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Barton Smith

@bartonsmith

Indie designer-developer working with screens, objects and spaces. Previously: @spotify, @meta, @fiftythree, @fuseproject 🗽🦘

New York City Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@svlleyy And then, what’s your favorite feature and why? And what feature would you like us to build next?
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@svlleyy Hey, great to hear - thank you! Which would you prefer and why? 1. A more compact view just for North 2. Support for dynamic text size that is set in iOS settings
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sulley@svlleyy·
@bartonsmith can i have the option to reduce the size of the display / font on North? love the app overall
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
It's very gratifying to hear members in our early access community recognize the attention to detail we're injecting into every moment. Our sign-in slider, which is an expression of the larger brand, has been particularly loved ☺️ Request an invite to North at northmail.app
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@rohang98 @handheld_proj The very first prototype was actually as a set of really complex syntax queries in Gmail ✨ I saw your submission come in—we’ll get another batch of invites out soon! Maybe the custom list views will win you over 😊
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Rohan Gupta@rohang98·
@handheld_proj Looks so interesting! I use my Gmail app a lot for reading newsletters. I organize my emails into labels with rules so not a lot of emails reach my inbox so I have notifications for those
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Handheld Projects@handheld_proj·
Exactly two years ago, we formed Handheld Projects to build slow products for easy living. Today, we are excited to announce North—a personal email app designed for taking it easy. Now available in early release. northmail.app
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@tomventimiglia Ah yes, I couldn’t agree more. We intentionally set out to create a small, nimble business that builds bespoke products. Many great consumer email apps have died because VC investment eventually forces them towards B2B customers. We look forward to growing a small community!
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
Email apps cater to people who want to be more productive. They help you triage faster and search harder so you can keep on top of it all. But what if the problem is with the underlying structure? What if we could avoid that work altogether? We’re building easy-going email for everyone else. For the people who don’t treat life like a to-do list and aren’t swiping their way to inbox-zero. If that sounds like you, we’d love to invite to our early release. Sign up below ❤️
Handheld Projects@handheld_proj

Exactly two years ago, we formed Handheld Projects to build slow products for easy living. Today, we are excited to announce North—a personal email app designed for taking it easy. Now available in early release. northmail.app

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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@kahntweets Thank you!! Oof unfortunately probably not. We’re using the Gmail API, so it would be a big lift to add more providers.
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kahn@kahntweets·
@bartonsmith Looks so cool. Gutted it’s Gmail only. Will you add support for hotmail?
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@JonRoth Thank you Jon! Going to write about the brand at some point as it was a really fun (and oh so difficult) process to go through.
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Jon Rothenberg
Jon Rothenberg@JonRoth·
@bartonsmith Super thoughtful vision for email. Also love the confident and human brand. That wacky serif is sick
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
People seem to be increasingly designing for the algorithm, with vibecoding only accelerating it—more effects, more motion, more flashes. A community that loves to tout Dieter Rams as their design hero are creating software designed to stand out on store shelves.
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Elise Alix@elisealix22·
Also @bartonsmith this is the shirt I would like pls. Goes perfectly w my tigerbob pfp
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@adamalix and I came up with our next business idea. I think we’re onto something.
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
I've had many people (men) provide advice for how to manage and delegate to other people. It usually comes in the form of being strong and pushing people for maximum return. I've worked with 10 contractors over the last two years, and I've always thought about their perspective and needs first. Everyone has responded positively and overdelivered on what we agreed upon. People want to work and join along on things that feel good. They want to know that they are being heard and care for. Kindness ≠ weakness.
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@yesadok Some run out after being a sustainable businesses for some time ✨ Others run out from burning really bright 💫
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
IMO too many people in our industry are focused on building a VC-backed company. At some point, it becomes a disservice to society when so much talent is chasing after lofty ambitions that will never come to fruition. All that time, money and effort could be spent on more humble ideas that still need to be solved after the runway runs out. Sometimes the best progress happens in small, compounding steps, not giant leaps.
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Barton Smith@bartonsmith·
@ViralManager Completely agree! It can also be a luxury to find other ways to fund a project, so I don’t mean to be naive to that. More the culture of defaulting to large VC investments for incredibly ambitious ideas.
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ras@ViralManager·
@bartonsmith Some problems genuinely require the needs of VC capital. I genuinely did not want to raise until I realized how regulations and timing would affect my abilities to keep going. Most companies dont need to raise or raise too early.
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