Christian Beck

1/ Design leaders are failing junior designers. I consistently see junior designers and design students ask for help with their portfolio, but I rarely see them ask for help getting better at design. Why is this a problem for design leaders? An 8-part thread:

@bkravitz Probably more relevant to look only at teams that play Game 1 on the road (lower seeds). And those teams are 21-56 (27.3 percent). So winning game 1 correlates to quite a large positive differential for underdogs.

Weird stat; Teams that win Game 1 win the series 70.5 percent of the time. But teams that win Game 1 on the road are only 8-10 (44.4 percent). Go figure.

@msuster appreciated your candor on ADHD in Inc. This was helpful for me in better understanding founders I work with, but also as a father to a teen with ADHD. We're still giving him puzzles as gifts though ;)

@8pts9secs @IndyInThePaint The criticism of management is a bit over the top. Pacers sat their top two players, and played a starting 5 that featured nobody with more than 3 yrs exp, two of whom are rookies. They did what was reasonable and ethical with roster mgmt.

The win yesterday? Yeah, it probably cost the #Pacers an All-Star. We run the numbers here and you'll be SHOCKED how much that small change in pick order can matter (via @IndyInThePaint) 8points9seconds.com/2023/04/10/pac…

@ComptonMC It’s been so rare to have both schools doing well simultaneously (ok, it’s just rare for IU to be good). Would love more games like that.

Yesterday’s game is unfortunate … definitely not what I hoped it would be. However, man am I glad this rivalry is back to this type of play. Life is better when both teams face off like that. #IUvPurdue

@kyleplacy Just went to the top balcony on Friday. The Jumbotron is massive and the view is still good. It can really mess with equilibrium if you’re prone to feeling vertigo though.

Has anyone been to the top section of Gainbridge for a Pacers game (200s)? How's the view from the cheap seats?

@kateiharrison Omg this could be life changing

@alilpickle @cmbeck_ we must have it

thankful to be alive during a time that the strawberries n cream dr pepper was invented <3

@kyleplacy What is this?

Just joined the POST beta. Who else is there?

While the Colts organization has been slowly imploding, the Pacers have put together their most exciting roster in decades.

I cancelled Twitter Blue today. On the fence about whether I’ll close my Twitter account entirely. Tough call after 13 years but I’m not a fan of megalomaniacs running social media companies.

@kyleplacy We’re over in Gatlinburg this week. Weather is epic

Good morning! It’s good to be back home. Tomorrow we head to Chattanooga for fall break.

@ComptonMC @kyleplacy @Colts Also been a big fan of both too. I don’t have issues with Ballard but Reich must go.

@kyleplacy @Colts I have been a huge fan of both. But sheesh. Getting very very hard to defend.

How do Frank and Ballard keep their jobs after this @colts game?

It feels like Frank Reich coaches every game like his historic Bills comeback over the Oilers. Three quarters of sleepwalking, 1 quarter of heroics. Although I don’t think we’re getting the heroics in this one.

@bradluttrell Yeah they could. I think I was just thinking of Pelotons user base.

@cmbeck_ Apple already has iPads, they should buy a regular exercise bike company and make an adapter. 😂

How long until Apple buys Peloton?

@ComptonMC Yeah that’s true. I was thinking abt when they bought Beats and still made AirPods. They could acquire Pelotons user base to integrate into their Health subscription and stay away from messing with the bike

@cmbeck_ I think they are more likely to build something of their own ... which will either be infinitely better than Peloton or complete garbage. Not much middle ground 😂

@ComptonMC Oh gotta be be broken!

@cmbeck_ But the hand?

I watched a crowd of teenagers try to keep a friend from starting a fight in the McDonald's parking lot today. He didn't fight but he punched a hole in the mural I despise on the side of our building. So I guess overall it was a great outcome for all of us.

This Kendrick commercial with Ray Dalio for Cash App is brilliant. Love seeing companies utilize celebrities in smart ways. youtube.com/watch?v=c84RHT…

Really digging the new Gmail visual design. Nice work @GoogleDesign

I'm a huge fan of Andreeson Horowitz, but I can't think of many people I'd trust less to solve the housing crisis than Adam Neumann and a firm based in one of the least equitable communities in the country. a16z.com/2022/08/15/inv…