.@scspeier, Head of Design at @perplexity_ai, shares how his team uses their own product to build tools for themselves and shape new capabilities for Computer. 00:00 How Perplexity's design team works 02:11 Why designers are spending more time building 06:41 Why designers should make their own tools 08:17 Turning a marketing request into a self-serve design tool 11:38 When an internal tool becomes a product opportunity 13:01 A look at the tools Perplexity's designers use internally 21:25 How design tools influence the way a brand looks 24:39 How to get your team started building its own tools 26:28 Balancing self-serve design tools with brand quality

“And by the way... it's not that we're suffering out here. It's that there's so much good stuff happening, so many new things, & it's exciting to build. It's exciting to ship.”

First of Kind returns this week. Season 3 debuts with E01 @rauchg Follow @firstofkind or sign up at firstofkind.com to get notified when it drops.

Distribution is not a moat. Execution is not a moat. Brand is not a moat.

we made a game where you find the bug in openai’s office it’s called Chat & Mouse hope you enjoy

You do not need a new CFO. You just need agents that work. No need to configure skills, and integrations and workflows and context and agents. Your existing CFO has the judgement and taste, they shouldn’t be replaced by some kid who can talk to Claude. The AI labs building stuff for themselves is great. Their core competency is building agents. 99% of companies can’t do that. Finance & accounting orgs love Basis precisely because they don’t need to become engineers to do their job. It just works.

we've been joking about working with @tonyhawk for years. he loves ramps. we love ramp. it's finally happening 🛹

NYC! We are BACK on October 22nd with @matamalaortiz, @minafahmi, and @alexleiphart. We'll hear about the generative UI research happening @runwayml, the design thinking behind @sandbar's Stream ring, and the agentic brand systems being built @littleplainsxo. Big night!

We’ve had a blast learning with you, and now we’re scaling up every piece of what we do. With the support of @trybasis, we’re going all in on our mission to become NYC’s home for designers and builders. In this next chapter, we’ll be focused on producing industry-shaping events and media for our community here in NYC and our friends beyond. Our own @falcone_design talked with @simoncorry and @mitch_troy about Basis betting on Double Diamond, and the power of new media and real community. (00:00) John and Simon join Basis to build Labs (00:34) The origin of Double Diamond (04:06) Why Basis is supporting Double Diamond (07:55) Why traditional recruitment is dead (11:46) Becoming a meat proxy (16:13) Babysitting Claude vs becoming prolific (25:21) Leading users to the future (31:34) Design systems are not solved (37:46) Nobody cares about accounting (42:12) Accounting as the foundation of capitalism

I do wish WoW had a shorter day/night cycle. Like maybe 6 hours? 3hr day 3 hr night so 4 cycles in a 24hr day. I’ve only been able to play at night and haven’t gotten to see the world during the day. Would be great for folks who work overnights, but idk if it’s realistic for the way the game is made. @AggrendWoW

vibes @DoubleDiamondHQ lowkey mogging @tryramp design night

Hope you enjoyed your summer. Fall has returned to NYC, and so have we. We'll see you tonight in Chinatown.