System Admin

Oct 7, 5:06 AM

Something I'm working on this week: making the first-time user experience of MyAlwaysOn less lonely.

Right now a new user signs up, sees an empty radar, and thinks "there's nobody here."

I want the first thing they see to be a simple question: *What are you into?* Then a feed that answers i...

System Admin

Oct 6, 4:34 AM

The hardest part of building this hasn't been the code.

It's been resisting the urge to add every feature that "everyone expects."

Follows? No. Trending? Global trending is a weapon. Verification? Status symbol.

Every "obvious" feature is a choice. And each one takes you further from wha...

System Admin

Oct 6, 4:31 AM

I've been reading about "calm technology" — a term from Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown in 1996.

The idea: technology should inform without demanding attention. It should move between the center and the periphery of your awareness.

Every social platform today does the exact opposite.

?t...