Based in the SF bay area. Husband to Dara, father to Ben and Sam. Design Manager at Google, co-founder of Cuban Council, investor, adviser, pizza maker.
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🔥 Character Labs is BACK by popular demand — applications are open now until July 19 for pre-seed founders building in AI.
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I've been waiting a year for this... Character Labs is BAAAAAACK!
ICYMI, Labs is our four-week sprint program for AI founders. Like an accelerator, but 100% focused on product-market fit.
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We partnered with @MarthaStewart to make a life-sized severed hand candle. Introducing the Dismembered Moments Luxury Candle. Yes, you can really buy it here: martha.com/liquiddeath #liquiddeath
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No matter where you are in your professional journey, Google Career Certificates can help you level up your skills and get you on the path to new opportunities → goo.gle/3Gt7ZPC #GrowWithGoogle
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Anyone even tangentially connected to UX design knows that the demand for designers has never been higher. This should come as no surprise to anyone in the tech industry. However, the question remains, how did we get here and how do we get out? It comes down to a few dynamics…
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I'm looking for people who align with your vision at @metabase of democratizing access to data worldwide and to do that as part of a global, distributed team. It's about taking a product people love, making it even better, and bringing it to more organizations everywhere.
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Our biggest news announcement ever:
FWA is officially up for Sale:
thefwa.com/fwa-for-sale/
Please help us find a new owner for FWA to take the project forward and to achieve new heights.
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🥁🥁🥁… Best of Google Design 2020 is officially here! This year’s featured projects, largely completed remotely, exemplify resilience & flexibility. Give a round of 👏👏👏 to our colleagues & explore our annual yearbook of brilliant works → goo.gle/best-of-2020 #BestofGD
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Benefits of variable fonts?
☑️ Better compression for developers
☑️ Greater expression for designers
☑️ Finer text typography for readers
@lorp & @googlefonts' @davelab6 explore what defines #variablefonts and how best to use them in our latest: goo.gle/3nij6jM
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College degrees are out of reach for many Americans, and you shouldn’t need a college diploma to have economic security. Today we’re announcing Google Career Certificates from #GrowWithGoogle to help job seekers prepare for careers in high-growth fields. goo.gle/3evINcc
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.@AsifBaki heads up @Google’s Next Billion Users project, a dedicated group of UX researchers and technologists asking questions like, “What are the needs of people living in rapidly growing global communities in Mexico City or Jakarta?” Learn more 👇
If ever there was a time to think about problems more broadly, it's now 🌎 Out today, a conversation with @asifbaki who leads UXR for @Google’s Next Billion Users project. Hope you’re all doing well and staying safe ❤️ bit.ly/34q09nh
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📣💥ActionConquersFear.org is live! 💥📣
@treehouse has teamed up with @basecamp @calm @withjour and @risescience to donate 300 Empowerment Packs ($771 value each) to people who’ve been affected by Coronavirus.
Please retweet and help others! 🤗🙏
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🤝 Last year marked five years as a proud partner of @SCADdotedu’s design and innovation studio. In it, students solve real problems and present their work to @Google experts → goo.gle/2uD95Iv #SCADPro
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In a new episode of Overtime, we chat with @GoogleDesign Creative Director Christopher Morabito. Learn all about what it takes to design products used by billions of people around the world: buff.ly/2L6gHJv
#overtime #podcast #design #designpodcast #google #googledesign
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Only a few days left to apply for the @plusdiversity Fellowship Program! We've partnered with amazing leaders from around the industry (e.g. Microsoft, Google and more) to support, mentor and provide access to our fellows. Apply today: tinyurl.com/yyuka7v6 #dplusdcon #design
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We are so thrilled to have @GoogleDesign as a Premier Sponsor for #LDNYC this June! They'll be helping us look after our amazing speakers+sponsoring our glorious opening party! Come and find them and say hello in Williamsburg!
ALT Glorious views over Williamsburg from one of our party venues!
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What sparks eureka moments? 💥💡@Google UX Director @jensr explores how participation, empathy & intuition can lead to meaningful team breakthroughs goo.gl/iSVvKJ
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Check out my latest article in @FastCompany: Diversity: It's not them, it's you.
fastcompany.com/90299549/div…
