Chad Thornton

Designed Gmail Chat when you were a wee pup. Fan of Fitts's Law and also alliteration. Up for interesting collabs.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@litexev What makes fl studio's piano roll so much better? I'm more of a "play it in live" guy, but maybe that's because I haven't met the right piano roll.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@farayofsun Such nice execution. Any chance you'd post this on Github? Would love to make this a screensaver, perhaps add a couple parameters (wind randomization, plant types, time of day / quality of light?)

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@tallneil @mortenjust Bless you for naming it!

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@tylerangert It’s effectively a pickwhip. After Effects has had one forever. Though theirs is a little more…energetic?

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@Sinevibes Curious what platforms you'll be targeting. Same as usual? Anything new?

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@alexhillman @afalk @webology Ran it and loved it. So much hoarding. Any plans to expand the smaugiverse to include reddit etc.?

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@stuhlmueller That sawtooth goes hard.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

When the thing you think is the expressive part isn't. https://t.co/rvi7SuspET

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@VivaLaPanda @usgraphics @lightningboltz loves them

[Elicit @elicitorg]

.@POTUS has been asking for evidence on the effectiveness of covid vaccines, saying the "CDC is being ripped apart over this question."

At Elicit, we strongly believe in evidence-based policymaking. We also know that evidence synthesis is hard - there's a lot of information out there. Some of it seems contradictory. Not all evidence is high quality.

@POTUS, @CDCgov - here are 604 published studies related to the effectiveness of covid vaccines.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@benjaminnathan SVG / vector icon support? Help wrangle the client logo lists of the world.

[Jungwon @jungofthewon]

For science.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@lightningboltz You should do at least one with salad spinners for rims

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

“Design leader” announces they’re joining DOGE. Congrats ensues. WTF. Really?

I’m confused: do you not understand how it operates (illegally, callously, stupidly), or does that excite you? No one’s going to heroically design those attributes away.

[Andreas Stuhlmüller @stuhlmueller]

Highly recommend the video walkthrough by @jungofthewon : https://t.co/9rJfX9ccda

[Aaron Tay @aarontay]

Also did I mention, Elicit's the only one where it makes it so easy to check the generated statements against the paper? So far, none of the "deep" ones I tested even academic ones do this yet. Kinda surprised this isn't the standard already. (4)

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

@tareqismail Thanks Tareq! Yana did that research question refinement UX — kudos to her.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

Finally, a quick shoutout to my Elicit co-workers. You inspire me. Holy wow, what a crew. I'm excited for what's next, and we're the team to do it.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

“May you work on hard problems” is the designer’s version of “may you live in interesting times” — both a blessing and a curse.

https://t.co/fqybo5U941

[Elicit @elicitorg]

Introducing Elicit Systematic Reviews!

Elicit now supports automated search, title & abstract screening, and data extraction, all in one step-by-step flow.

We built this to accelerate power researchers without asking them to sacrifice control. You can do the whole thing manually, or run an automated review in 9 clicks.

How it works:

1/ Your review starts with a research question. Elicit suggests ways to clarify your question and additional angles to analyze.

[Chad Thornton @chadtee]

If you try Elicit's new product, a gentle reminder: you might benefit from it 🤞, but you're likely not the intended audience. It’s more AfterEffects than Canva — professional grade, for folks reading research papers daily.