Ryan McMinn

@AndroidAuth What's the point of experiments if you can't have a little fun.

Google Keep’s latest test ruins its airy interface androidauthority.com/google-keep-cr…

@Patrick_ORourke The ability to create, view and edit reminders will not be leaving Keep, don't worry.

Google Keep likely losing reminders is definitely a big bummer. I use them all the time. xda-developers.com/google-keep-re…

@AndroidAuth The ability to create, view and edit reminders will not be leaving Keep, don't worry.

Google Keep might be losing one of its most useful features androidauthority.com/google-keep-re…

@michalmalewicz I made one with the 3 tallest Art Deco buildings!

STEAL THIS PROMPT! Generate three tallest buildings from your city as models in Nano Banana Pro. Make sure to use the "Thinking" option. Then share yours! Present a clear, side miniature 3D cartoon view of [YOUR CITY] tallest buildings. Use minimal textures with realistic materials and soft, lifelike lighting and shadows. Use a clean, minimalistic composition showing exactly the three tallest buildings in Sopot, arranged from LEFT to RIGHT in STRICT descending height order. The tallest must appear visibly tallest, the second must be clearly shorter than the first, and the third must be clearly shorter than the second. All buildings must follow accurate relative proportions: if a building is taller in real life, it MUST be taller in the image by the same approximate ratio. No building may be visually stretched or compressed. Each building should stand separately on a thin, simple ceramic base. Below each base, centered text should display: Height in meters — semibold sans-serif, medium size Year built — lighter-weight sans-serif, smaller size, directly beneath the height text Provide consistent padding, spacing, leading, and kerning. Write “YOUR CITY NAME” centered above the buildings, using a medium-sized sans-serif font. No building top should overlap or touch the text above.Use accurate architectural proportions based on real-world references.Maintain consistent camera angle and identical scale for each building model. No forced perspective. Use straight-on orthographic-style rendering. Do not exaggerate or stylize size differences beyond proportional accuracy. Use a square 1080×1080 composition.Use a clean, neutral background. Ensure no extra objects are present.

Google is a wild place. Down one hall this is happening deepmind.google/discover/blog/…, and over on Keep we are working on sort ;) androidpolice.com/google-keep-so…

@LukeW I have always loved colorful customer responses. When I worked on MSFT Access way back some student commented "If I had a dagger I would stab Access"

throwback to when I launched a bottom navigation bar in a Google app on Android.

Evolution of the "Occupy" Movement

@PromptLLM Wow this really worked!!

Use this Prompt if you feel stuck in life.

@ryancarson @cursor_ai When I worked at Skype in Estonia everyone would switch to indoor comfy sandals which was delightful.

Everyone takes their shoes off at the @cursor_ai office. It creates a respectful, quiet vibe. Different. I like it.

@KevinHenrikson Only sometimes? 😜

When we sold to Microsoft, their integration team asked for our project management documentation. We had none. Just shipped code and talked every day. They were horrified, but we'd built more in 18 months than their teams had in 5 years. Sometimes process is the enemy.

@steveruizok They can be orthogonal and complimentary. I can anticipate and take responsibility for someone else experience, without compromising my strong informed opinion on what the experience should be.

@notedbyryan It’s a nice sentiment but respectfully it sounds self-deceptive (who isn’t making stuff *for* people?). If taste is strong informed opinions and “giving a shit” is anticipating / taking responsibility for someone else’s experience, the two are orthogonal

watching the Jony Ive interview and thinking about how "having taste" and "giving a shit about users" are unrelated and occasionally conflicting

@schlaf open.spotify.com/track/1i8xFvTS… For your listening enjoyment, I have listened to this so many times… always find something new and relevant.

@notedbyryan Love that. Where is it from?

In 2024 I had no goals. Instead, I let curiosity, connection, creation guide me. Here’s what unfolded: -Founded Downshift -Built an A+ team -Ran 2 cohorts -Supported 40+ clients -Published 14 essays -Took a sabbatical Life gets much easier when we connect to what truly matters.

@schlaf home.csulb.edu/~wweinste/Hsin…

@schlaf Forgetting is as important as remembering.

With each passing year, I realize I’ve been so wrong about who I thought I was, which leaves me increasingly less attached to who I am today. This realization brings me closer to self-acceptance and liberation.

@schlaf Have been thinking about the Ram Dass line “walking the thin line between chaos and cosmos” this morning

My true president is nature, life, and the source—whatever you want to call it. Today, I bow to, honor, and trust that cosmic intelligence we are all part of.

@seanbonner @tara Fond memories of that wedding!!!

Also 16 years ago today, @tara and I got married. Coincidence?!

Music to a PM's ears "It is indeed a bizarre expectation but fortunately we have already adapted the feature roadmap to your idiosyncrasies."

@ADHDForReal I literally can’t see the mistakes so I get the computer to read it back to me as sometimes I can hear them.