Being a product person
Summarizing Kola đâs idea from a conversation:
Our methods of critiquing software are shallow. We have reviews, reactions, tutorials, puff-pieces, and clout-chasers. Itâs important to have independent, thorough, and cultural critique, and it should be distributed among those who are building the future (The Paolo Alto Review).
This isnât about
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Like the Turin shroud, the cloth bears witness and registers the happening for posterity. Once again, the image is static, but the traces left on the âtableclothâ are a reminder of the unique but random social intercourse that took place as the meal advanced in time. To our minds, this more accurately captures the event than the first drawing.... See more
Sarah Wigglesworth ⢠The Disorder of the Dining Table
If your solution to some problem relies on âIf everyone would just...â then you do not have a solution. Everyone is not going to just. At not time in the history of the universe has everyone just, and theyâre not going to start now.
Everyone will not just
Repair and remain. Work with what youâve got. Sit still for a moment, take stock, make some changes.
Kurt Armstrong ⢠Repair and Remain
Let me present a very simple personal software need that shows how ridiculous the state of the ecosystem is:
My grandma barely knows how to use messaging apps- I tell her I sent her some pictures, she doesnât know how to open it / doesnât want to read or look at other messages. Phone app is too much. She just wants a... See more
Tyler Angertx.com
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. Itâs not about the formal credentials. Itâs fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where itâs just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on... See more
