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by ftio 5mo ago
Just wanted to say: what a gorgeous icon, and such a Mac-ass app design. Feels like the heyday of OS X, which for me was undoubtedly between 2006-2012. Delicious Library, Toast, Transmit. I could go on. Congrats to the creator :)
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by ftio 8mo ago
https://ft.io — mostly blogging about product management.
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by ftio 1y ago
God I hope there's enough engagement on this tweet that they actually do it. I don’t really understand why or how it’s happening, but my HP LaserJet printer connects to Wi-Fi less and less reliably every year. I want to upgrade to a co
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by ftio 1y ago
Until today, my only awareness of the term “gutta percha” was as a type of golf ball, as noted in the article. I’ve always assumed it was someone’s name, or else a nickname for a design. What a cool material!
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by ftio 1y ago
When I first built my current site, it was fully unstyled like Chris', but as I started making little tweaks, they snowballed into a proper design. I couldn't help but add more of my personality to it. Part of the joy of having a
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by ftio 1y ago
This is inspiring. Over a decade of commitment to the task itself, diligent blogging of the whole experience, and a website design that brings me back to my favorite time on the web. Beautiful.
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by ftio 1y ago
8pt Tahoma is the GOAT and I miss it desperately. I remember vividly when Windows (XP I think?) introduced a new kind of font smoothing that messed with the look of those fonts. In hindsight, I feel like that moment was part of the catalyst
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by ftio 2y ago
I generate the Bookmarks [1] section of my static site from the public bookmarks in my Pinboard account. Since I host with Netlify, I've written a lightweight Netlify function that looks at my Pinboard account for changes. If there are
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by ftio 2y ago
What an incredible achievement. Huge congratulations to the team at SpaceX! Still have chills. Anyone know whether the fire toward the bottom of the booster during/after the catch is normal?
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by ftio 2y ago
Other than continuously copying files to new media every so often, are there reliable digital mechanisms for long-term storage (say, 50 years)?
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by ftio 2y ago
That hasn’t always been true! I remember with great displeasure the bad old days of creating a 3x3 table for every container and jamming a rounded corner gif into each of the four corners to create this effect.
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by ftio 2y ago
Cool YouTube video, but: my kingdom for a screenshot! Product looks amazing. I use Divvy but will definitely try out AeroSpace. Great name too.
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"Beautiful design" doesn't matter for the reasons you think(ft.io)
1 points by ftio 2y ago|1 comments
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by ftio 3y ago
Christian isn’t charging enough! This could easily be $10 or more. I still grumble every time I use the Reddit app. RIP Apollo.
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by ftio 3y ago
Magic what? Nobody outside of a very small, niche bubble has any idea what that is. I'm in the bubble and had to look it up.
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by ftio 3y ago
I was once an Apple Certified Technical Consultant, mostly doing managed services-type work for small businesses in NYC but would sometimes get the call to go to someone's house, usually an owner or other senior-level exec at one of th
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by ftio 3y ago
Longtime PM as well, and I strongly agree. PMs should have lots of surface area —- ideally, an entire product (or more). PMs should also be a lot more focused on the business’ goals than most PMs are. It’s necessary but insufficient to solv
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by ftio 3y ago
+1 for What the Dormouse Said. Truly fantastic.
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by ftio 3y ago
Question for the electrical/audio engineers in the crowd: could I get similar results by simply yanking the capsule out of my Yeti and soldering in the capsule shown in the video?
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by ftio 3y ago
My Blue Yeti doesn’t sound anywhere near as good as his homemade mic. The build quality is also really impressive. What a range of skills.
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by ftio 3y ago
Well cheers then, and good luck. :) This is insanely cool!
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by ftio 3y ago
My kingdom for a video! Anyone have a clip of a homebrew demo (or game!) made with this engine?
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by ftio 3y ago
Key thing I learned too late in life: don’t be too hard on yourself when you have those less productive days. It’s just part of the cycle.
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by ftio 3y ago
I knew exactly what this website would look like just by reading the title. Absolutely perfect. Form elevated to content.
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by ftio 3y ago
This is very poor reporting indeed. BI claims this spreadsheet "gives us our best look yet at how much the tech giant is paying" despite the data being entirely self-reported by employees and completely unvetted. The odds that sam
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by ftio 3y ago
If you’re interested in more on this, I highly recommend the book Sweating Bullets by Robert Gaskins, the inventor/PM of PowerPoint.
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by ftio 3y ago
What’s the trick?
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by ftio 3y ago
Too many developers put too much emphasis on the "A" (application) and too little on the "P" (programming, which should really be thought of as "programmer"). An API is a user interface in every sense of the te
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by ftio 3y ago
This is a masterclass in organic go-to-market. Straightforward and clear-eyed writing, and subtle, almost cynical positioning perfectly suited for the HN crowd. That is: "This is easy stuff to build. Price is the main differentiator in
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by ftio 3y ago
That's an incredible story. How do you (and your mom) feel about it today? Do you wish you had taken the job? Does she?

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