elina

i'm building Lexie for my kids (and yours)

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

the feature in edtech that actually drives learning outcomes isn’t better spaced repetition algo or adaptive content.

what really matters is that your product:

- has questions you can’t guess your way through
- tells you when you got it wrong
- forces you to read why

without these, you don’t have a study tool. you have a clicking simulator that feels like learning but isn’t.

99% of edtech fails at this because they remove friction in the wrong places and optimize for engagement.

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

starting a company has the same problem as starting a band. some people want to play, some people want to be in a band.

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@signulll my mind is not active. what now

[Lexie @LexieLearn]

the feature in edtech that drives learning outcomes is that your product:

- has questions you can’t guess your way through
- tells you when you got it wrong
- forces you to read why

without these, you don’t have a study tool. you have a clicking simulator.

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

/imagine my spine but make it cinematic, golden hour, --raw, --ar 16:9 --no kidney stones

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@seraleev every banned tactic is a workaround for not knowing whether the app is worth paying for (which it’s usually not). please let hard paywalls be next on the list.

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@paulg to me preparing sufficiently includes rehearsing the conditions, not just the content. that’s what i try to teach.

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@Adam_Karpiak shot straight to the top of the bucket list

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

tyttö. tytön, tyttöä, tyttöön, tytössä, tytöstä, tytölle, tytöltä, tytöllä, tyttönä, tytöksi, tytöttä, tyttöineen, tytöin, tyttöni, tyttösi, tyttönsä, tyttömme, tyttönne, tytössäni, tytössäsi, tytölläni, tytölleni, tytöllesi, tytöksenikään, tytölläsikään, tyttönäsikään, tytöltäsikään, tytöksesikö, tytölleksikökään…

you don’t get one girl. you get all of them

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@InsideLucysHead this is just how we talk. you’ll learn to love it or you’ll move to sweden, those are the options

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@petergyang move to finland. kids bike themselves to practice at 7, you dictate to codex in peace. we just don't tell americans

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

code to prompts to loops to standing in the server room saying good job

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

happy to be the exception here

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@bengold sand gets everywhere

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@Abhinavstwt worth it if you'll actually stand. most ppl own a very expensive reminder that they don't including me.

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@yacineMTB crazier in practice

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

this is physically painful

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@hthieblot not fearless. just numb

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@annieqyang raising my hand as one of the ladies. building a study app for teenagers, who are famously not in tech and famously a nightmare to build for, which is how i know it's real work

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@simongerman600 three fluently plus two i ruin at parties. so yes can confirm.

[elina @ElinaPatjas]

@signulll counterpoint: today i talked to someone for 15 min and it felt like 2.5 hours