Nathan Sharp

@ryanolsonk "Retro, help me connect with my friends and family. Make no mistakes."

@AnaArsonist @aave Congrats! Excited for you!

stoked to share that i’m joining @aave as a design engineer! aave has been part of my web3 journey since day one, so this feels full pretty circle. super excited to bring some more whimsy to a space that deserves it.

@superfem @ryanolsonk just can’t get past that @GeminiApp…

@ryanolsonk So good Retro crew! @nsharp17 @ryanolsonk

One of these things is not like the others

@cesaralvarezll Thanks!

@nsharp17 I was browsing the App Store and saw this, huge congrats guys!

🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

@joshm There’s gotta be a better social media

@nsharp17 inspired by your relentlessness

@agapov The only ranking that matters

@nsharp17 Retro is always the #1 photo app in my heart

Retro is now the #1 photo app in Spain

retro dot app makes me so very happy. there’s something wonderful about the passage of time: landscapes, good eats, beaming smiles, silly shenanigans. life is good, isn’t it?

@yarsanich DM me when you get to 100!

@nsharp17 well deserved I have 95 weeks posted and have no plans to stop

Less algorithms. More friends. In-person if possible. On @retrodotapp if not.

This is quite literally @retrodotapp

It feels pretty obvious at this point that someone’s going to make billions building a social app that’s just for friends, no AI slop, no brainrot, calm design, chronological feed and no concept of followers

@gregisenberg so in other words, you are extremely bullish on @retrodotapp. they are building exactly what you described: “a social app that’s just for friends, no AI slop, no brainrot, calm design, chronological feed and no concept of followers”.

Built for algorithms VS built for friends, there’s a difference. Working in social media has me rethinking what it really means to be “connected”. Is it really connection or disguised consumption? Staying updated isn’t the same as staying connected.

This is really neat but it’s not a design tool as much as it’s a design _production_ tool. The practice of design is mostly about what comes before production. There’s no doubt in my mind that all parts of software production will become automated very soon. Writing code, making web pages, putting pieces of a design system together etc. And that’s fine. I think few people actually enjoy this kind of production work. Wouldn’t it be better if we spent our precious time in life on what is more meaningful?! At the core, the practice of design is methodical; like architecture, not like art. In a nutshell: We find constraints, form comprehension of the whole and propose solutions that honor those constraints. First after that do we enter some form of production phase, usually prototypes first, learn about some constraints that were hidden before, loop back, prototype and then build the production-grade “final” artifact. These last few tasks are quickly losing value because AI tools can do it much faster (not yet better though) than humans. It’s simply just what has the best RoI for a business. Some companies and individuals will continue to spend human time on certain parts of the “production line” as a market differentiator, but it will cost them a relatively high price compared to competitors. Anyhow, I still haven’t seen a tool better than Figma that supports the actually-interesting part of the design process. I wouldn’t be surprised if Figma focused their products on that, maybe separating “products for production” of “products for ideation & exploration.” The latter would obviously still leverage AI, but not to do the work for me but rather to support my efforts the way a therapist helps me live a better life (not living my life for me.)

So many reasons for optimism, and good to have @ivanhzhao remind us of this one

We're testing this new intro to play when you first launch @retrodotapp ✨ The idea is to "set the mood", communicate what Retro is about, and slow you down: • Plays haptics on every photo beat, decreasing in intensity and sharpness, so you "feel" it calm down. • The script is dynamic, it adapts to the apps that you have installed on your device. • The soundtrack starts with literal noise that we turn down to focus on _what matters_. • During onboarding we're gonna ask for some iOS permissions, hopefully this helps create some trust • Fun as heck to build 🕺

@nsharp17 @retrodotapp best app in the world