Itay Dreyfus
@itay
Designer, always exploring.
itaydreyfus.comItay Dreyfus
One mistake I often used to make at Justin.tv was offering a potpourri of business models (virtual goods, product placement, chat ads, contests, etc..). I was embarrassed to say Justin.tv would monetize with advertising when clearly that was the only answer. Own the simple business model.
Michael Seibel • How to Pitch Your Company : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
Even subscriber counts were originally capped at 2,000. You couldn’t even pay to raise the limit.
Kevin Nguyen • TinyLetter had a big moment
two ways people grow their online presence:
🔚 assuming your audience a priori and building it
🔜 being authentic online and finding out who your audience is
mechanical/engineering vs. organic/emergent
hermit the catx.comWhy We Should Use AI to Expand What It Means to Be Human | Sari Azout
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We are shifting from the mode of “surging” on Tumblr with tons of people to get it to exciting growth, to working on how we can run Tumblr in the most smooth and efficient manner. Pretty amazing things in the social and messaging space have been accomplished with small teams, so I’m actually quite curious to see a smaller and more focused Tumblr’s... See more
Allegra Rosenberg • Tumblr is betting big on going small
Really unpopular opinion for designers:
it's easier, more joyful and beneficial to do free work for someone you like, than design and release your perfect portfolio with case studies.
The only rule for free work is that you should be the one to offer it, and not asked to do it.
Alexander Vilinskyyx.comClients usually find me directly through something I've written, rather than through a referral.
Venkatesh Rao: Consulting and Writing
But he and Ross still come to work, daily, in search of transcendence.