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San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2009
exciting update: I'm the new culture reporter for @sfstandard ! fun things in store 😀 Will be covering Bay Area life, biz, tech + people.
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just read the Wired interview where Jessica shares what she charged for the Meta Muse logo: ~$12.5k for a two-day sprint. for the two days, that's a great fee. but time is only part of it. how do you price in: – the scale of the company using it – your name being attached to it – the backlash risk, especially if you have an online following (and she did receive disproportionate backlash!) honestly, i don't know the answer. i keep going back and forth on whether that amount is too little, too much, or just right for a project like this? curious what others think
oh wow people over there at IG are REALLY mad at Jessice Hische for designing the logo for Meta’s Muse AI agent
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Find true love at the Nathan fielder lookalike contest
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Very classy way to wrap up a company story. Feels like another era.
Foursquare was acquired last month. The outcome was disappointing. It's taken me a while to write this, but I think I'm finally done grieving it. Here are some thoughts on our final years, an effort to honor the team who helped build & maintain FSQ's legacy, and my attempt to finally get some closure. teendrama.substack.com/p/som…
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Consider doing the same
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why does sf tech week feel like freshman trying to get into frat house parties
i saw this line for claude founder house and left immediately 💀
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Buying a car on Amazon was not in my bingo card.
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My dad was one of the religious leaders invited to Anthropic's closed-door sessions that the NYT just wrote an exposé on. His NDA was just lifted so his take and more ---->
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We just made history with the first Human VS Terminator robot fight. Frankie LaPenna gave it his all 🥊 More fight footage coming soon!
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Real limited edition from @OpenAI
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what fresh hell is this.
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First Waymo Ojai ride! Initial impressions: very large inside, could possibly nap on backseat, decor gives mom carpool vibes. Same magical driverless driving.
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In london, I learned that uber has an opt-in to autonomous driving setting.
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I did not get an av drive, however, just raised my chances.
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we're launching a dating app for people who like books
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idk why i find this so funny
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i would love to meet whoever is in charge of creating easter eggs like this inside tech company headquarters loved this mini room @OpenAI
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the highest paid role in tech rn isn't engineering it's curation. anthropic, openai, a16z, nvidia. all hiring events & community leads at $200-400k/yr because in an AI world, trust is built in person. the room matters more than the product demo. i've been doing this for years lol > strangers dinners > art galas > 2000-person parties > super bowl pr stunts pov: the thing i was "slightly delusional" for building is now a whole career ladder bullish on irl, always been
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Perplexity's new drop for its tech "chore coat" merch. Yup, chore coat bandwagon is a thing. Pretty nice tho. Two colors, wonder blue and ecru, and 100% cotton twill. The hardware is a nice touch.
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