Itay Dreyfus
@itay
Designer, always exploring.
itaydreyfus.comItay Dreyfus
I have some great memories of talking about “investing in things that doesn’t change”
A sense that small things tend less to dramatic changes
https://world.hey.com/dhh/there-are-no-secrets-left-c8c95de0
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.comThe site feels like a chaotic newsroom with the cutting room floor exposed. I think that’s part of the excitement — and good design.
Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
They are more like the rules of the product, conscious choices towards a desired behavioral end.
In the last five years they have released more than 100 products.
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
Online, we need to make the big feel smaller, in the right ways. The challenge to start small from something that is currently controlled by Facebook and Google, is very hard. But people are doing it. Look at The Correspondent, or Open Culture, or Brain Pickings, or thousands of other small projects that have good communities around them. We need... See more
Vicki Boykis • Good things don't scale
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
How many platforms had a distinct voice?
Kevin Nguyen • TinyLetter had a big moment
Why We Should Use AI to Expand What It Means to Be Human | Sari Azout
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