ellis ๐
@hamburger
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America: Iโd like to afford bread
Elon: Iโd like to put my penis on mars and this priority should come first
This is all you need to know about category design.
The right answer isnโt what you think your product IS, but what label solves a problem for your audiences.
The right associations
Less baggage
Etc
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This contentious interchange between the NY Times and @GinaHinojosaTX was truly amazing. Hinojosa offered one of the best explanations of populism I've ever seen. Her comments were a total rejection of Corporate Dems' neoliberal formula. Her Texas victory is a game changer.
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Toddler: mind if i sneeze on ur phone
Me: yes i mind
Toddler: but i need to
my favorite rule of thumb for naming things
i tried to tell yall about this before Duo launch but chatgpt made a bad diagram to illustrate my point and i had to recuse myself
My fundamental issue with iPhone Duo is the usable content area.
Unbelievably embarrassing
i find M&A to be one of the most disingenuous and annoying parts of business -- designed to impress bosses and investors, and rarely benefiting customers.
Main Street doesnโt need to out-build the worldโs biggest online retailers and grocers. What it needs is access to what others have built for themselves. @DoorDash and @Instacart share that mission and focus. Coming together will enable the best possible logistics and software infrastructure to produce the best possible grocery delivery experience. The combined reach and network density will lower fulfillment costs for grocers, offer more savings and faster delivery options for consumers, and provide greater earning opportunities for Dashers and Shoppers. Grocery delivery is still early and the product isnโt there yet, but we think its future is local - because when more people shop local, more dollars stay local.
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we prefer it if collaborators are @avec users before they become collaborators, but even if they aren't... they invariably end up becoming @avec users :)
working with ellis was a true privilege. highly recommend it.
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Such a pleasure to work with this crew โจ And now they can count me as a DAU!
Introducing Avec for Mac.
The inbox designed to get you out.
Isn't that sweet? ๐
iPhone Duo and Liquid Glass have the same sort of ideological flavor. It sounds good in theory. You can justify it by cherrypicking true sounding insights about โusabilityโ But then you actually use it, and the lived reality just unpleasant. Leftism for software design
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Donโt forget the printing press, my guy
every launch vid now is like
*cavemen making fire*
*model t*
*wright bros*
*moon landing*
*nuclear bomb detonation*
โevery great innovation was once called crazyโฆ thatโs why today weโre launching AI-powered automated accounts receivable for operationally complex services businessesโ
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If you're hearing about the lack of app support on the Duo and wagging your finger at the makers of your favorite appโฆ
+ Duo is a complicated deviceโmany poses & core UI changes.
+ Developers had 3 weeks before press units went out
+ Likely <1% were able to test on real devices
+ Expect many app updates to land before you get your device
+ Long term, it'll take time for new patterns to emerge
Lastly, app makers don't get any of the $2K+ you paid for this device and most won't make any additional $ off this work. So instead of wagging your finger, consider a hug.
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AS I REPORTED
My best guess is that they want to turn Apple Music into more of a brand to compete with Spotify, and this new mark will allow artists to provide the color and emphasis in billboards ads etc
Really wish i had a Ferrari Luce rn
(Need an umbrella)
Ellis @hamburger is a real one. Absolutely LOVED working with him on the wabi manifesto a while back
My best guess is that they want to turn Apple Music into more of a brand to compete with Spotify, and this new mark will allow artists to provide the color and emphasis in billboards ads etc
why designers always look so cold, poor fella
