Jeff Mau

@Assassins_UK PS5

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@armano Yes

Ok I’m gonna be real about layoffs for a second and share a POV that I haven’t heard too many people talk about. Disclaimer; most of my career has been in professional services. That’s relevant because this is generally an industry that runs lean, scales up and down and isn’t afraid to cut deep. It’s not for the faint of heart. When you work long enough in professional services, you spend some time working with the large multinational corporations. Most of these companies make things or are found across all the major sectors: healthcare, CPG, pharma, etc. etc. So many of these companies are just so big, and often times operating in legacy environments—that in many though not all, it’s commonplace for them to be operating with significant “fat”… duplicative roles, folks whose expiration dates have passed, unprofitable BUs… you name it. There are lots of places for people to hide and some know how to do it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve witnessed how so many folks who work for these kinds of companies have no idea how much they are sheltered from the kinds of things you’ll see in fields like professional services or even more rough and tumble environments like startups (generally speaking) and only recently, tech. So… AI is going to be an excuse for these massive companies should they decide to jump on the efficiency bandwagon. It already has been for some. As much as I don’t love how cruel it can feel to be laid off—I can understand and have seen first hand that’s there’s a lot of roles in a lot of companies where it’s very questionable how much value is being created. I think this will be tolerated less now…

@FoundersPodcast This is an example of what is sometimes called the Creative’s Curse

“I’m driven to make things better. I’m never satisfied. I think satisfaction is a dangerous thing.”

@MichaelDell @elonmusk I voted yes

Vote FOR @elonmusk. The award is only achieved IF he hits exceptionally ambitious market-cap and operational milestones—if he falls short, he gets nothing. If he succeeds, shareholders will win big through unprecedented value creation, and he will earn added voting rights to continue driving @Tesla's long-term vision.

@jgebbia Congratulations! There’s plenty of opportunity to elevate design in this country. Let me know if I can be of service.

I’m honored to be appointed by President Trump as the first Chief Design Officer of the United States of America.  (🧵) whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

@_Tara_Rohan_ @ixdachicago I would say Microsoft has a long pattern of shutting down programs then starting incarnations when new technologies emerge. In the case of Cortana we now have Copilot. Similar but certainly not the same.

@jeffmau @ixdachicago I saw Shane Landry presenting Cortana’s creation to IxDA Chicago in 2017, with cool slides and a full house! Awesome to see voice design history unfold. Did Microsoft miss a chance with Cortana’s potential?

@shanelandry speaks to a full house of @ixdachicago about creating Cortana. First time most voice design principles shared publicly!

@armano She should get a lawyer and pursue wrongful termination.

1. I don’t know why the company would structure this as a performance termination over a RIF 2. I think we’re entering a new era where employees will increasingly share and discuss their terminations in public. It’s the post boomer workforce now

@aprilstarr Can’t say Bauhaus went so far down the optical art path with the vertical lines. Interesting interpretation!

@aprilstarr Yep

@armano Discrimination in advertising is rampant

(From a work based message board) The great resignation is forcing the ad agency to re-think age restricted hiring practices. There’s not enough talent in the market, too much work and enough people over 50 still open to doing what they know. Pandemic side effect

@armano The music holds up as well

Two things: A. It was launched in this day B. If you know what this is, I hope you had a good stretch this morning, go easy on the alcohol and give your eyes a rest from screens

Backed. Love printed matter in a time of digital everything. @kevin2kelly kickstarter.com/projects/kk-or…

New post: after 13 years as a fellow with @longnow and over a decade of teaching futures, I'm currently running a class at @cmudesign on long-term thinking. Here's the syllabus. futuryst.blogspot.com/2019/10/teachi… #longtermthinking #longshorts

Accesibility voice experiences con @jeffmau

@IITDesign Props go to Patrick Whitney for that quote.

“We can make anything. So the question now is what do we make?” —@jeffmau ow.ly/4bQT50vwJeQ

Remember: 1. The Ocean is suffocating. 2. Forests are being annihilated. 3. Pollinators are being wiped out. 4. Billions need climate chaos help. 5. Large mammals won't survive. 6. Our crops will soon fail. 7. Extinction is accelerating. 8. Plastic is in our lungs. 9. to 100.👇

Hertz has sued Accenture for failing to deliver on a $32 million "digital transformation" project. Follow along as we read the lawsuit's details... theregister.co.uk/2019/04/23/her…

Our talk about Accessibility in Voice Experiences with @A11YChi @dianadoesthis and @keithsoljacich : youtu.be/29SneVTDHBY

Our talk on Accessibility in Voice Experiences with @A11YChi @dianadoesthis and @keithsoljacich : youtu.be/29SneVTDHBY