Joe Fernandez

Building allUP. Previously cofounder and ceo of Joymode and Klout. Just trying to get enough beans to make a burrito

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@swyx @dtran320 @akothari @NotionHQ @ivan sold the company more than 12 years ago -> https://t.co/GgYzSoMXNx

[David Tran @dtran320]

@swyx @akothari @NotionHQ @ivan The most memorable story of these for me is @JoeFernandez stalking the owner on X, then showing up and sliding an envelope with $5k in cash across a restaurant table to get klout dot com

source: https://t.co/NEuvXnNC8p

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

Codex is better is the new "I am leaving" (or returning) to SF post

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@julien which obsidian thing?

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@pitdesi @davidsven Clearspace is basically this for me cc @rbfasho

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@whatdotcd have gained the skills to pick up shifts at cvs pharmacy

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

So far I find claude design to be the first garbage anthropic product

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

I was lucky enough to have @bingfish on my board and 10 years later those conversations still impact the work I do. Can't wait to read this book.

[bing gordon @bingfish]

Friends, I’m excited to announce that my new book, Everybody Wins, will be out this October with Penguin Random House, and is now available for preorder!

https://t.co/Tx2eTQlr3t

What makes great video games so satisfying, engaging, and retentive? Some twenty years ago, when EA Sports and The Sims were at the peak of their powers, I wondered if I could recreate the magic of video games in other kinds of consumer products, and other walks of life entirely. What I came back with was my “Gamification Checklist,” which broke down the elements of great games and franchises, and began to imagine how I could export it.

I’ve taken what I know from decades in the games business to help build newer companies and products like Amazon Prime, Zynga, Duolingo, Spotify, Twitch, Coursera, Pokémon Go, Take Two, Cameo, Thrive Global, My Fitness Pal, and Alan Health. Now, daughter Chloe and I have written a book to share my “Gamification Checklist” with, well, everyone.

I wrote Everybody Wins to share my stories and lessons from more than four decades in the biggest entertainment industry in the world. If you’re building a product, a company, a game, or classroom curriculum, if you’re a fan of gaming, a founder or a leader, or even a parent trying to understand Roblox better, my hope is that this book offers a new lens on what it means to succeed and why, in the best systems, everybody wins.

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@Dmitriy_Grey_AI 100%

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

The biggest career growth trap right now is being in a big company where you don't feel pressure to really get up to speed on AI

[Matt B @b4bendetta]

@EllliotttB We need to bring back @klout. There's way too much slop getting attention. Give it to the people who are authentic, with takes grounded in common sense. cc @JoeFernandez

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@kevinrose @basic_in @digg We've got to reunite that Bonanza computers class and pull some Klout into this 🤣. Excited to check this out!

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@BeesBytes22 @Janastas Yeah, there was a fire there early in covid lockdown and it's been sitting since then

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

One thing I see in my neighborhood in LA with Prop 13 is that there are at least 8 houses in a 2 block radius that have been empty for 5+ years. People who owned them have passed and it's so cheap for their kids just to leave it sitting. Bad for the neighborhood and city

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@BeesBytes22 @Janastas It can be hard to tell at a glance. DM if you need addresses. It's really nuts

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@BeesBytes22 @Janastas that's exactly where I am. Walk down Monon St under the bridge and then around the Holly Knoll loop. You'll see several

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@bita___s @razibkhan it's not bad for a city with a major housing shortage to have empty houses?

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@bbellina yeah i think that's great but these have been sitting empty for years

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@kaitybella i think some of these kids are faking that they live there and leaving it empty

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@Janastas @BeesBytes22 yeah there's definitely an element of that. i've seen the kids checking on some of these houses and they are clearly older and more established themselves

[Joe Fernandez @JoeFernandez]

@Janastas @BeesBytes22 we're closer to franklin hills and maybe its just a fluke but it's really crazy how many there are around us just sitting empty