I agree with you on supporting both modes. Broadly speaking, I think there are two main modes of information consumption: foraging and hunting. Foraging is passive: You don’t have a clear goal; you just wander and scroll until something catches your interest. Hunting, on the other hand, is active and purposeful. You know what you’re looking for,... See more

Broadly speaking, I think there are two main modes of information consumption: foraging and hunting. Foraging is passive: You don’t have a clear goal; you just wander and scroll until something catches your interest. Hunting, on the other hand, is active and purposeful. You know what you’re looking for, and are consciously searching for it. A good... See more

I love the metaphor of trails to describe Sublime - a trail is something you do for yourself. But it's also something you leave behind for others.

In building Sublime, I've found myself getting distracted by shiny feature syndrome so much that I realized it'd be helpful to explicitly lay out what actual problems I was trying to solve for myself.