Happy to report that the Susan Kare interview did not disappoint.

So great to find out she loves the arcade game Joust which was the first arcade/video game I played as a youngster 😍

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A new show for you to binge this weekend. We call it: FIRST OF KIND

Six episodes. Six intimate conversations with design pioneers.

Season 1 is now available, starring:

Susan Kare
Julie Zhuo
Jessica Hische
Henry Modisett
Colin Dunn
Nicholas Jitkoff

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We’ll compare notes on my time at Facebook with his time at Google, Quora, and now Perplexity. Our conversation kicks off a series of firesides with design leaders at the frontier of AI.

The fireside chat will be held SPC at 10:30 Wednesday and is open to SPC members and founders. DM for access.

Henry’s perspective is relevant to:

- founders who want to build great design teams and culture

- designers who want to create new companies from the ground up

- technologists who want to better understand how design meets AI in practice at a formidable startup

This Wednesday I’m moderating an in-depth conversation with @henryy.bsky.social about being the founding designer of Perplexity—from pre-PMF through running a killer team of industry-leading creatives.

*mouth breathes into microphone*

“Yep, loud and clear.” —AGI soon

polls wen?

feels about as lively as a retirement home

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Threads is Taylor
Bluesky is _______ ?

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This seems to have a better shot than Mastodon did.