Ian Vanagas
@ianvanagas
Writing about internet communities, products, creation, and crypto.
Ian Vanagas
Ideally digital experiences would be created where people are communicating more, building bonds, and undergoing emotions like excitement, anxiousness, and disappointment. Ultimately, it provides the environment to create memorable moments and develop relationships with friends beyond what could happen in group chats.
Ian Vanagas • The Group Chat Could Be So Much More
This browser should present entire paths of potential searches to explore.
Tyler Angert • information-forest
When his friend and mentor Raiders owner Al Davis called Parcells to check in, Parcells relayed his injury issues. Parcell’s: “Al, I am just not sure how we can win without so many of our best players. What should I do?” Davis replied: “Bill, nobody cares, just coach your team.”
Ben Horowitz • Nobody Cares | Andreessen Horowitz
Chaos causes conflict and entertainment.
Pocket Casts • Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies - Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Communities should think hard about their onboarding process for new and returning users. They should understand what information is shared and needed to engage with the community, and what path those users are going on. They should think about how to summarize context to be more consumable for both new and returning users.
Ian Vanagas • Always Be Onboarding: Creating Community Arcades
By thinking about a ML problem first as a set of inputs and desired outputs, you can reason whether the input is even sufficient to predict the output.