Umang J
@umang.bsky.social
Used to build the ranked timeline and discovery products at Twitter, amongst other things. Writing at https://forcemultipliers.substack.com
End mid-century modern
December 10, 2024 at 10:15 AM
End mid-century modern
Best thing I’ve read on the topic: www.noahpinion.blog/p/no-you-are...
No, you are not on Indigenous land
Pieces of territory belong to institutions, not to racial groups.
www.noahpinion.blog
December 2, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Best thing I’ve read on the topic: www.noahpinion.blog/p/no-you-are...
Is it finally time for this app to become the schelling point of the twitter exiles?
November 10, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Is it finally time for this app to become the schelling point of the twitter exiles?
Threads
www.threads.net
July 6, 2023 at 6:05 AM
Hello Blueskis (is that the right word?)!!
What’s everyone watching (tv or movie) this weekend?
What’s everyone watching (tv or movie) this weekend?
June 25, 2023 at 3:22 AM
Hello Blueskis (is that the right word?)!!
What’s everyone watching (tv or movie) this weekend?
What’s everyone watching (tv or movie) this weekend?
most important word in the english language these past few years:
tokens
tokens
May 18, 2023 at 3:28 AM
most important word in the english language these past few years:
tokens
tokens
So should I switch my username to my domain? Or keep my first name at bsky.social … because first name?
May 8, 2023 at 4:13 AM
So should I switch my username to my domain? Or keep my first name at bsky.social … because first name?
A sure way to tell whether an online community is here to stay is if its members start organizing IRL meetups.
May 1, 2023 at 5:46 AM
A sure way to tell whether an online community is here to stay is if its members start organizing IRL meetups.
I do long runs because for that time the world ceases to exist.
Just the straight road and a meandering train of thoughts.
Just the straight road and a meandering train of thoughts.
April 30, 2023 at 8:37 PM
I do long runs because for that time the world ceases to exist.
Just the straight road and a meandering train of thoughts.
Just the straight road and a meandering train of thoughts.
Basically the difference between a company that runs on Slack and another that runs on email is the difference between an oral culture and a written culture
April 30, 2023 at 1:05 AM
Basically the difference between a company that runs on Slack and another that runs on email is the difference between an oral culture and a written culture
I’ll posit that intuition vs data was the difference between early Twitter and early Facebook.
Easy to go wrong with either extreme - you need intuition to ship and data to check your intuition. Especially because social or marketplace-like products can behave very non-intuitively.
Easy to go wrong with either extreme - you need intuition to ship and data to check your intuition. Especially because social or marketplace-like products can behave very non-intuitively.
Spoke with @zoink.bsky.social this morning about growth. His advice: by the time you do analysis on what behaviors lead to retention, it’s too late. You probably have a hypothesis (ie. following people, having a stream of content) that is true - just go execute on that. (Can do analysis in tandem)
April 25, 2023 at 10:22 PM
I’ll posit that intuition vs data was the difference between early Twitter and early Facebook.
Easy to go wrong with either extreme - you need intuition to ship and data to check your intuition. Especially because social or marketplace-like products can behave very non-intuitively.
Easy to go wrong with either extreme - you need intuition to ship and data to check your intuition. Especially because social or marketplace-like products can behave very non-intuitively.
Hill I will die on: Magnesium > Vitamin D
April 25, 2023 at 5:42 AM
Hill I will die on: Magnesium > Vitamin D
Every time an iOS update has new emojis, I wonder what critical security hole they’ve patched that they need to find a way to get everyone to update asap 👀
April 22, 2023 at 1:40 AM
Every time an iOS update has new emojis, I wonder what critical security hole they’ve patched that they need to find a way to get everyone to update asap 👀
For the Krzysztof Kieslowski fans https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/three-colours-blue-growing-old-gracefully/
This makes me want to watch them all again.
This makes me want to watch them all again.
Three Colours: Blue — growing old gracefully
Thirty years on from its release, Three Colours: Blue remains as vivid a depiction of grief as ever.
engelsbergideas.com
April 17, 2023 at 12:21 AM
For the Krzysztof Kieslowski fans https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/three-colours-blue-growing-old-gracefully/
This makes me want to watch them all again.
This makes me want to watch them all again.
Latest entrant to the library
April 11, 2023 at 5:41 AM
Latest entrant to the library
One of my favorite spills of ink on a page:
April 11, 2023 at 5:40 AM
One of my favorite spills of ink on a page:
I could be doomscrolling on my laptop and people will still think I’m working hard.
I could be intensely doing work email on my phone and people will think I’m goofing off and make me to do the dishes.
I could be intensely doing work email on my phone and people will think I’m goofing off and make me to do the dishes.
April 6, 2023 at 11:47 PM
I could be doomscrolling on my laptop and people will still think I’m working hard.
I could be intensely doing work email on my phone and people will think I’m goofing off and make me to do the dishes.
I could be intensely doing work email on my phone and people will think I’m goofing off and make me to do the dishes.
This piece by Nadia is hands-down the *best* thing written about SVB: https://nayafia.substack.com/p/a-bank-of-ones-own
March 11, 2023 at 10:26 PM
This piece by Nadia is hands-down the *best* thing written about SVB: https://nayafia.substack.com/p/a-bank-of-ones-own
Someone asked me why I am on all the new social apps. I sent them this tweet :)
https://twitter.com/umang/status/1538254341127032832
https://twitter.com/umang/status/1538254341127032832
March 10, 2023 at 5:24 AM
Someone asked me why I am on all the new social apps. I sent them this tweet :)
https://twitter.com/umang/status/1538254341127032832
https://twitter.com/umang/status/1538254341127032832
Reputations are being made or unmade today
March 9, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Reputations are being made or unmade today
@support-team.bsky.social I keep getting logged out of my account multiple times a day. Anything you can do to make it stick?
March 9, 2023 at 5:15 PM
@support-team.bsky.social I keep getting logged out of my account multiple times a day. Anything you can do to make it stick?
Reposted by Umang J
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March 9, 2023 at 4:23 AM
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