Stammy
@Stammy
head of design @sesame
joining @sesame as head of design today! when I first met @brendaniribe a few months ago, his vision for sesame and his way of talking about design and craft inspired me. felt the same when i met @natemitchell. couldn’t be more excited to build with this amazing team.
At Sesame, we believe in a future where computers are lifelike. Today we are unveiling an early glimpse of our expressive voice technology, highlighting our focus on lifelike interactions and our vision for all-day wearable voice companions. sesame.com/voicedemo
Wrapping up a fun week with the entire @sesame team in Skamania, WA. Never felt so at home on a team. Spent a lot of time talking about building great products, learned a lot about what goes into great hardware, shared some of my early designs, and spent a lot of time outdoors.
my favorite related insight from 10+ years ago was when Facebook had their own custom loader. when they used the custom loader, people blamed Facebook for the slowness. when they used the system spinner, people assumed their phone/ios was the issue.
Look at these 2 UIs. One of them will 100% outperform the other for one reason: The Doherty Threshold. Here's how this psychological principle works & how to use it in your products:
nvidia makes these nifty PCB rulers you can find on eBay. they usually hand them out at events
now that Figma and iOS 26 have Liquid Glass I almost don’t want to use it. every app will be doing it and it won’t feel special. the more accessible a certain design aesthetic is, the less you want it. tastefully riffing on it with your own flavor will be sought after
found a working palm pixi on eBay to add my vintage gadget collection
people forget how influential Palm webOS was. lots of modern iOS uses similar patterns. palm was basically the OpenAI of their time. such talent density that Steve Jobs had to threaten them to stop poaching. • horizontal app card multitasking w/ flick up to quit • edge swipe…
the new design process is no set process. @jenny_wen completely nails it. 🗒️jennywen.ca/notes/dont-tru…
hiking and catching up with @superamit. talking ai, startups and design
Companies are starting to fully understand that design and craft is the differentiator. Designer talent war is just the start.
The demand for great product designers right now is wild. Seven founder friends have asked me for hiring advice this month alone. It’s become one of the most important roles in tech, and no one can fill it fast enough.
Three different founder friends are looking for product designers. Each company shows early signs of being massive successes. DM me if you or someone you know is looking for a design role.