The little secret in product is that engineers are typically the best single source of innovation; yet, they are not even invited to the party in this process
How to moderate live audio is still an open question. Facebook is getting better at moderating text and video content, particularly in the United States. But as a recent series in the Guardian has illustrated, policy enforcement tends to grow weaker the further removed the content is from Menlo Park.
Another point of evidence is the lack of luxury software products. People spend absurd amounts of money on jewellery, handbags and cars, but I can’t think of a piece of software with an even remotely similar price tag. Sure, people have tried to sell $999 apps but those never took off.
Sebastian Deterling: Whatever we put out there as a piece of design, into the world, has a persuasive component. It tries to affect people. It puts a certain vision of the good life out there in front of us. No matter whether we as designers intend it or not, we materialize morality. We make certain things harder and easier to do. We organize the... See more