Susie Conley

• Independent research lab, such as Inc & Switch, where they try to research for commercialization on a longer timeline by cutting off the corporation part of the equation

Shawn's tip for when to Specialize vs Generalize: Specialize in peace time and generalize in war time. Having a mastery of a domain is highest reward. Yet when you are on a small team, that's usually when you generalize, because no one else is there to do things.

0:00 - Brian: “What I look for when I’m hiring designers, or what is the experience of encountering someone on the internet is”…“proof of curiosity.” Is this person curious about the world to an extent that they take action on that curiosity? One simple example is when you learn about something, and you tweet about it and share it.

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Ramses Career origins to becoming community manager for Logseq, a notetaking software as "open-source knowledge base." In learning many languages, Ramses has built skills in community building and in notetaking. Language learning hugely benefits from community support. Now there are new tools in flashcards & notetaking as well. These factors al... See more

50:05 - The motivation behind your “luck creation activities” matters. Outcomes are secondary to you loving the process. You'll have a worse product if you are motivated by the benefit first. Things you might love: the process, the act itself, the people you're surrounded by, the tools you’re using, or the mission. Adam's example: he was passionate... See more

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• Corporate R&D, usually requires commercialization on a very short timeline.

About running a community: Having a community is valuable to understand what your user base wants to accomplish. User interviews are a tool, but they can be rather artificial. A community chat or forum is invaluable for educational materials for users. They can find existing article content, or come into the channel to ask a new question. If commun... See more