Andrei Stoica
@andreistoica
Andrei Stoica
Well @envato (labs) just dropped the freshest design inspo resource I've seen in ages. It's called InspoGen.
You drag around this parallax layered canvas until you find something you dig. You then "transport" into a deeper layer with similar designs 🪐
Right-clicking the design... See more
Rob Hopex.comThe combo of intellectual grandiosity and intense competitiveness was a perfect fit for me. It’s still hard to find today, in fact - many people have copied the ‘hardcore’ working culture and the ‘this is the Marines’ vibe, but few have the intellectual atmosphere, the sense of being involved in a rich set of ideas . This is hard to LARP - your... See more
Nabeel S. Qureshi • Reflections on Palantir
The word “thumotic” here refers to Harvey Mansfield’s use of the Greek word “thumos” to mean a sort of political passion and drive. Francis Fukuyama spelled it “thymos”, and even predicted in 1992 that Donald Trump might be the perfect embodiment of Americans’ thymotic urge to tear down the liberal establishment.
Lyons thus sees Trumpism as a sort... See more
Lyons thus sees Trumpism as a sort... See more
Noah Smith • This Thing Will Fail
The difference between Saudi Arabia's wealth and Venezuela’s poverty is mainly that Venezuela's national oil company PDVSA is dysfunctional, but Saudi Aramco isn't. Two-thirds of native Saudis work for the government. The profligacy of the Saudi economy is underwritten by oil exports by Saudi Aramco, which has a special arrangement for autonomy in... See more
27 Insights From Three Years of Bismarck Brief
What would be really nice is if Democrats were more able to see demographic groups as collections of individuals rather than as “communities” represented by prominent activists. As it is, conservative Asian Americans are basically illegible to the party. But they are there nonetheless, and they vote.
Noah Smith • At Least Five Interesting Things: Will of the Masses Edition
Context > consistency
Following a formula can be comforting, but when it comes to design, we think designing around the current context is better than designing to satisfy prior consistency.
Following a formula can be comforting, but when it comes to design, we think designing around the current context is better than designing to satisfy prior consistency.
Context > consistency
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There’s a quote from Denise Lee Yohn that we really like—“Great brands are idea led AND consumer informed.” They don’t just push new ideas out there, nor do they just ask customers what they want. They do both—pioneering new ideas, and then working hard to understand how those ideas are being experienced and received in everyday situations.
