3x Founder / Award Winning Designer / Design Lead @ Compa
Vancouver, BC
Joined February 2011
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Conor Sweeney retweeted
Designers, YC is calling for you.
@ycombinator just put out a "request for startups" for more designer founders.
starting a group chat for designers who want to build their idea/startup... we’ll share:
- product ideas
- best frameworks and tools
- design engineering talks
- design founder chats
reply if you wanna join
Conor Sweeney retweeted
More designers should be founders. And we want to back them at YC.
Over the next decade, as new coding tools make it easier than ever to build and ship products quickly, great design is going to matter even more.
Conor Sweeney retweeted
I’m looking for a UX designer with strong UI skills and some web3 experience to join my team.
- 4/5 days per week
- fully remote
- mid-senior level
- individuals, not studios
- growth mindset
We work on a range of exciting product design projects in the crypto space
Conor Sweeney retweeted
I’ve opened pandora’s box.
My 4 year old is asking me everyday if she can talk to “the phone”, ChatGPT advanced voice mode.
high signal
She speaks, Swedish, Spanish and English with ChatGPT, and they make up all sorts of games and play.
Now, I understand that letting a 4 year old reign free with an LLM is not ideal nor the idea.
So I’m sitting there with her.
The reality hits me. This is the new interface. not a fad, not a trend or joke.
this is it. Voice will be the next big frontier in how we operate machines. computers, robots, everything.
What’s more insane, it’s not an overnight thing, we’ve been primed for voice as THE interface in science fiction for decades.
The big difference this time around, we cracked how to have natural conversations. Paired with action models, and smarter and smarter neural nets.
we’re truly going to see an absolutely mad change in computing in the next couple of years.
it will seem like it all happened so fast. but remember this is a looooong time in the making.
Conor Sweeney retweeted
This might be my favorite project I’ve ever worked on — a completely redesigned eyedropper in @figma. Out now!
Conor Sweeney retweeted
UI/UX Designers, Here are Some Alternatives to Using Pure Black (#000000) for Text and Backgrounds.
Bookmark It For Later 💜
Conor Sweeney retweeted
I've created 80+ hype product launch videos.
Here are some "insider tactics" to make your next launch SPECTACULAR!
Product videos 101:
1. Length: 30-50s (best for retention)
2. Storytelling: Lead from problem → solution
3. First 10s: Hook audience, no logos
4. Content: Benefits over features
5. Sentences: Short & punchy
6. Key benefits: 3-4 max (viewers can't digest too many)
7. Visuals: Simplified/abstract UI
8. Pattern interrupts: A - A - B - A - A
9. Great visuals + compelling narrative = remarkable
10. Outro: Clear call-to-action (visit website / sign up etc)
Conor Sweeney retweeted
This guy literally turned blender into a real-time 3d engine with multiplayer support
When I say the merger of offline and real-time rendering is inevitable — this is not what I expected 😂
Conor Sweeney retweeted
What do you need a recommendation or referral for?
Accountant, lawyer, broker, investor etc?
We've done these before and have made a lot of great connections...
My network is almost exclusively entrepreneurs & investors.
So let's see if we can make some connections!
Conor Sweeney retweeted
This post won't get as much engagement as those MRR posts.
But I've never cared about vanity metrics.
For the last year, I locked myself in my room. My life changed 180 degrees. I made more money in a day than my dad made in a year.
But it came at a cost. This year has been the most imbalanced of my life:
I got distant from friends and family. Some knew I was building something and supported me. Others felt threatened, thought I didn't have time for them, that I was fancy now. So they left.
It's lonely. No one understands your situation.
No time for hobbies. I love the gym but wasn't consistent. I even missed my daily 10k steps goal.
Most days, I sat 10-16 hours behind my desk. I didn't leave my apartment for days sometimes.
Ate in stress. No sleep schedule. Sleep debt kept rising. Had heart palpitations from stress. Sciatica from sitting too long.
Couldn't take days off. No sick leave. Worked most weekends. No time to touch grass, no vacation, no time to cook or clean.
Everything depended on me. If I didn't show up on my worst days, everything would break.
That's the price of achieving years' worth of goals in one year. Massive sacrifices, massive tradeoffs.
Like Hormozi says, everything has a price tag. You trade what you want least for what you want most.
Why am I telling you this? Because most people try to fool you online.
They only show the highlights, the wins. They say they work a few hours and then quickly reach $1 million.
The Lambo and Rolex flex is BS. They're trying to sell you something.
The cost of ambitions is late nights, early mornings, lots of associates, few real friends, and being misunderstood.
People will want you to do well but never better than them.
But it's 100% worth it. My life flipped 180 degrees. Yours can too.
I am more patient, resilient, focused, and disciplined. I am more grateful and humble.
Business is the best journey for character development.
To the one year old Namya & everyone like her...
It's hard, but it's worth it. The journey changes you for good. Be ready for the real cost.
Conor Sweeney retweeted
People who say you can't waste time gaming, watching films or going to gigs for a successful life clearly don't know what it's like being creative.
Creativity comes from spending time around other creative arts; this is partly why I got into design.
You don't need a morning routine, you don't need to work every hour of the day, and you can binge-watch Netflix and still be an awesome designer.
Just find some balance, practice everyday and enjoy what other creative people have made for us!
Great Ideas are sparked by the things we love to do, not the things we hate.
Conor Sweeney retweeted
I recently used GPT-4o to correlate historical weather data with Home Depot's stock price to predict futures and trade options. Here's how it's going
