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The Perils of Crossing Over from Niche to Mainstream
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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Ernest Kim, Joachim Groeger, Ernest Kim, and Joachim Groeger. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمت‌ها، گرافیک‌ها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Ernest Kim, Joachim Groeger, Ernest Kim, and Joachim Groeger یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آن‌ها آپلود و ارائه می‌شوند. اگر فکر می‌کنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخه‌برداری شما استفاده می‌کند، می‌توانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
We dig into the perils of crossing over from niche to mainstream. How can a brand built on a niche product or service successfully expand its appeal? Should this even be an aspiration?
FOLLOW-UPS – 01:24
“Low-Resource” Text Classification
78% MNIST accuracy using GZIP in under 10 lines of code
MNIST by zip
Clustering by compression
Kolmogorov complexity
Normalized compression distance
ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
Last week’s cover art
Apple’s LaserWriter Changed Everything (paywall)
Adobe, Stability AI & Canva are starting to pay artists
On Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow
THE PERILS OF CROSSING OVER – 12:23
American Fiction’s Big Literary Showdown
SCENE FROM AMERICAN FICTION – 14:27
THE CRUX – 16:00
Chris Wilcha Talks Gen X Angst
Hodinkee Cuts a Fifth of Jobs (paywall)
Maciej Ceglowski—Barely succeed! It’s easier!
Pinboard
CROSS-SUBSIDIES – 24:42
The car that saved Porsche (paywall)
Windup Watch Fair
When Movie Stars Become Brands
Adam Curtis Interview
KAIZEN – 29:25
What is Kaizen?
William Gibson interview
Stanley Cup Craze
Nintendo CEO’s refusal to layoff staff goes viral
FOCUS DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN SMALL – 36:25
WEEKLY RECS – 39:05
On Film Grain Emulation
The “baseline” scene
CLOSING & PREVIEW – 44:50
(Image credit: Clair Folger/Orion Releasing)
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Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow.
CREDITS
Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
فصل ها
1. The Perils of Crossing Over from Niche to Mainstream (00:00:00)
2. Follow-Ups (00:01:24)
3. The Perils of Crossing Over (00:12:23)
4. Oscar-Worth Line Readings (00:14:27)
5. The Crux (00:16:00)
6. Cross-Subsidies (00:24:42)
7. Kaizen (00:29:25)
8. Focus Doesn’t Have to Mean Small (00:36:25)
9. Weekly Recommendations (00:39:05)
10. Closing & Preview of Our Next Episode (00:44:50)
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اشتراک گذاریManage episode 399856256 series 3547999
محتوای ارائه شده توسط Ernest Kim, Joachim Groeger, Ernest Kim, and Joachim Groeger. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمت‌ها، گرافیک‌ها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Ernest Kim, Joachim Groeger, Ernest Kim, and Joachim Groeger یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آن‌ها آپلود و ارائه می‌شوند. اگر فکر می‌کنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخه‌برداری شما استفاده می‌کند، می‌توانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
We dig into the perils of crossing over from niche to mainstream. How can a brand built on a niche product or service successfully expand its appeal? Should this even be an aspiration?
FOLLOW-UPS – 01:24
“Low-Resource” Text Classification
78% MNIST accuracy using GZIP in under 10 lines of code
MNIST by zip
Clustering by compression
Kolmogorov complexity
Normalized compression distance
ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
Last week’s cover art
Apple’s LaserWriter Changed Everything (paywall)
Adobe, Stability AI & Canva are starting to pay artists
On Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow
THE PERILS OF CROSSING OVER – 12:23
American Fiction’s Big Literary Showdown
SCENE FROM AMERICAN FICTION – 14:27
THE CRUX – 16:00
Chris Wilcha Talks Gen X Angst
Hodinkee Cuts a Fifth of Jobs (paywall)
Maciej Ceglowski—Barely succeed! It’s easier!
Pinboard
CROSS-SUBSIDIES – 24:42
The car that saved Porsche (paywall)
Windup Watch Fair
When Movie Stars Become Brands
Adam Curtis Interview
KAIZEN – 29:25
What is Kaizen?
William Gibson interview
Stanley Cup Craze
Nintendo CEO’s refusal to layoff staff goes viral
FOCUS DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN SMALL – 36:25
WEEKLY RECS – 39:05
On Film Grain Emulation
The “baseline” scene
CLOSING & PREVIEW – 44:50
(Image credit: Clair Folger/Orion Releasing)
****
Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow.
CREDITS
Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
فصل ها
1. The Perils of Crossing Over from Niche to Mainstream (00:00:00)
2. Follow-Ups (00:01:24)
3. The Perils of Crossing Over (00:12:23)
4. Oscar-Worth Line Readings (00:14:27)
5. The Crux (00:16:00)
6. Cross-Subsidies (00:24:42)
7. Kaizen (00:29:25)
8. Focus Doesn’t Have to Mean Small (00:36:25)
9. Weekly Recommendations (00:39:05)
10. Closing & Preview of Our Next Episode (00:44:50)
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Ernest & Joachim go deep on Raymond Loewy’s MAYA Principle: what it is & why it matters, with real world examples of MAYA in action, and what can happen when product teams fail to take the principle to heart. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:00 Toolbox: How “Jobs To Be Done” Can Help You Make, Better Fortis Marinemaster A BRIEF INTRO TO RAYMOND LOEWY – 06:04 MoMA on Raymond Loewy 60 Minutes: Raymond Loewy, Father of Industrial Design LOEWY’S MAYA PRINCIPLE – 09:07 The MAYA Principle in Design The iPhone only exists because Steve Jobs ‘hated this guy at Microsoft’ Phil Knight: Shoe Dog How One Designer Saved Tesla From Bankruptcy TWICE IS MAYA INHERENTLY CONSERVATIVE? – 19:36 Apple and the MAYA Principle Remembering Apple’s Newton, 30 years on MUST BE ROOTED IN EMPATHY & COMPASSION – 24:44 Raymond Loewy and the Skylab Window APPLICATIONS BEYOND PRODUCT – 28:20 The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (via Wayback Machine) BMW Is a Surprise Winner in Electric Vehicles (paywall) Goodbye to the BMW i3—an Icon of the 21st Century (paywall) The Newton Messagepad was Well Ahead of its Time General Magic documentary Intellectual Distance, Novelty, and Resource Allocation in Science RECOMMENDATIONS – 42:48 Patrick McGee: Apple in China Hidden Forces podcast: Patrick McGee EBL rechargeable AA batteries (link to Wirecutter review) CLOSING – 49:34 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدE & J return from a spring hiatus to discuss a range of topics, from WWDC 2025 to the Era of the Business Idiot, and more. WATCHES & WONDERS – 04:09 Don DeLillo: Cosmopolis IWC Presents A Plethora Of New Ingenieur Watches How The Pursuit Of Status Shapes Our Aesthetics The Nomos Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer NOMOS Lounge, New York City TAG Heuer Formula 1 - They got it wrong! SLATE AUTO – 22:52 Slate Auto Reveal Event Customer service satisfaction of EV owners lower than ICE vehicles Kia, Build This EV Overland Camper Van! Top Gear: The Indestructible Toyota Hilux (full episode) WWDC 2025 – 33:49 From Skeuomorphic to Liquid Glass How the Graphical User Interface was Invented WWDC 1997: Steve Jobs Q&A (tense exchange at 50:25) Bill Gates: “Internet Tidal Wave” Apple study challenges whether AI models truly “reason” DISCORD & COMPLEXITY – 54:29 How Discord Indexes Trillions of Messages Ink & Switch Quiet RECS – 01:03:28 The Era Of The Business Idiot Better Offline podcast ‘Andor’ Season 2 UConnPopCast Rebecca Solnit: Men Explain Things to Me What Makes Art ‘Left Wing’? The Rehearsal CLOSING – 01:22:00 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
We return from hibernation to talk AI nonsense, critique the review industrial complex, promote a return to RSS, and share a raft of recommendations! JOACHIM ON AI NONSENSE – 01:52 Previous Discussion of Humane AI (starts at 18:34) Humane Set to Brick $700 ‘AI Pins’ I outsourced my memory to an AI pin and all I got was fanfiction Ben Thompson: DeepSeek FAQ Previous Discussion on LLMs & Constraints (starts at 02:33) “Low-Resource” Text Classification ERNEST ON THE REVIEW INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX – 09:41 Motor Trend: 2021 MINI Cooper SE America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer (paywall) CNET: 2022 Mini Cooper SE James Hoffmann’s reviews Sigma BF Review: Beautiful Foolishness By contrast ... I took 1,000 photos with the Sigma BF GxAce YouTube channel Chris Harris on the Mercedes-AMG A45 S How Ferrari Spins IMPLICATIONS FOR PRODUCT CREATORS? – 26:07 Americans Are Obsessed With the Wrong Trucks TELO MT1 Remembering Nike’s Sandy Bodecker JOACHIM ON RSS & MORE – 31:37 Inoreader Catherine Shannon: Your phone is why you don’t feel sexy Tracy Durnell: In praise of the hundred page idea In Praise of Shadows Kenya Hara: White Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny Harry G. Frankfurt: On Bullshit Perfect Days Perfect Day (Komorebi Version) SHOULD WE START A DISCORD? – 41:22 CLOSING – 42:02 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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Ernest’s experience with a boundary-breaking headphone sparks a discussion on caveat emptor, or buyer beware, and just how much risk we, as product creators, should expect buyers to bear. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:15 MKBHD, Panels & Pricing WTF Happened in 2024?! I Love You, Man: The Male Friendship Recession Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble? CAVEAT EMPTOR? – 06:36 Caveat emptor An ode to open-back headphones—and why I’d never go (closed-)back What’s the difference between dynamic and planar magnetic drivers? Audio46 Headphones Sennheiser HD800S: Revisiting a Legend Focal Clear MG Hifiman Arya Stealth & Organic Hifiman Arya Unveiled Review—The Next Best? The most expensive headphone in the world is terrifying! Are Hifiman Unveiled Headphones Safe? With Just 8 Words, Steve Jobs Explained the Best Decision He Ever Made Man Tests Tesla Cybertruck Trunk Sensor With His Finger The Hidden Autopilot Data That Reveals Why Teslas Crash IIHS tested Tesla Autopilot safeguards: Here’s what they found Arrival or departure? The rise and fall of Britain’s EV unicorn Interview with Hifiman CEO Dr. Fang Bian ‘The Beta Test’ Director Jim Cummings Wants to Liberate Indie Filmmaking RECOMMENDATIONS – 51:07 Derek Guy: Die Workwear! J’s year-end rec: Outlier Strongworks Pants E’s year-end rec: OrSlow French Work Pants & Yamatomichi 5-Pocket Pants CLOSING – 01:07:44 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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A conversation triggered by MKBHD’s Panels app gets really interesting when we dig into pricing & lessons for people in the business of making products. FOLLOW-UPS – 02:23 Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive? How gamification took over the world Can't Play, Won't Play An Interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Meta Connect Keynote 2024 Meta’s big tease MKBHD, PANELS & PRICING – 07:30 Marques Brownlee MKBHD’s first review Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app YouTubers are not your friends Why Criticism Still Matters LESSON FOR PRODUCT CREATORS – 20:02 How Nike finally hacked skateboarding ON PRICING – 23:42 Friedrich Hayek Oskar R. Lange Lange model Kanopy Taylor Swift–Ticketmaster controversy The Changing Face Of The Secondary Market: Rolex CPO and more RECOMMENDATIONS – 43:18 MUBI The Substance on MUBI The Fall on MUBI Goeff McFetridge: Drawing a Life on MUBI Thatcher had “phenomenal” impact on Britain’s cultural landscape Bedrock Sandals Creepers Socks How Did Hokas Become So Popular? (paywall) CLOSING – 56:29 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
We dive into our titular question with Nate Grubbs, who, unlike us, is a professional designer with strong views borne of decades of experience across UX, visual & product design. MEET NATE – 01:18 THE AGE OF AVERAGE – 04:19 Alex Murrell: The age of average The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same How Khruangbin’s Sound Became the New Mood Music (paywall) SOUL, FLASH & OLD MAN VIBES – 06:36 A Farewell to Adobe Flash—and the Messy, Glorious Web Donnie Darko website Félix Lapointe: Remembering Kai Power Tools Artist at Play: An e-mail exchange with Kai Krause A PERVASIVE FEAR OF FAILURE – 17:49 Please, Please Don’t A/B Test That Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects SIGNS OF HOPE & BREAKING THROUGH – 23:27 Massimo Giunco: Nike, An Epic Saga of Value Destruction The Father of Grunge Typography Calls Out Lazy Design Paula Scher: Great design is serious (not solemn) Kintsugi CONSTRAINTS AS A CATALYST – 34:08 Why Constraints Are Good for Innovation Daft Social Start-Ups Surge in the Great Reset Gnuhr Physical music sales on course for first increase in 20 years RECOMMENDATIONS – 45:45 Nate: Yoto Ernest: A Different Man ; related: The rise and rise of A24, a champion of storytelling on screen (paywall) Joachim: I Saw the TV Glow ; What You Are Looking for is in the Library CLOSING – 56:57 NateGrubbs.com **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
We go off-the-cuff again, sharing product learnings from Miele vacuums, Snow Peak’s modular IGT system & Ableton’s singular vision for music creation. OFF-THE-CUFF – 00:59 JOACHIM RECOMMENDS: MIELE C3 VACUUM – 01:38 Miele Complete C3 Calima PowerLine Behind Dyson’s cyclone Dyson Stick Vacuums Lose CR Recommendation We’ve Recommended Miele Canister Vacuums for Almost a Decade My Middle-Aged Miele C2 Canister Vacuum Has a Long Life Ahead of It Ernest’s now discontinued Miele Cat & Dog Vacuum James Dyson: From Brexit to Singapore Yes, Portland’s Stark’s Vacuums is still in business! ERNEST RECOMMENDS: SNOW PEAK IGT SYSTEM – 13:36 Ali George Hinkins: History of Snow Peak An Introduction to IGT Comprehensive “IGT 101” primer Live the Slow Art of Japanese Camping Examples of Korean-style Camping Tom Bihn bags Eames Storage Unit The Eames Modular House Modular Cabins Inspired by Minecraft Snow Peak’s New Portland Flagship Store Vitsœ 606 Universal Shelving System USM Haller System Legibility Framework laptop JOACHIM RECOMMENDS: ABLETON LIVE – 35:39 What is Ableton Live? The Untold Story of Ableton Live Reason’s skeuomorphic interface Eating your own dog food CLOSING – 44:31 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
In another short(er) format episode, we examine Apple’s recent “Glowtime” event. Please do let us know what you think of this new format at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or @LearnMakeLearnShow on Threads . OPENING – 00:00 Suttle Lake Suttle Lodge HELP US NAME THIS NEW FORMAT! – 03:12 APPLE’S ‘GLOWTIME’ EVENT – 05:08 Apple Event The Verge: iPhone 16 event in 16 minutes John Gruber describes his feelings after the event on Threads JOACHIM’S TAKE – 05:48 Smartphone innovation is dead, and that’s fine Revisiting the iPod Light Phone ERNEST’S TAKE – 11:07 Made by Google ’24 Steve Jobs introduces “Think Different” (intro to the campaign at 3:05) Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007 (b-school 101 chart at 3:55) The Very First ‘Stevenote’ The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature Boomer Apple RISKS OF SHIFTING TO SERVICES – 27:31 Hilda Brainchild Why the Baby-Sitters Club was Cancelled at Netflix Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions Steve Jobs: Get Rid Of The Crappy Stuff Existential thoughts about Apple’s reliance on Services revenue Jeff Bezos Explains Why Amazon Makes No Profit (2014) The Birth of an Icon: Susan Kare Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series) Drops of God on Apple TV+ Slow Horses on Apple TV+ CLOSING – 49:00 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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We introduce a new, shorter, more off-the-cuff format focused on recommendations that we hope you’ll enjoy. Also, our apologies for the audio getting a bit crunchy in spots—we’re working hard to improve our audio quality. Please do let us know what you think of this new format at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . ONE MILLION CHECKBOXES – 03:20 Are You a Checker or an Unchecker? (paywall) The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes Nolan Royalty on X ‘Infinity Blade II: ClashMob’ Uses the Cloud, Crowd-Sourcing for Group-Based Gaming ON KITCHEN FAUCETS & BRAND VALUES – 12:09 Generative AI x Product with Anmol Anubhai That Much-Despised Apple Ad (paywall) Design Thinking: Failure or Fall Guy? Toolbox: How “Jobs To Be Done” Can Help You Make, Better Touch vs Touchless Faucets Are touchless faucets for the kitchen worth it? Hansgrohe Select Technology Axor Citterio Kitchen Faucet with Select Technology Why is my LG Washing Machine using 3.6GB of data/day? STEVE JOBS, CORNING & BEING UNREASONABLE – 29:07 The Science and History of the iPhone Screen Founder Mode NEUTRON JACK – 33:45 The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed CLOSING – 39:14 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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1 Generative AI x Product with Anmol Anubhai 1:10:14
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدGenerative AI: step change or snake oil du jour? We enter this mire with Anmol Anubhai as our guide & insight into the future of GenAI x product creation as our destination. Join us for a refreshingly grounded conversation on a topic that’s typically full of hype. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:42 The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Manual Mode Changes Performance EVs Forever WTF is a Product Manager? Dare Obasanjo on Product Management at Figma Config 2024 Dare Obasanjo on Threads Shreyas Doshi on Threads Shreyas on why product management is hard GenAI x PRODUCT WITH ANMOL ANUBHAI – 07:45 Anmol on LinkedIn Meet Figma AI Shane Allen on Figma AI Mira Murati: Conversation with Dartmouth Engineering Why Apple’s iPad Ad Fell Flat Figma’s AI app creator accused of ripping off Apple weather app Adobe’s new terms of service say it won’t use your work to train AI Instagram is training AI on your data CHI 2024: Evaluating Human-AI Partnership for LLM-based Code Migration Why companies are turning to ‘citizen developers’ ANMOL’S ADVICE TO COMPANIES – 32:08 AI INTERFACES BEYOND THE BOT – 34:45 Google: People + AI Guidebook CULTIVATING MENTAL MODELS – 42:37 WHO’S DOING THIS WELL & WHERE’S IT HEADED? – 48:12 AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft WEEKLY RECS – 56:44 Anmol: Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning Collection & Amazon PartyRock Joachim: BOOX Palma Ernest: Earthworks Audio ETHOS microphone CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:08:48 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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1 The Weight of History 1:16:40
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدThe pressure to repeat history, as in the previous year’s sales for a given product, can be pernicious. We share ideas for unshackling yourself from this weight so that you can avoid, as Marshall McLuhan put it, marching backwards into the future. FOLLOW-UPS – 00:43 Humane is looking for a buyer Coffeezilla on the Rabbit R1 NOMOS at Watches & Wonders NOMOS: The icon in 31 color compositions Noel Gallagher on Jimi Hendrix The Panic Over Smartphones Doesn’t Help Teens (paywall) THE WEIGHT OF HISTORY – 21:57 Reuters: Retailers slash prices on more Nike sneakers Porsche 914 , 924 & 944 The Failure of ‘New Coke’ Is a Lesson for Engineers BMW’s EV success: learning from past failures The Athlete’s Voice An Interview with Nike’s Phil Knight Steve Jobs Explained the Best Decision He Ever Made Prevent Defense Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split Volvo Spins Off Combustion Engines BMW 2002 Hoffmeister Kink WEEKLY RECS – 58:19 Read: Starbucks’ Digital Dilemna Avoid: Yoto Pentagram on Yoto Watch: The First Omen A Battle With The Devil And An NC-17 Rating CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:15:50 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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1 The Perils of Fan Service 1:02:26
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدThe concept of fan service, which originated in anime and is now common across media, has pervaded the world of product creation as well. We discuss what it is & why it’s vital to serve your customers without pandering to them. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:11 Progressive Complexity (aka Progressive Disclosure) THE PERILS OF FAN SERVICE – 03:50 Star Wars: Fired Solo Directors Didn't Want Movie To Just Be Fan Service BlackBerry’s Future in Doubt Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case Janet Jackson Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex THE “YES, AND” APPROACH – 12:57 Why Porsche announced an SUV in 1998 Engineering guru Albert Biermann on making the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N IT’S ABOUT THE VIBE OF THE THING – 19:01 The Homer Simpson car is a great lesson in building products What everyone gets wrong about this famous Steve Jobs quote THE VALUE OF PROTOTYPES – 23:38 IDEO: The Secret Power of Prototyping On IDEO’s early days and the importance of prototypes WE’RE NOT SAYING IGNORE YOUR FANS – 25:31 Reddit’s IPO is its own decline Vollebak: The Dyneema Ultralight Jacket The End of Social Media: An Interview With Jack Dorsey Overheard: Steven Soderbergh KEEP YOUR PROTOTYPES FUZZY – 39:36 UX Prototypes: Lo-Fi vs. Hi-Fi IT CAN BE GOOD TO BE NICHE – 44:28 WEEKLY RECOMMENDATIONS – 47:15 Secret Galaxy The efficacy of duct tape vs cryotherapy in the treatment of the common wart Does One Line Fix Google? Vivaldi Browser CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:00:59 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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When it comes to products and product innovation, in our new era of higher-for-longer interest rates, enough *is* enough. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:23 iOS spacebar meme Windup Watch Fair San Francisco Steven Pinker is wrong about violence and war ERA OF EASY MONEY IS OVER – 12:02 The Era of Easy Money Is Over. That’s a Good Thing. The Price of Time CASE STUDIES: BAD & GOOD — 18:34 The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For Now Killed by Google Rabbit R1: Barely Reviewable Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks Rusting For tech giants, AI poses billion-dollar search problem The Perils of Crossing Over from Niche to Mainstream Volvo EX30 may be America's next hit EV Volvo’s low-cost EX30 EV is already delivering profits Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are a surprise success THE PARADOX OF ZERO – 33:46 Historic Ad Fraud at Uber with Kevin Frisch HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS SHIFT – 39:50 Japanese consumer sentiment (slide 29) Toolbox: How “Jobs To Be Done” Can Help You Make, Better The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial Six months in, 404 Media is profitable WEEKLY RECS – 57:29 Stewart Hicks Birkenstock Birmingham Boot Are Birkenstock boots bullsh!t? CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:07:55 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
Daniel Kahneman, credited as a grandfather of behavioral economics, passed away in March, and we devote this episode to an unfiltered discussion of his legacy through a product lens. KAHNEMAN’S LEGACY: THE BULL CASE – 01:55 NY Times obituary of Daniel Kahneman KAHNEMAN’S LEGACY: THE BEAR CASE – 03:40 The “Nudge” of the Obama Era Was Always Neoliberal Nonsense Nudge economics: has push come to shove for a fashionable theory? JOACHIM’S PERSPECTIVE – 05:27 A Quick Excursion into Behavioral Economics ERNEST’S PERSPECTIV E – 10:56 Netflix to stop reporting subscriber numbers Pronation in runners. Implications for injuries There’s a New Way to Choose the Right Running Shoe Nobel Prize winner admits mistakes RELEVANCE FOR PRODUCT CREATION – 19:43 Decision Support System GAMING AS A MODEL – 21:57 INDIE CONTENT CREATORS AS A MODEL – 23:15 Beyond the Trailer On the Success of Xiaomi DON’T PATRONIZE YOUR CUSTOMER – 27:11 Edward Tufte Pop Culture Pulsar 1010music Blackbox Elektron Octatrack 8-bit processor built in Minecraft KAHNEMAN ON CHANGING HIS MIND – 39:16 Remembering Daniel Kahneman WEEKLY RECS – 42:27 If Books Could Kill Masuda Kiribako Rice Bin Kiyosi Seike: The Art of Japanese Joinery The Joinery on X CLOSING & PREVIEW – 50:43 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
A decade ago, design thinking was all the rage across the corporate world. But, today, it's widely derided as a failed experiment. Is there still a place for design thinking or is it an idea whose time has passed? FOLLOW-UPS – 01:56 Time to Learn Hublot at Watches & Wonders 2024 Cartier Santos-Dumont Rewind JLC at Watches & Wonders 2024 Should Products be Political? Bobbie Bobbie for Change Byron Sharp: How Brands Grow DESIGN THINKING – 08:37 IDEO Design Thinking Design thinking: Where did it go wrong? Tim Brown: Change By Design The ‘Nudge’ of the Obama Era Was Always Neoliberal Nonsense IDEO: Field Guide to Human-Centered Design Brian Collins: Resilient Futures Kevin Slavin: Design as Participation 37signals: Contingency Design Steve Jobs on consultants Start-Stop-Continue Exercise Scenius or Genius Double Diamond Framework Amazon’s AI Store Seemed to Magical. And They Were. WEEKLY RECS – 45:26 “Your Name,” the Most Popular Anime of All Time, Comes to America The Criterion Channel: Your Name. Shōgun on Hulu ‘Tokyo Vice’ in a More Expansive Season 2 CLOSING & PREVIEW – 57:33 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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Apologies for our delay this week! In this episode, with the Watches & Wonders show around the corner, we talk watches & the broader lessons we can draw from a product category rooted entirely in emotion. WRIST CHECK – 02:16 IWC Pilot’s Watch Chrono Top Gun Ming 37.07 Halios Raven In-House vs. Off-the-Shelf Movements Idris Elba Wears a $500 Watch JOACHIM’S 👍 – 11:39 IWC IWC and Carl Jung “The IWC Colors” with Pantone ERNEST’S 👍 – 19:05 Cartier Cartier Watches: A Brief History How Cartier Changed Its Fate JOACHIM’S 👎 – 26:40 Richard Mille Michelle Yeoh has a killer watch collection ERNEST’S 👎 – 30:52 Audemars Piguet History of the Royal Oak CODE 11:59: How to Fail at Marketing AP Surprises Us All With the Newest Marvel Collab JOACHIM’S 🤡 – 43:10 Hublot ERNEST’S 🤡 – 46:46 Parmigiani Fleurier Won 2022 OT Podcast: Oris’ Rolf Studer Oris ProPilot X Kermit Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando LE Understanding the PF Minute Rattrapante WEEKLY RECS – 55:58 Jenni Elle Britt Pearce Dead Simple Sites Joachim’s new site CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:00:59 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
This week, we tackle a thorny topic: Should products be political? And to be clear, we don't mean brand messaging. Instead, our focus is products, and whether makers should intentionally imbue their products with their politics. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:15 Eno —a groundbreaking generative film by Gary Hustwit Apple Vision Pros & Cons Hugo Barra on Apple Vision Pro SHOULD PRODUCTS BE POLITICAL – 05:34 Herbert Simons– The Sciences of the Artificial Scenius or Genius? Ulm School of Design Bauhaus Brasilia—Inside Brazil’s ‘cautionary tale’ ‘Republicans buy sneakers, too’ The Last Dance Air Jordan V Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie (paywall) Ursula K. Le Guin—National Book Foundation speech How Tesla Became the Elon Musk Co. Yes, Those Viral Patagonia Tags Are Real SUVs with front ‘blind zones’ Why Constraints Are Good for Innovation Americans Are Canceling More of Their Streaming Services (paywall) Sony says independent player status paying off The Lucas Plan THE PLAN documentary WEEKLY RECS – 46:37 NOMOS Club Campus, ref. 715.GB NOMOS Glashütte and Bauhaus iFixit What Is Right To Repair? CLOSING & PREVIEW – 55:01 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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Musician Brian Eno defined a scenius as “the intelligence of a whole operation or group of people,” in contrast to the classic archetype of the lone genius. We debate scenius vs. genius in the context of product—is one more conducive to innovation than the other? FOLLOW-UPS – 01:42 The Mentats in Dune McDonald's ordering system suffers McFlurry of tech troubles How Apple Sank About $1 Billion a Year Into a Car It Never Built • Bloomberg (paywall) • Apple News (iOS-only) How “Jobs To Be Done” Can Help You Make, Better IDEO‘s Three Lenses Jeff Bezos’ 70% rule (start of page 3) SCENIUS OR GENIUS? – 15:22 Yanis Varoufakis & Brian Eno Brian Eno is More Dark Than Shark The Technium: Scenius History of Braun Design: Electric Shavers History of Braun Design: Kitchen Appliances “Anfangs war ich für Aicher Luft” The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation The Greatest Night in Pop Double Diamond Framework The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius No more amateur scientists The Story Of Miles Davis ‘In A Silent Way’ WL Gore: the company others try and fail to imitate WEEKLY RECS – 45:40 The Ringer on ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace pandora’s vox: on community in cyberspace, by humbug CLOSING & PREVIEW – 56:55 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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1 Can Restomod Culture Go Mainstream? 1:07:21
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدThis week, we talk restomods. It’s a concept born of the automotive world—extending the life of a classic car by modernizing it—but we discuss the potential to apply this idea to categories beyond cars. With sustainability now a must-have in product creation, we believe the restomod concept is ripe for mainstream adoption. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:24 Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project RIP Apple Car. This Is Why It Died. CAN RESTOMOD CULTURE GO MAINSTREAM? – 08:28 Restomod Culture is Just Getting Started Charge Cars Fineeleven Singer Vehicle Design Electrogenic Mini Conversion Kit Totem Automobili How I Designed the MINI COOPER RESTOMODS—BEYOND AUTOMOTIVE – 21:39 Desire Path Twitter features invented by its users EOE Works Flop Rock Pixar Headquarters APPLICATIONS FOR MAKERS – 35:28 A proven strategy to keep old tractors safely running Are In-House Watch Movements Overrated? Vibram: Repair If You Care Bedrock Re-Soul Program ThredUp Resale Report Sashiko Kintsugi Recycling Is Beyond Fixing Rolex’s CPO Program Dieter Rams: 10 Principles of Good Design WEEKLY RECS – 57:41 Rhinoshield CrashGuard Peak Design Mobile Slim Wallet Brudertoys CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:06:26 **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدThis week, we discuss the tension between integrated in-car UX platforms vs Apple’s CarPlay & Android Auto. When, if ever, does it make sense to give up control of your product experience? FOLLOW-UPS – 02:21 Tesler’s Law, aka Conservation of Complexity Theodore Leavitt on Marketing Myopia @geoffbaron: The difference between PMs & developers @tr3v: No one was ever inspired by a KPI CARPLAY OR THE HIGHWAY – 12:20 @kirankripakaran on Threads Everybody hates GM’s decision to kill Apple CarPlay We need to talk about digital ownership BMW re-thinks on-demand services Car-seat install bricks new Ferrari Bang & Olufsen designed its new speaker for a long life Framework modular laptop Kia Reveals Modular EV Van Lineup Apple’s next-gen CarPlay Mini’s new giant circular OLED on the dash MKBHD: The Kia EV9 is Surprisingly Good! About those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors IMPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE MAKING PRODUCTS – 54:07 Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Antifragile Bezos Wisdom: “Focus on the things that don’t change” WEEKLY RECS – 01:02:00 Morgan Aeromax Troubleshooter: Morgan (1990) Troubleshooter: Morgan (2000) Perfect Days How Toilets Got a Starring Role in a Wim Wenders Movie Komorebi CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:11:13 (Image: Apple) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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1 WTF is a Product Manager? 1:09:41
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدThis week, we dive into Ernest's career as a product manager/product marketer and discuss what a product manager does, how to sift meaningful insights from the noise, how to enter the field & much more. FOLLOW-UPS – 02:25 Surprised by the Hot Hand Fallacy? Imagined Consumption Reduces Actual Consumption I placed too much faith in underpowered studies WTF IS A PRODUCT MANAGER? – 07:24 Ernest’s blog post on this topic Why The Hidden Risks Of Specialization Help Explain Crises How “Jobs to Be Done” Can Help You Make, Better UNDERSTANDING YOUR CUSTOMER – 12:04 THE PRODUCT BRIEF – 21:34 Give me the freedom of a tight brief GETTING TO THE WHY – 26:09 Coca-Cola “Polar Bowl” CHEERLEADING, MOMENTUM, HONESTY & RISK – 33:32 The Greatest Night in Pop THE DREADED ‘CEO PROJECT’ – 39:43 WHAT PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT PRODUCT MANAGEMENT – 41:47 Sports Product Management at University of Oregon HOW TO BECOME A PM – 45:06 Kicksology.net—Don’t Call it a Comeback Apple Hires Anand Lal Shimpi Google hires The Verge’s Deiter Bohn Architecture and design with Dami ADVICE TO YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD SELF – 53:22 Steve Jobs Secrets of Life WEEKLY RECS – 55:53 BBC Connections The Greatest Shot in Television Steve Jobs, internal “Chalk Talk” for NeXT, 1991 Naim Mu-So 2 Andrew Robinson’s review of the Mu-So 2 NeXT Cube Steve Jobs intro’s the original iMac CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:07:53 (Image credit: Ernest Kim) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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1 WTF is an Applied Microeconomist? 1:09:46
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدThis week, we dive into Joachim's career as an applied microeconomist. What does an applied microeconomist do, how is it relevant to product innovation, how do you enter the field, and much more! FOLLOW-UPS – 01:43 Margaret Heffernan: A Bigger Prize Ed Catmull on The Hungry Beast and the Ugly Baby WTF IS AN APPLIED MICROECONOMIST? – 08:44 David Hume: “Reason Is and Ought Only to Be the Slave of the Passions” Ariel Rubinstein: Dilemmas of an Economic Theorist Karl Marx: Theses on Feuerbach Mechanism Design THE ASSUMPTION OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR – 16:56 Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction How “Jobs to Be Done” Can Help You Make, Better MICRO- VS. MACRO-ECONOMICS – 23:58 APPLIED MICROECONOMICS & PRODUCT INNOVATION – 28:59 Tinker Hatfield, The Georges Pompidou Center & The Air Max 1 TEACHING VS. WORKING IN INDUSTRY – 37:16 The Perils of Crossing Over From Niche to Mainstream JOACHIM'S PATH TO APPLIED MICROECONOMICS – 42:58 Rage Against the Machine, Che Guevara T-Shirt Estimation of a Dynamic Auction Game Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed WHAT PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT ECONOMICS – 47:22 Surprised by the Hot Hand Fallacy? Uncertainty in the Hot Hand Fallacy Blaming Analytics for the 49ers Super Bowl Loss Kevin Slavin: How Algorithms Will Shape Our World HOW TO BECOME AN APPLIED MICROECONOMIST – 54:48 ADVICE TO YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD SELF – 57:35 WEEKLY RECS – 01:00:45 Tanaka Tatsuya: Miniature & Mitate Artist Tom Coates: How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse The fediverse, explained CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:08:48 (Image credit: Guillem Casasus for The Financial Times) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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1 Experimentation in Product Innovation 1:08:31
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پخش در آینده پخش در آینده لیست ها پسندیدن دوست داشته شدIn this episode, we challenge tech industry dogma around A/B testing & Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), and propose alternatives better suited to today’s post-low interest rate economy. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:41 Apple Vision Pros & Cons How to book a Vision Pro demo at an Apple Store Apple Vision Pro has finally made virtual reality worth it First insights about Apple Vision Pro optics Steve Jobs on the Post-PC Era Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not Anil Dash on Apple Vision Pro EXPERIMENTATION IN PRODUCT INNOVATION – 19:43 Building a Culture of Experimentation The Surprising Power of Online Experiments Computers suck now. They run on superstition, not science. CRITIQUE OF THE MVP APPROACH – 25:03 Minimum Viable Product Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of platforms PIXAR, BRAINTRUSTS & SAFETY – 33:45 The Marginalian reviews Ed Catmull’s Creativity, Inc. Toolbox: How “Jobs to Be Done” Can Help You Make, Better LIES, DAMN LIES & STATISTICS – 48:24 Science has been in a “replication crisis” for a decade REAL ARTISTS SHIP – 54:21 Andy Hertzfeld on the origin story behind this Jobs-ism WEEKLY RECS – 56:52 “Onigiri” Rice Balls: Kings of the Convenience Store History of Seven & I Holdings The Greatest Night in Pop The story behind “One Love” from Nas’ legendary Illmatic album CLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:07:20 (Image credit: Young Frankenstein / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
We dig into the perils of crossing over from niche to mainstream. How can a brand built on a niche product or service successfully expand its appeal? Should this even be an aspiration? FOLLOW-UPS – 01:24 “Low-Resource” Text Classification 78% MNIST accuracy using GZIP in under 10 lines of code MNIST by zip Clustering by compression Kolmogorov complexity Normalized compression distance ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web Last week’s cover art Apple’s LaserWriter Changed Everything (paywall) Adobe, Stability AI & Canva are starting to pay artists On Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow THE PERILS OF CROSSING OVER – 12:23 American Fiction’s Big Literary Showdown SCENE FROM AMERICAN FICTION – 14:27 THE CRUX – 16:00 Chris Wilcha Talks Gen X Angst Hodinkee Cuts a Fifth of Jobs (paywall) Maciej Ceglowski—Barely succeed! It’s easier! Pinboard CROSS-SUBSIDIES – 24:42 The car that saved Porsche (paywall) Windup Watch Fair When Movie Stars Become Brands Adam Curtis Interview KAIZEN – 29:25 What is Kaizen? William Gibson interview Stanley Cup Craze Nintendo CEO’s refusal to layoff staff goes viral FOCUS DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN SMALL – 36:25 WEEKLY RECS – 39:05 On Film Grain Emulation The “baseline” scene CLOSING & PREVIEW – 44:50 (Image credit: Clair Folger/Orion Releasing) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
Ernest & Joachim dive into the dilemma faced when a promising business opportunity conflicts with your own or your company's values. The duo offer perspectives on how to navigate this conflict, including tools you can apply to your day-to-day work making products. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:15 History of Jobs-to-Be-Done WHEN VALUES & OPPORTUNITY COLLIDE – 02:15 Follow us on Threads Apple’s Privacy Pledge Complicates Its AI Push Google staff criticize leadership over lack of vision What’s Gone Wrong at Boeing (paywall) Majority of Gen Zers would quit their jobs over company values SHOULD COMPANIES EXPRESS VALUES? – 04:52 What Should a Corporation’s Purpose Be? Apple is becoming an ad company despite privacy claims “Don’t be evil” isn’t a normal company value. NO, IT'S ON US TO HOLD & EXPRESS VALUES – 07:36 BUT WHAT IF YOUR & YOUR CO'S VALUES DON'T ALIGN? – 12:13 Stafford Beer The purpose of a system is what it does EMBEDDING VALUES THROUGH CORP STRUCTURE – 16:25 Patagonia’s New Ownership Structure OpenAI’s weird governance structure (paywall) Is Rolex a Nonprofit? IMPLICATIONS & TACTICS FOR PEOPLE MAKING PRODUCTS – 20:28 Inge Druckrey: Teaching to See Train (board game) Apple best-placed to benefit from AI Selling Subscriptions WEEKLY RECS – 31:37 Untrue (album) American Fiction ‘Watchmen’ Writer Cord Jefferson Poor Things CLOSING & PREVIEW – 37:36 (Image generated via Midjourney) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
Ernest & Joachim share a deep-dive on the jobs to be done approach to customer-centric product & service innovation. They explain what it is & why it matters, share real world examples of jobs-to-be-done in action, and highlight situations where it might not apply. FOLLOW-UPS – 01:11 Apple Vision Pros & Cons Disconnect Blog & Newsletter Tech Won't Save Us: Will AR Glasses Die Like Google Glass? SNL Weekend Update: Randall Meeks JOBS TO BE DONE: CONTEXT – 04:53 Steve Jobs on “speeds and feeds” marketing Theodore Levitt Samsung Electronics Launches Global Rollout of The Frame TV (2017) Samsung Frame 4K TV: The Gizmodo Review It’s hard to believe Samsung’s new, matte The Frame is actually a TV Samsung Electronics Sold One Million Units of ‘The Frame’ in 2021 JOBS TO BE DONE: DEFINITION – 09:03 Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done” Clayton Christensen: Increasing sales of milkshakes (2013) Nate Silver: The Signal and the Noise JOBS TO BE DONE: REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS – 15:39 Coca-Cola “Polar Bowl” PR/FAQ: the Amazon Working Backwards Framework for Product Innovation JOBS TO BE DONE: WATCH OUTS & BEST PRACTICES – 26:31 WEEKLY RECS – 30:39 Her Story The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail Schumpeter: The Prophet of Bust and Boom (paywall) Cautionary Tales Ep 6 – How Britain Invented, Then Ignored, Blitzkrieg CLOSING & PREVIEW – 39:07 (Image credit: Samsung) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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Ernest & Joachim debate Apple Vision Pro: Does it represent “the beginning of a new era for computing,” or will it offer more proof that VR is an answer to a question no one’s asking? E & J then highlight lessons that can be applied to anyone in the business of making products, irrespective of category. CONTEXT ON SPATIAL COMPUTING – 00:34 WWDC 2023: Apple Vision Pro Simon Greenwold's paper on Spatial Computing JOACHIM’S CASE – 03:01 Mentour Pilot: The Untold Story of Air France 447 ERNEST’S CASE – 09:16 Why the Apple Watch is Flopping (2015) Anticipated 2024 Units Sales for Apple Vision Pro Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Tech in Human History? Lessons From the Rise and Quick Decline of the First ‘Killer App’ (paywall) Apple Continues to Explore Health Capabilities of Vision Pro We Have Reached Peak Screen (paywall) Steve Jobs & the ‘Bicycle for the Mind’ KILLER APPS FOR SPATIAL COMPUTING – 23:24 Wolfram Mathematica visualizations for Arrival William Gibson’s 2020 novel, Agency ALTS TO FACE COMPUTERS – 28:54 Why The Mandalorian Uses Virtual Sets Over Green Screen The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses actually make the future look cool Future Interfaces Group LESSONS FOR MAKERS – 42:04 Shoe Dog, A Memoir by the Creator of Nike WEEKLY RECS – 46:48 Freevalve camless engine tech in the Koenigsegg Gemera Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview CLOSING & PREVIEW – 54:04 (Image credits: Left–Apple, Right–Meta) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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Get to know Ernest & Joachim, hear their hopes and dreams for Learn, Make, Learn, and get their first-ever weekly recommendations! INTRODUCTIONS Meet Joachim – 01:00 Meet Ernest – 10:21 PRODUCTS WITH A POINT OF VIEW – 18:51 OUR HOPES FOR LEARN, MAKE, LEARN – 23:53 WEEKLY RECOMMENDATIONS – 26:55 Joachim – Telehack Ernest – Lavinia Text of Ursula K Le Guin’s speech in acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Video of Le Guin’s speech , with a wonderful introduction by Neil Gaiman. CLOSING & PREVIEW OF OUR NEXT EPISODE – 36:21 (Episode artwork image credit: Apple) **** Rant, rave or otherwise via email at LearnMakeLearn@gmail.com or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow . CREDITS Theme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Drum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com…
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