people that knew about a planet-ending asteroid were quitting their jobs so they could spend more time with their family before the end.
I just read a huge thread of people all saying that autism is not a bad thing (or actually a good thing) so there's no need to try and fix it and I'm thoroughly confused.
Can crazy hate for a political team get folks to genuinely lie to their eyes? Oh, right, I remember...
Can crazy hate for a political team get folks to genuinely lie to their eyes? Oh, right, I remember...
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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a bald head and a beard .
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April 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I just read a huge thread of people all saying that autism is not a bad thing (or actually a good thing) so there's no need to try and fix it and I'm thoroughly confused.
Can crazy hate for a political team get folks to genuinely lie to their eyes? Oh, right, I remember...
Can crazy hate for a political team get folks to genuinely lie to their eyes? Oh, right, I remember...
I feel bad for a lot of politicians. It seems like it's an acting gig for many of them, but they don't have SAG-AFTRA fighting for them to have breaks where they can be normal.
🥂 to the real ones who don't get tired because they're not actually performing.
🥂 to the real ones who don't get tired because they're not actually performing.
April 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I feel bad for a lot of politicians. It seems like it's an acting gig for many of them, but they don't have SAG-AFTRA fighting for them to have breaks where they can be normal.
🥂 to the real ones who don't get tired because they're not actually performing.
🥂 to the real ones who don't get tired because they're not actually performing.
I think we can all agree that we like the law when it works & we don't like the law when it doesn't work.
Rico charges are great when we think they're working, but terrible if we think they're being used to target political opponents.
In this case, the 'informant' being correct is the lynchpin.
Rico charges are great when we think they're working, but terrible if we think they're being used to target political opponents.
In this case, the 'informant' being correct is the lynchpin.
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think we can all agree that we like the law when it works & we don't like the law when it doesn't work.
Rico charges are great when we think they're working, but terrible if we think they're being used to target political opponents.
In this case, the 'informant' being correct is the lynchpin.
Rico charges are great when we think they're working, but terrible if we think they're being used to target political opponents.
In this case, the 'informant' being correct is the lynchpin.
I played The Oregon Trail for the first time last night. It was fun!
April 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I played The Oregon Trail for the first time last night. It was fun!
We live in the future: I'm taking a quick social media break while my friendly AI is putting together marketing messages for 3 social platforms for me for an upcoming event.
Shouldn't take long, then back to work :)
Shouldn't take long, then back to work :)
April 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We live in the future: I'm taking a quick social media break while my friendly AI is putting together marketing messages for 3 social platforms for me for an upcoming event.
Shouldn't take long, then back to work :)
Shouldn't take long, then back to work :)
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Ooh Williams is mad. Look at those brows.
April 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ooh Williams is mad. Look at those brows.