Product at Shopify, dad, new Sacramentan
Sacramento, CA
Joined April 2012
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Ben Dear retweeted
Really easy to imagine some dipshit member of congress doing a bit about how “they’re spending YOUR tax dollars studying blood sugar hormones in EXOTIC LIZARDS” but that turns out to have been a key step in developing breakthrough obesity meds.
nytimes.com/2023/08/17/healt…
Shopify + Creators = ❤️
it’s a Creators 🌎
we’ve landed at #VidSummit2022 along with some of the hottest Creators in the game. and while we’re here, lemme tell you about some of the sweet tools we’ve created this year - specifically with Creators in mind 🧵
shopify.com/creators
Ben Dear retweeted
VidSummit is in for a treat: @Shopify’s “coolest” merchant-creator collab is here and I can’t stop eating them 😋 – at Los Angeles, CA
Ben Dear retweeted
"IT'S CALLED THE STARTER PLAN SO BASICALLY YOU PAY $5 A MONTH AND YOU CAN HAVE A STOREFRONT FOR YOUR MERCH OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CREATE, AND YOU GET TO START A BUSINESS FOR LESS THAN PROBABLY ANY STREAMING SERVICE"
shopify.com/starter
Ben Dear retweeted
The only thing worse than a country where the police can raid a former president is one where they can't.
Ben Dear retweeted
I guess some people are going to be disappointed when it turns out the world adopts enough policy to keep climate change to survivable levels without radically overthrowing capitalism or abandoning economic growth, but personally I think it's good.
Et tu, @pmarca?
Ben Dear retweeted
What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.
Remember when they spent years telling us to panic over the hole in the ozone layer and then suddenly just stopped talking about it and nobody ever mentioned the ozone layer again?
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
24 nations signed the Montreal Protocol limiting the use of CFCs in 1987. Scientists estimate that if the Montreal Protocol had never been implemented, the hole would have grown by 40 percent by 2013. Instead, the hole is expected to completely heal by 2050.
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…
Ben Dear retweeted
How can you go from sequence of a novel virus to 2 vaccines with 95% efficacy and safety (>75,000 participants in RCT trials) in 10 months and not, in 2.5 years, go after pan-β-coronavirus and nasal vaccines with the same aggressive (OWS) template?
Ben Dear retweeted
Here at @TheCityofSac we allow housing by right in commercial zones. We are assertively pursuing opportunities to work with our state, private and non-profit partners to turn underused commercial space into badly needed housing. @CalifDGS @AsmKevinMcCarty
sacbee.com/news/local/articl…
Ben Dear retweeted
This is a much bigger deal than most $SHOP shareholders likely realize
You say “link in bio”, @shopify we say “link in bio but make it shoppable.”
Introducing Linkpop: the link in bio tool built for commerce that allows your audience to buy & checkout directly from the link in bio page without ever leaving. linkpop.com/Harley
Excited to share what my team has been working on for a bit! Link in bio tools have become essential internet real estate, so we're building the best link in bio for selling products and monetizing an audience.
You say “link in bio”, @shopify we say “link in bio but make it shoppable.”
Introducing Linkpop: the link in bio tool built for commerce that allows your audience to buy & checkout directly from the link in bio page without ever leaving. linkpop.com/Harley
Ben Dear retweeted
Several years into GDPR, it remains fucking bonkers in practice. Every site on the internet gets an awful pop-up that no one reads and clicks anything to make it go away as quickly as possible. It’s an idea that 100% backfired and is pointless and makes every website worse. – at Paddington, London
Ben Dear retweeted
Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow's metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash
Ben Dear retweeted
This whole "the NYT ruined Wordle!" thing is a great case study in confirmation bias. It also gives us some insight into human nature that helps explain how conspiracy theories work.
Ben Dear retweeted
Motion to rename “online advertising” to “small business customer discovery and economic growth technology”.
Ben Dear retweeted
⚡️ I’m excited to announce a brand new career onramp for those interested in growth: The @Shopify Growth Apprentice Program ⚡️
This is a unique oppty to learn growth as part of Shopify's growth team. Apply: gap.shopify.com
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