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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 29 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about design .
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Read this korrent: Music is a way of speaking to the world in code, and an artist's other ventures flourish on top of it
Music is a way of speaking to the world in code, and an artist's other ventures flourish on top of it
Last stated 7 years ago
9 Oct 2019
RI
Rihanna — holds since 2019-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
9 Sept 2026
EB
Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company deserves everyone in it, the chief executive included, to spend as much time as possible in their zone of genius — which is an org design problem. — tap to centre the map on it
A company deserves everyone in it, the chief executive included, to spend as much time as possible in their zone of genius — which is an org design problem.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it
A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work.
Last stated 6 days ago
29 Sept 2026
DM
Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that adopts AI tools without changing its organisational design misses the biggest change under way. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that adopts AI tools without changing its organisational design misses the biggest change under way.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
EV
Elena Verna — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A creative lead's job is to take the idea they think is wrong and try to make it work, because the best ideas come out of developing someone else's. — tap to centre the map on it
A creative lead's job is to take the idea they think is wrong and try to make it work, because the best ideas come out of developing someone else's.
Last stated 7 months ago
11 Mar 2026
JK
Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
AV
Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow. — tap to centre the map on it
A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Feb 2025
TC
Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
IA
Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Genre will become less of a career-defining path and more of an organisational tool — tap to centre the map on it
Genre will become less of a career-defining path and more of an organisational tool
Last stated 12 years ago
7 Jul 2014
TS
Taylor Swift — holds since 2014-07-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is unfair for a streaming service to leave artists, writers and producers unpaid during a free trial — tap to centre the map on it
It is unfair for a streaming service to leave artists, writers and producers unpaid during a free trial
Last stated 11 years ago
21 Jun 2015
TS
Taylor Swift — holds since 2015-06-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Music is valuable art and should not be free — tap to centre the map on it
Music is valuable art and should not be free
Last stated 12 years ago
7 Jul 2014
TS
Taylor Swift — holds since 2014-07-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
TG
Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
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Music is a way of speaking to the world in code, and an artist's other ventures flourish on top of it
Last stated 9 Oct 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Rihanna
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Same subject: design
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated 9 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Ed Bayes
Same subject: design
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated 12 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Same subject: design
A company deserves everyone in it, the chief executive included, to spend as much time as possible in their zone of genius — which is an org design problem.
Last stated 23 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rahul Vohra
Same subject: design
A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work.
Last stated 29 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Danny Martinez
Same subject: design
A company that adopts AI tools without changing its organisational design misses the biggest change under way.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Elena Verna
Same subject: design
A creative lead's job is to take the idea they think is wrong and try to make it work, because the best ideas come out of developing someone else's.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Jeff Kaplan
Same subject: design
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 18 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Austin Vernon
Same subject: design
A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow.
Last stated 21 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Thiago Costa
Same subject: creativity
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
Last stated c. 1959
Holds Isaac Asimov
Same subject: creativity
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 8 Jan 2013 · 14 years ago
Holds Daniel Dennett
Same subject: creativity
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Cory Doctorow
Same subject: music industry
Genre will become less of a career-defining path and more of an organisational tool
Last stated 7 Jul 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds Taylor Swift
Same subject: music industry
It is unfair for a streaming service to leave artists, writers and producers unpaid during a free trial
Last stated 21 Jun 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Taylor Swift
Same subject: music industry
Music is valuable art and should not be free
Last stated 7 Jul 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds Taylor Swift
Same subject: simplicity
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Tren Griffin
Same subject: simplicity
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 17 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Same subject: simplicity
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 9 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Adam Ward