Derek Nordgren

Engineering Director @Hudl empowering teams to connect with their fans @ Prev: co-founded @ConciseRG. Married to the incredible @ellenleslie. ✝️

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

@GeminiApp Also, as a voice mode nitpick, I find myself wanting the voices to *talk faster*. Spit it out. I find myself wanting a fast-talking New Yorker pace. I can always ask to repeat or reframe.

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

Hey @GeminiApp I want to be able to call Gemini like I can with 1-800-CHATGPT

1-800-4-GEMINI ?

I know I can use in-app voice mode. I've gotten a lot of value by using voice mode with GenAI models to write docs, learn concepts or sharpen planning while driving on my commute. When I'm thinking while driving, and decide I want to talk to Gemini, it's too clunky now - several taps to unlock my phone, launch the app, launch voice mode, turn the volume up, etc. not to mention dangerous while driving.

Phone calls are just so deeply ingrained in so much of our tech (single tap, no phone unlock to make a call via Bluetooth integration in my 2015 truck) that the pattern is deeply accessible in many contexts that I think would benefit Gemini usage. I can do this today with 1-800-CHATGPT. It's a slick service, but I pay for/most heavily use Gemini.

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

@GeminiApp I'd love if Google would recognize my number and associate the chat log with my Gemini account just like voice mode does. Tesla/X.ai are already paving the way here: https://t.co/RfJYJWxGq8

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This actually works in Teslas right now

[Los Angeles Chargers @chargers]

BIRDS AREN’T REAL

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Killa Cam 🔥

The most strikeouts by a Yankees rookie in a postseason game 👏

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

@nikitabier @X As someone who spends too much time on this site, this made my day. Elon's focus on hiring and inspiring great people to do really big things is back. @nikitabier is the perfect person for this role and is one of the best accounts on this site. Fab news.

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

Livestreaming is a challenging engineering discipline and immensely so at Netflix's scale. But a lot of the friction felt like unforced errors. @amazon Prime's TNF broadcasts are miles ahead on minimal friction and stable streams IMO.

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

These @netflix NFL games are pretty bad

1/ I had to reactivate my account to watch (I had cancelled last month, they got me again like a sucker). I signed on a bit after kickoff thinking it'd be a "two taps" sort of process to get back to watching since I already had an account. I was wrong. It was a huge PITA. Couldn't do it on the iOS app due to in-app payments not enabled. Fine, they don't want to give Apple a 30% cut. But then Safari on mobile wouldn't allow me to login (??) due to some apparent client-side browser issue (??) Switched to Firefox on iOS and that worked (??) Took probably 10 min to get my account reactivated and paid.

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

5/ Games themselves weren't very good this year (not Netflix's fault, but didn't help their case given the above). I turned both off before the end of the game. On a usual Sunday I'd probably keep them on til the end but have better things to do on Christmas Day.

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

Unanimous 💪 All Rise!

Gotta break out the big bucks and bring back Soto too.

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

All Rise for the MVP 💙

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

Hey @onepeloton you should have music I listen to during class count towards my @Spotify listening activity. It's hours and hours per year and I want all the Denis Morton and Sam Yo classic rock deep cuts to count towards my Spotify Unwrapped 😁

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

I wish it were a team I could get behind a bit more...but given it's a good cause, thanks to the @Eagles for getting Philly-area schools Hudl Focus cameras! https://t.co/oEZcjKjb3n

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Your 2024 American League Champions: The New York Yankees.

[Derek Nordgren @dereknordgren]

The big boys are swinging the bats LFG! Back to back homers!

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Oh G, OH MY!