Shawn - Nostr Hypermedia

Emerging in the 90s and later distilled as "you are not the user" in 2017, I've seen no more useful guideline for product over my entire career in tech than this. Shout out to Nielsen Norman Group.

Nielsen Norman Group

Growing a Business Website: Fix the Basics First

Clear content, simple navigation, and answers to customer questions have the biggest impact on business value. Advanced technology matters much less.

Nielsen Norman Group

You Are Not the User: The False-Consensus Effect

Designers, developers, and even UX researchers fall prey to the false-consensus effect, projecting their behaviors and reactions onto users.

shawn 1 month ago

I was the guest speaker on AI at an M&A event this morning. We are so early. If you're reading this, you are the 1% of the 1%.

shawn 1 month ago

Bullish. View quoted note →

shawn 1 month ago

"AI is the Hungry Hungry Hippo." — @liberta-pep

shawn 1 month ago

If the through line of your body of work is going to be cynicism, do it as well as Father John.

Apple Music - Web Player

The Payoff by Father John Misty on Apple Music

Song · 2026 · Duration 5:51

shawn 1 month ago

Spoiler alert: there is. View quoted note →

shawn 1 month ago

Probably nothing.

Accounting Today

Tax noncompliance growing among federal employees, retirees

Tax delinquency is increasing among federal government employees as well as retirees, according to a new report.

shawn 1 month ago

On repeat.

Apple Music - Web Player

o pen bro ken by Luwten on Apple Music

Song · 2026 · Duration 3:43

shawn 1 month ago

The boys are back in town. #nostrNights @OpenMike @Derek Ross

shawn 1 month ago

Accept no substitutes.

Apple Music - Web Player

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [2018 Remaster] by Kate Bush on Apple Music

Song · 1985 · Duration 5:00

shawn 1 month ago

Exclusive content. View quoted note →

shawn 1 month ago

Sending sats is my love language. 🧡

shawn 1 month ago

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shawn 1 month ago

Holy shit what.

The Verge

Facebook and Instagram are using AI bone structure analysis to identify photos of kids

Meta says it will scan ‘entire profiles’ to check for underage users.

shawn 1 month ago

No love lost for Coinbase, of course, but if you find yourself in need of a definition of tone-deaf, here you go.

shawn 1 month ago

$STRC = Rube Goldberg Machine

shawn 1 month ago

This reads like an ode to nostr. But he's on Mastodon, instead.

Terry Godier

The Boring Internet

The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

shawn 1 month ago

"Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy…" lol

shawn 1 month ago

The kids are going to be all right. View quoted note →