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Ethan Eismann

@eeismann

CDO @Nubank Formerly @Slack @Airbnb @Uber @Google @Adobe Always learning and growing

Katılım Ağustos 2006
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The Figen@TheFigen_·
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature: “Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.” The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.
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I built a parametric ceramics design platform (four generators for dinnerware, vessels, handles, and slip casting molds) without writing a single line of code or learning a 3D modeling tool. Two years ago, that was impossible. Now it's just a thing. What an incredible time to be a Creative! I'm a ceramicist and software product designer. I'm not a developer. I know clay. I don’t know code. But I knew exactly what tool I needed. AI-assisted coding closed the gap between my dreams and reality. The idea still has to be yours. The drive still has to be yours. But the distance between imagining a tool and holding one has collapsed. What tool have you wished existed for years? That's your starting point. Full article and link to the tool below. x.com/eeismann/statu…
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Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong@brian_armstrong·
Working on something ambitious is like climbing a mountain that’s covered in fog. You can't see a clear path to the top. You have to take a few steps into the unknown to be able to see the next few steps in front of you. Inevitably, sometimes you’ll end up a local maximum and have to backtrack. That’s fine, just keep moving.
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Ethan Eismann@eeismann·
I've been meaning to write this down for a while. This is an honest snapshot of how I work right now. How AI has changed the way I create, lead, and learn. Written at a specific moment, shared before it's already obsolete. A few things I cover: Why context quality is a leadership problem, not a documentation problem. How I stay hands-on in the terminal while running a design org at scale. Arno, my personal agent, and what building him has taught me about agents at work. Where I think design is actually heading. I expect 25-50% of what I describe here to be outdated in three months. That's the point. x.com/eeismann/statu…
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Ethan Eismann@eeismann·
One of the favorite books in my collection. Along with White and In Praise of Shadows.
John Maeda@johnmaeda

DESIGNING DESIGN: “Verbalizing design is another act of design.” —Kenya Hara (2011) There is a wonderful book on design from Lars Müller Publishers that is unfortunately no longer in print. It was written by one of Japan’s foremost designers, arguably at the peak of his career. Everyone knew about Hara-san in Japan, and this book in English put his flag everywhere as an understated, perfectly designed book. Instead of a Phaidon coffee table book with pictures pictures pictures. With all the blah-blah about “taste” out there #DesignInTech right now, Hara’s book stands out for its restraint (= “taste”) and its audacity (= “taste”) in the context of the non-digital domain just as computers began to emerge. To me, the work of designers Erik Spiekermann and Hartmut Esslinger carry a similar nuanced genius that is revealed thru directly experiencing their work, and sometimes in their writings. More often, the artifacts of their work spoke for them. Loudly. Similarly, it’s only by flipping through the pages of Hara’s book when the actual pages as text become secondary to the book-as-object-itself. Its weight. Its binding. Its printing. Its exceedingly high paper quality. This is the kind of design experience that many in the newer generation may not have had a chance to “feel” because frankly, great design objects are usually priced out of their market. While we hear about “world models” in the AI universe, it’s increasingly clear to me that for many centuries artisans, artists, and designers have held very clear models of our world that couldn’t easily be reduced to written language. And for that reason alone, the idea of automating “taste” with modern generative models will remain an elusive task. Long live design. —JM

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Ethan Eismann@eeismann·
@tuhin Hard agree. Fashion - or the external presentation of one's understanding of and personal expression of culture - is one of the highest forms of taste. Steve Job's had an Issey Miyake designed uniform that expressed core philosophies on simplicity and excellence in design.
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tuhin@tuhin·
Sorry PG. How you do one thing is how you do everything. Dressing well and by extension fashion is about how you see yourself in the world and an extension of your inner beliefs. It’s also a desire to see beauty in the world and be a part of that for others. It’s also about seriousness and reverence. It’s quite common to mark it up as superficial aesthetics. But it’s not.
Paul Graham@paulg

@ConwayAnderson Taste in *clothing* isn't important. If your goal is to think well, clothing should just be as comfortable as possible.

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Ethan Eismann@eeismann·
AI won't replace designers. But it will expose which teams actually have taste. When AI powered execution is cheap, the leverage moves to judgment, systems, and strategy. The teams that win will be the ones who've created a culture that prioritizes and codifies craft. Wrote some thoughts on where design leadership should focus now. x.com/eeismann/statu…
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Ethan Eismann@eeismann·
@tuhin Congrats Tuhin. Love this for you. Wisdom in the choice.
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tuhin@tuhin·
Some personal news – Friday was my last day at Luma . I will miss the team dearly. For now there is no “next”. For the first time in my career, I get to simply take a break. “I must dream myself back into my own world” I’m spending the next few months exploring and meandering before dreaming up my next act — focusing on fitness, meditation, creative passions, and conversations with new people and unfamiliar ideas, alongside the people (and pups) closest to me. It’s a rare moment when so much is changing — how we build, what we can build. But most dear to me is why we build. And I need to find my own why again.
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Ethan Eismann@eeismann·
It seems like Agentation and Cursor’s design mode do essentially the same thing: easily isolate UI elements and prompt directly on them. Correct or no?
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