sparks
by sari · updated 6d ago
sparks
- Jesper tells a story about how he is currently working on designing a new type of organ. In preparation for this, he’s been playing an organ he bought, it in house… for the past 5 years.
Shortly later in conversation Dylan asks, “do you believe in user research?” To which Jesper immediately says, “uhh… no.”
MY BROTHER, DID YOU NOT HEAR THIS MAN’S PRO... See moresari added 3mo ago
Hipcityreg on the conversation between Dylan (Figma) and Jesper (Teenage Engineering)
- When Abraham Maslow did clinical studies of people who self-actualized, one thing that set them apart from others was, he wrote, that they lived “more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs, and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.” They were, to put it simply, more per... See more
from Becoming Perceptive by Henrik Karlsson
sari added 6d ago
- “It’s getting ever harder to distinguish humans from bots, not just because bots are becoming more humanlike, but also because humans are becoming more botlike.”
from For Paid Subscribers (December 2023) by Gurwinder
sari added 7mo ago
- When all artists are confined to the same handful of platforms to promote their work, only the top 1% get a fair slice of them. And when all listeners are dispersed over an infinite array of small-scale, pop-up, artist-first solutions, no one gets a pleasant digital music experience. The only solution is stratification at scale.
from Article
sari added 3mo ago
aggregation is convenient for consumers, bad for the long tail of creators.
first time I hear the term “stratification at scale” - seems to suggest we can avoid flattening by building platforms that cater to different segments and preferences. (ie Sublime can be the platform for creative thinkers) The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
sari added 9mo ago
It isn’t so much that geniuses make it look easy; it’s that they make it look fast.
from 300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso
sari added 8mo ago
- Few things shock me like my own forgetfulness.
from Revisiting 2023: Books and Podcasts by Frederik Gieschen
sari added 8mo ago
- But here’s what we do know as we age: we come to realise that ‘out there’ is not a place in the world- it is a place in our heads. It’s an emotional state of mind that requires risk, vulnerability and the timid hope that what you dream of doing might just be of value to the world. Those are hard things to reconcile as you get older. Risk can seem f... See more
from Are you ready to put yourself 'out there'? by Farrah @Substack
sari added 8mo ago
- the way to get outside myself was to go further in
from a blog is a space for dreaming by Ava
sari added 2mo ago