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JCJ

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Design Lead in fintech. Prev: @apple , @meta . @BLCKVC alumni. @SCAD alumni. Mentor @ADPList

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Joined July 2009

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@its_jcj

JCJ

3 months

The most impactful thing I want to see in a designers portfolio isn’t the latest webflow techniques or animations tricks, it’s their point of view. Understanding why a designer did this, instead of that. Why this option instead of others. That stands out in a sea of great work.

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JCJ

3 months

- Broke the Steve Jobsian model of presentation. - Humanized and simplified the tech through storytelling. - Created a practical use case for LLM’s. - Stepped on prompt engineering. Best new tech company in the world. Idk how many more times I can say it.

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Josh Miller

3 months

Our vision for Act II of @arcinternet

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2 months

Do yall see him smiling? He is insane.

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chris 🇧🇷

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Lucas Beraldo v Real Sociedad (A) - The Joker🃏 Only 20 years old🇧🇷 (repost)

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2 years

Anyone freelancing right now? I need a brand designer. DM me.

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JCJ

10 days

Boring company that is stable and treats you nice >>>>> Cool job.

@polycount

Polycount - @polycount.bsky.social

10 days

Working for your "dream company" will end in tears more often than not.

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16 days

PSG forced ESPN FC to actually talk tactics and not gossip for once.

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2 months

The entire military is occupying the subway in NY and yet there was still a shooting? Got it. Got it.

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5 months

@KristyT Twitter doing that thing where they punch down at those with less, instead of looking up and wondering why a normal life costs so much. Wednesday stuff.

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5 months

Man everyone is burnt out. This year really taxed us all.

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JCJ

1 year

Gatekeeping is so weird because you fight so long to finally get access and immediately realize: “Oh, y’all were just in here being cornballs…And it smells crazy in here.” Then you want to leave.

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JCJ

1 year

Or you can just do this

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@annatonger

Anna Tong

1 year

.Stanford student @bryanhpchiang created rizzGpt, a monocle you wear that displays chatGPT output to tell you what to say in case you get tongue tied on a date. He calls it “CaaS” or charisma-as-a-service.

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3 years

This is first time the PSG front 3 played a full 90 together. Of course they aren’t CL finals ready. No team is.

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JCJ

11 months

Gonna keep it real…speaking from experience…..y’all really shouldn’t be out in this.

@TalkinYanks

Talkin' Yanks

11 months

Here’s what Yankee Stadium looks like right now because of the Canadian wildfires (via @marioagomez_1 )

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10 months

She right. And it’s because private equity and investment companies own 1/4 of all the single family homes in America. They’re trying to create a permanent rental class. Article here.

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Wall Street has purchased hundreds of thousands of single-family homes since the Great Recession....

Corporations backed by private equity groups such as Blackstone and Pretium Partners bought tens of thousands of homes across the U.S. Sun Belt.

@notdanilu

full-snack developer 🇭🇹

10 months

The mortgage on on a $450,000 house after a 20% downpayment at current interest rates is a $2900. If you’re following the rule of your housing being no more than 1/3 of your income after taxes, you’d need to make $8700/mo or $150,000/yr+

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3 months

Also. Design is at the center of all the best experiences we’ve seen from emerging tech brands thus far. (Arc, Open AI, etc.) Design Agency wholesaling is a race to the bottom. Go build something we need.

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JCJ

1 year

I know we did the Haaland / Mbappe thing because he needs a rival but, there isn’t one. Mbappe stands alone

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4 months

4 comedians in a room and not a single funny joke between them. Difficult times.

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JCJ

3 years

“I don’t watch PSG but let me tell you why they won’t win Champions League.” - a paid sports commentator

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JCJ

7 months

Lens beating Arsenal doesn’t surprise me. These French teams are tough this season. Ask PSG.

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7 months

PSG’s work rate is exhausting. They just press and close out space for the full 90

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3 years

PSG is an insane teammmm

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3 years

@RitaRoloff My God

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5 months

@ParissAthena The irony here is that if the focus were on competency, diversity would need to be prioritized as a prerequisite. There’s no way I could build something for a diverse population without having a diverse group in the room to build it. That by definition would be incompetent.

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JCJ

17 days

@KristyT “I don’t care about this company, or any other reviewer, but HE can’t be the one to do this.” Sometimes the dog whistle is as loud as a truck horn.

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JCJ

6 months

Mbappe would rather have a midfielder that’s not suspended for 10 months.

@talkSPORT

talkSPORT

7 months

👀 “Newcastle are the club that PSG want to be. #NUFC would win Ligue 1.” 🧠 “Would Mbappe rather play for PSG or for Newcastle? It’s a no brainier.” 📝 “They didn’t do their homework!” Jason Cundy rips into Kylian Mbappe & PSG after their loss to Newcastle 🔥

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3 years

@getstarkco @KristyT @JessGaddis @jina @imcatnoone @stewartsc @mrmedina @annamelissa @Alex__Mera @DylanLathrop @DannPetty @boop @trevorgrogers @beckybrooker @malouie @CChocobo @renn @Treggify @alexestcline @GFXMaryseNicole @chrisvthoms @MSueAgee @TheeSkipper @iThink_iDesign @dlbee_

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JCJ

15 days

The UEFA script says Mbappe and his current club vs his next club in the final. That’s what it says. I don’t make the rules.

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JCJ

7 months

@engineering_bae The doll looks like Rami Malek for some reason

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JCJ

5 months

He can’t even sign his contact renewal until March because he’s only 17 🙌🏾

@Paris_SGINFOS

Paris_SGINFOS

5 months

🔴🔵💎Homme du Match

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JCJ

3 years

Make sure y’all mention all the money they spent

@brfootball

B/R Football

3 years

For the first time since 1997, Barcelona has gone five straight Champions League games without a win 😳

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2 years

Have your own point of view on the work instead of just defaulting to what data or research tells you. Data can lie and audience may not tell the full story. Synthesis and perspective are the missing piece.

@CharlesPattson

Charles Patterson

@CharlesPattson

2 years

What’s the best design advice you’ve ever been given?

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JCJ

2 years

@sarahdoody It takes 10 years to be great. You can’t avoid it. You have to put in your 10 no matter how you divide the time. Don’t get antsy, enjoy the journey and pace yourself.

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JCJ

7 months

Khephren it’s time to come to Paris. Xavi it’s time to come home.

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JCJ

5 months

They won 1 match out of 6 and currently sit 7th in the prem. Get them outta here.

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talkSPORT

5 months

⚫️ “You are brutal. It was the Group of Death and they gave everyone hope.” 👏 “The Geordies were magnificent. They have done themselves proud!” Darren Ambrose defends #NUFC after finishing bottom of their #UCL group

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JCJ

1 year

The minute you learn this game isn’t about hard work, but about relationships, information, leverage, connections and shortcuts. The sooner you start playing a different game.

@cbenjaminrucker

cbr™️

@cbenjaminrucker

1 year

There 100% are shortcuts and it’s called “access”. It’s impossibly hard to “hard work” your way into ownership. You need access to capital, to powerful people, or both. I respect what Ronnie has built but Kith isn’t MERELY the product of hard work…

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5 months

@ParissAthena Getting that full time job is a full time job and the people forget that they now have a real job to do.

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JCJ

9 months

@ilyamiskov No they won’t. Elons gonna take their account.

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4 months

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3 years

I want to see them relegated

@TimberTime_

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3 years

Whether you support Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid or Arsenal, the decline of Barcelona is so horrible too see. Barcelona have gone from dominating Europe and winning every trophy under the sun to struggling financially and being such poorly run as a club.

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JCJ

18 days

It didn’t take MKBHD’s review for the market to know that this was an inferior product that didn’t work. We only had to watch the launch video. The reviews just confirmed what we already knew.

@dvassallo

Daniel Vassallo

18 days

I find it distasteful, almost unethical, to say this when you have 18 million subscribers. Hard to explain why, but with great reach comes great responsibility. Potentially killing someone else’s nascent project reeks of carelessness. First, do no harm.

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1 year

I was in Figma today. You know, the doodling tool. And I laughed to myself thinking how tough it’d be to view all these iterations together if I did this in code. And how slow the process would be to change things without auto layout. Then I proceeded to doodle.

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JCJ

2 years

@KristyT I’ve been reviewing design portfolios for the past 4 months. They all follow the same format… All process with 3 tiny images at the very bottom of the page showing the actual work and solutions.

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JCJ

7 months

It’s not lost on me that in this hypothetical, a CEO brought a private conversation to a public platform and is frustrated about employee loyalty and dedication. Kinda gives insight into why the employee may have wanted to leave in the first place.

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JCJ

6 months

How did he make that pass??

@PSG_Report

PSG Report

6 months

Kang-in Lee’s trivela assist yesterday. 😮‍💨🔥🇰🇷

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JCJ

1 year

@tranhelen I worked with a few at apple. No interest in management. Valued time with family and felt management/leadership took away from that

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JCJ

1 year

Ja Morant said he was good in the west.

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JCJ

2 months

This right here is why we do it. This is peak design & branding excellence

@emmettshine

Emmett

2 months

Probably the most beautiful brand I’ve worked on. Excited to share this! Behind the Design: Fallen Grape 🍊🍷 Part I: Brand-Building & Label Making - Part II tomorrow! Thank you to Sarah Bachman @boombachs__ + the entire @FallenGrape team ✨

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1 year

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@KristyT

Kristy Tillman

1 year

My favorite "how it started" vs "how its going"

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11 days

Announcers out there calling Senny Mayulu Bradley Barcola. Guess why.

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3 years

@ParissAthena This agency i interviewed at had a drawstring that hung from the ceiling and when you pulled it, a bookshelf slid open and revealed the office.

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8 months

@tsnmknd If he wins a euro, he’s basically playing with house money for the rest of his career. Bro did the hardest thing first.

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JCJ

3 years

Verratti had TWO mins left in the match. And he gets a card lmao

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JCJ

3 years

Facebook is building a whole met averse. NFT’s are running wild. Everything is Web3. And here I am, struggling to get a color printer to work.

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JCJ

11 months

I’m not sure if we were ever supposed to be exposed to the opinions of this many people at one time. But here we are.

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JCJ

8 months

@vanschneider It’s easier to enter and there’s more visibility but the old rules still apply. It’s a grind house. It still takes a long time to get good at it and the competition is stacked. So as much as there’s an influx into the front door. There’s tons of people exiting through the back.

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JCJ

1 year

I’m not gonna forget how much people went all in on NFT’s and web3 to doing a complete pivot into AI like we wouldn’t notice.

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JCJ

7 months

Can someone name any of the top clubs in Europe that made an actual transfer request for any of these 3 players? See how quickly captions fall apart?

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PSG Report

7 months

‼️🇧🇷| Thiago Silva likes a post on IG which captions: “You have to eat sh*t to give up this trio (referring to Verratti, Neymar and Messi). You have to be stupid or sold out and the worst thing is that this sh*t echoes around here. Lots of motivated weaklings with a microphone…

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JCJ

1 year

Can’t believe life right now. Thank you God.

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JCJ

7 months

That outfit came with a wire.

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7 months

I’m gonna translate: Come June. I’m out.

@PSG_Report

PSG Report

7 months

Xavi Simons on staying at RB Leipzig after his one year loan deal: “You can’t predict anything in football. No one knows what’s going to happen in a few months. I already feel at home. I enjoy my time here and enjoy playing for Leipzig. I want to be successful, to make my mark…

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JCJ

27 days

I love my NY people because they are all mad at the earthquake. Like an actual attitude at the idea that the ground would move. 😭😭😭😭

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11 months

@KristyT Went from “Game changer” to “We got food at the house”

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1 year

@KristyT It’s not just being wrong. It’s that NEED he has for Elno to be right to confirm his worldview. Any information running counter to this must be wrong in his eyes. And when it’s proven wrong, he runs.

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JCJ

6 months

@PSG_Report A lot of players have no wiggle. Lee has wiggle. He’ll always be able to get a shot off

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JCJ

3 years

November mood:

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JCJ

10 months

@heyricharnold I can look at this and know what partner worked on this.

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JCJ

1 year

PSG are so bad the media just ignored the Bayern loss and started talking about completely unrelated topics. “PSG lost again, but will Jude finally make the move to Madrid this summer or will Chelsea splash the cash?” I’m admittedly embarrassed.

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JCJ

11 days

Gonçalo is gonna have all summer to get in serious playing time for Portugal. He’ll be in top form by September. Ugarte as well. Idk what Kolo Muani got going on mane.

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JCJ

1 year

I mean, have you seen a Tesla? When you get past all the recalls. Cheap parts. Poor JD Power ratings. Terrible customer service. Explosions. They don’t exactly speak to a high level of design prioritization.

@somefinetweets

Anna Fine AF

@somefinetweets

1 year

This is the problem, no matter how respectable, smart and talented someone is (especially Halli), to everyone else design is still a joke.

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5 months

The second he steps back on the pitch, the Parc is gonna go crazy…..I should go 🤔

@433

433

6 months

Warren Zaïre-Emery scores 15 minutes into his debut to become the youngest 🇫🇷 goal scorer in over 100 years but gets injured as well 😒 Get well soon 🙏

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1 year

Spent Sunday shucking oysters and drinking rose on a lake. Zero phone reception. It was truly Gods will.

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JCJ

4 months

- This same thing happened in 07-09 - Recession, Design was being “replaced and outsourced” - I was scared as HELL coming out of school. - Dann is 100% correct. - Relationship’s, grace, PATIENCE and a plan helped me play this game for the long term. The same goes for you. 💪🏾

@DannPetty

DANN©

4 months

It is NOT easy getting a design job anymore. Full-time or freelance, doesn’t matter. It’s not easy. Unless you’re a standout designer—it’s going to be hard. Unless you know other standout designers and have a relationship with them—it’s going to be hard. Unless you have a…

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1 year

@Kameron_Hay They just like Giannis. Goalposts move when they like you.

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JCJ

3 years

You’ve got food at home. Close that delivery app.

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JCJ

5 months

Now go get Leny and I’m quiet

@PSG_Report

PSG Report

5 months

🚨🇧🇷| BREAKING: São Paulo has agreed to sell 20-year-old center back, Lucas Beraldo to PSG for € 20M + € 5M in bonuses. The Brazilian is expected to travel to Paris next week to complete the transfer. @OGabrielSa

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JCJ

1 year

@ArlanWasHere He’s right. Ginger Ale is not medicine. Now Gingerale. That’s medically approved.

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1 year

He was the first one back to training after World Cup. Took no time off and the manager forced him to take time off because he was burnt out. But, narratives.

@AbjaFCB

Abja🇯🇲

1 year

So Mbappe can go to USA mid season without getting punished but Messi cannot go to Saudi towards the end of the season😂 PSG😂😂

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7 months

@leeloowrites And a lot of the advice they give are things they never did themselves. Most of it amounts to “I knew a guy”. Which is one of the key things I remind my students/mentees. Who do you know and who knows you?

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JCJ

19 days

This run that Tyler the creator is on isn’t getting enough attention. The discussion must be had. This is special.

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JCJ

1 year

Lloris watching Kane poach goals for years. HE HAD ENOUGH.

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5 months

@lachubbybella @KristyT They’re an illness away from a dire situation. Idk why people think that’s funny.

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1 year

@tranhelen I have a rule for my young designers. Google any senior designer you consider working for work under and read content you find. That way you’ll better understand who they are before agreeing to work for them. That guy is literally why I made the rule.

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3 years

@JoshuaOgundu And co-signs. And resumes. And networks. And…nvm, you get it.

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7 months

@PSGTalk For as good as Newcastle played you would think the story would be about them. Instead the spotlight is on PSG. But remember, we’re a small club.

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9 months

@Q_i_a_n_a Bootstraps. Skipping avocado toast perhaps

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JCJ

2 years

@Alex__Mera @leyeConnect Junior designer: I’ve switched career to hopefully do something more fulfilling. I’m trying to get on my feet. Senior idiot designer: Your portfolio is horrible, you don’t know UX, just give up, did I mention your work is horrible?

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1 year

@Steph_Gaither #pander

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5 months

@KristyT Crazy that there was no sort of compromise on legals part this far along in the process. Especially with her side projects being so well documented. Just an absolute no. ☹️ Then there’s the other part of my brain that thinks someone felt a way and used legal as justification.😒

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JCJ

3 years

Any other time in tech, team / family / culture is celebrated and promoted. Until it’s time to collect a check, and then suddenly, everyone didn’t put in the same effort and take on the same risk. Let Mailchimp be a lesson to y’all. Prioritize YOUR bag over everything.

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JCJ

11 months

I’m heading to #Config2023 to Hang with my team. Ask questions related to spatial design. Say “Yeah, especially with the emergence of ai” 40 times. Also say “Yeah man, tech.” 10 times Get merch Return home If you want to join me in any of those milestones lmk

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JCJ

4 months

I’m giving my Uber driver five stars and a tip because he pulled up on the sidewalk to get me. Idk why he did this. The street was available. But he did this. And it shows a true dedication to the craft.

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JCJ

2 months

They’re playing like a team whose best player said he was leaving the team. Very disjointed and non synergistic.

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JCJ

21 days

The marketing for this company leading up to launch was top tier. That should have been the first sign. Because we never saw a product. Just media bites about how this was a game changer. Now we’re here.

@varunramg

Varunram Ganesh

22 days

Internet anons have been telling this for a year, hope Humane and its VCs hear this feedback from "experts" Verge review highlights: - Pin overheats - 10+ seconds for a response - If it doesn't know something, it tells you to use Google Lens - Can't navigate around the menu - It…

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1 year

A mentee of mine had a 15 min conversation where my of answer to all their questions was “Stop being scared. Go work”. I’m generally much more tactical on these calls but, they needed the rallying cry. Sometimes you need the hug. But sometimes you need the kick in the butt.

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JCJ

1 year

@ilyamiskov As long as people believe in it, it can never die.⭐️

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JCJ

3 months

@joshm @browsercompany @avstorm @jsngr 1. Keep it simple. Loading is a product requirement not a user feature. Loading is a waiting room. As a user, my experience should be instantaneous. 2. Color is directional and informative. Purpose needs to be considered. Example: What color denotes that my page didn’t load?

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JCJ

7 months

I love when people leave someone out it the cold and then that person becomes an inferno. I mean, we knew early that Lebron was gonna work. Could have gotten in early. Now the guy they closed ranks on dictates the whole field. Tough sledding.

@ClutchPoints

ClutchPoints

7 months

"No black agents came to me and said, 'Let me help you, let me show you, let me help you understand.' What they did was they went into families & talked bad about me, 'Oh, he's just a kid, he's just LeBron's friend.' I didn't expect that." —Rich Paul

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@its_jcj

JCJ

2 months

I set my speaker to play very low, soft jazz music every morning at 6:30am for the past 3 years. Ive never overslept and it’s been a game changer for my nervous system. Ditch that annoying alarm clock. Please.

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@its_jcj

JCJ

1 year

@leeloowrites (IDEO)

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@its_jcj

JCJ

11 months

He told you to speak nothing of this.

@iloveiyosias

Iyosias

11 months

kevin gates’ kids watching this mad happy rn 😭

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