Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
“I had a period after I left a restaurant I was working at,” Redzepi said, “where everyone treated me as if I was a stranger to them. *Leave. Stay away. Now we’re competitors.*That kind of thing. And it was a terrible experience. It was just a terrible experience. And I promised myself never to be that. Never to create that experience for anyone
... See moreIt’s funny we don’t think of employment experiences as UX, but they are, and perhaps the most important of UX experiences.
Much like a good movie, life eventually forces the protagonist (whether it’s you or, say, Tom Cruise) to choose between two irreconcilable goods : a comfortable living, or a clean conscience ( The Firm ); the love of your life, or the job of your dreams ( Jerry Maguire ). And so on. The choices we make reveal who we are.
Surprising insight from this newsletter. Got me thinking about the choices I’ve made in the past.
Of course, the reality is more complex, and it’s better to think in terms of automation and autocomplete than vertical software and replacing designers, but whole layers of grunt work will be removed, just as they were with GUIs and SQL.
Not sure if this is positive, but the most coherent take on AI I’ve seen so far. Realistic but not panicked.
If you think about a car or a PC – they’re not trying to get you to use the car or the PC as much as possible. The purchase is the purpose. But the predominant business model of the digital age — advertising — incentivizes consuming more, faster.
In addition, if you can code 10x as fast, you also get to do 10x as much coding practice, which will probably lead to yet more improvements.
So few people think to upgrade how they move around their computer, but it can have huge impacts
But while there are thousands of “premium” options when it comes to consuming alcohol, all Nicotine pouches/gum options that exist currently feel low quality/cheap
The need for belonging twists into a form of fearful pre-rejection with the person experiencing an anxious aversion to the presence of others.