designing @diabrowser @browsercompany, easily excitable puppy @life.
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had a blast speaking at Config London last week. massive thank you to everyone, and especially @figma for inviting me to face my fear of public speaking (and talk about something I'm very passionate about)
the recording is now available on youtube. link in thread ↓
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fun thing about living in the UK is how you can never know where it's going to show up in an alphabetical list
thanks delta that makes sense
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christine røde retweeted
This conversation shows why working with Josh is so lovely. He enables people to be their best selves, pursue big ideas, and be unafraid to think of product as art.
Dialectic 61: Josh Miller!
@joshm has always been thoughtful about the spaces we spend time in.
The browser is "really a rectangle that we spend eight hours a day in." So "why would we not want to live in a good rectangle?"
Josh sat down with me to reflect on @browsercompany's journey about a year after it was acquired by @Atlassian.
We talked about everything from the original decision to "optimize for feelings" to hiring unlikely stars to where Dia and the browser stand in the AI era.
Above all else, Josh believes in people. I’ve felt that, as have so many others who’ve collaborated with him or simply been around him.
I hope you’re inspired to believe in people too, and to leave your fingerprints on the things you make.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Opening Highlights
(1:19) - Intro: Josh Miller
(3:14) - Start: Not Commercial Enough & Optimizing for Feelings
(10:33) - Sociology, the Obama White House, Thrive, and the 5% Favicon
(16:57) - Bowling Alone, James Turrell, and Roden Crater
(23:31) - Betting on People, Leaving Thrive, and Where Computing Goes
(36:13) - "Assume You Don't Know" and What Was Sacred at The Browser Company
(43:17) - Intuition, Road Trips, and Leaving Fingerprints on Things
(55:16) - Building in Public, Pulling Back, and the Road to Atlassian
(1:04:42) - The Internet Computer in the AI Era: Codex, Cloud Browsers, and Why Everything Is Converging
(1:14:49) - How Dia Wins
(1:18:26) - Agents, Muse, and the Red Giraffe
(1:24:02) - Software Is Becoming Art
(1:33:32) - Believing in People, Leaving Facebook for the White House, and What's Next
(1:48:36) - Closing Questions
@dialecticpod 61: Josh Miller - A Good Rectangle - is out now, below and on all platforms.
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"it was hard work because silicon valley is one of the least seductive places."
— director Luca Guadagnino on finding eroticism in Artificial
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was going through my old flickr and found these gems from 2004. peak tech era. no iphones, just vibes.
i built so many websites on that mac 🥹
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wow i've never gotten a push notification like this before.
ALT Push notification reading: ASOS HACKED Dear Asos DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance.
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spent some time today extracting my 17 years of foursquare data. 🥲🐝
i enjoy how you can clearly see the trend shift from cocktails to natural wine, the gap of covid, and the fact that i'm no longer in my 20s
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super excited for this! ❣️ join us next week in Old Street for a fun deep-dive into the design of @diabrowser's briefs
(also how good is this graphic?!)
🇬🇧 London designers!
Next week we’re back with an AI × Design evening, featuring @chrstnerode, Product Designer at @browsercompany, where she’s helping shape Dia—an AI-native browser that lets you work with AI across your tabs and browsing context.
Christine was previously a Staff Product Designer at @WhatsApp, @Deliveroo and @facebook, working on products used by millions of people.
She’ll give us a behind-the-scenes look at how she redesigned AI-generated documents to feel considered and human, using old-school print constraints to create a distinctive look for everyday outputs and Dia’s daily Morning Brief.
We’ll also have community demos, hands-on build time and an evening of socialising with other senior designers.
Wednesday 12 August, from 5:30pm at the @morsemoney office in Shoreditch.
Sign up: luma.com/1hpoa92v
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big thank you to everyone who came out! had such a great time.
i like to think the universe made a sideways @diabrowser logo just for us
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christine røde retweeted
It’s not a joke, we actually love the browser. We are all in. We want you to feel it in the product. Thanks for sticking with us.
ChatGPT’s Atlas browser was sunset today. Perplexity’s Comet browser is in zombie mode.
When we started @browsercompany nobody cared about browsers, then everyone did (copying Dia), then everyone bailed.
Yet I’ve never felt more confident browser : AI :: phone : smartphones.
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There was so much thoughtfulness and care from @marcotriverio and @charliedeets that went into the design of swipeable profiles on Dia. Hear all about it here, straight from the source 🥹
If you have ever wondered why it took so long to bring spaces to Dia, here’s the full story why:
open.substack.com/pub/browse…
Featuring @chrstnerode, Marco and myself. Video by @krosenbluth.
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christine røde retweeted
Context everywhere?
In Dia, you can now swipe between Profiles, so you get the right context in a single swipe.
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this is very cute
draft me to your team! backyarddesigners.club/
If you're part of design twitter, this is too fun.
Comment below if you want to be added to the Backyard Designers roster.
backyarddesigners.club/
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hell yeah @charliedeets 🫡 very lucky to get to work with this guy every day!
“the browser is effortless context.”
Fantastic interview with @charliedeets showing the intense craft, thought and insight that go into making something truly amazing in @diabrowser.
Packed full of nuggets, it shows the depth of the @Atlassian design team's work 👏🏻
piped.video/watch?v=5DtshsDj…
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