Dev Bala

Product @Coursera | Coach @StanfordMensLax | Alum @MITSloan, @WUSTL | Proud son of St. Louis, MO

[Dev Bala @devbala]

My thoughts exactly, every single day.

[NHL @NHL]

"I couldn't be more proud to be from St. Louis." - @patmaroon #StanleyCup

[Dev Bala @devbala]

I have had this argument many times at my house! I’m from STL and I’ve always heard it as paper, rock, scissors. Plus they beat each other in that order, which I always figured made even more sense @UncleCharlie50

[Adam Wainwright @UncleCharlie50]

Big discussion over here at my house. How do you say it: rock, paper, scissors
Or
Paper, rock, scissors ?
We say paper rock scissors and I think that’s a thing in the south. Maybe? Starting with rock sounds bad to me.

[Dev Bala @devbala]

That’s our guy @stanfordmenslax! Love me some dip & dash.

[World Lacrosse @WorldLacrosse]

Dash Tsai has one speed, and it's FAST ⚡

#WLMC | #SanDiego2023

[Dev Bala @devbala]

Decker is one of my guys @stanfordmenslax and I’m so proud of him for speaking up and telling his story. Here’s hoping it sparks change.

[Nathan Harden @NathanHarden]

"Stanford now has more than 10,000 administrators who oversee the 7,761 undergraduate and 9,565 graduate students—almost enough for each student to have their own personal butler. "

https://t.co/qCIYHo6Lw2

[Dev Bala @devbala]

Khushi just created a lot of extra spelling homework for Indian kids around the world with that one 🤦🏽‍♂️

[Dev Bala @devbala]

@SahilBloom Legit question for you @SahilBloom: how do you react when someone you thought was a “darkest hour friend” turns out not to be? I struggle with that one…

[Dev Bala @devbala]

@SahilBloom Sure, this is true @SahilBloom - but it's also true that Google (or any other company) cannot innovate their way into someone else's proprietary walled garden. So they do what they can, which is compete elsewhere.

[Dev Bala @devbala]

I remember watching the morning after and thinking the moment was peak hubris. I've enjoyed watching it all fall down.

[Dev Bala @devbala]

As someone who was directly responsible for building the developer ecosystem for Facebook Portal, I completely agree. It shocked top mgmt that 3p partners didn’t want to build on our device stack. They assumed it would be easy as social partnerships.

[@jason @Jason]

My Contrarian view: Apple AR headset will be a huge hit with a ton of killer apps quickly emerging — embarrassing $meta which had a massive head start, but didn’t court developers properly

[Dev Bala @devbala]

@BeeBimBop I take my kids with me and have them get free snacks from the WF kids corner/club. My small way of sticking it to the man 🤣

[Dev Bala @devbala]

This dude giving @MIT a bad name 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The absolute pinnacle of human determination is found when you’re faced with the task of carrying 10 bags in from the car and you stubbornly refuse to do it in more than one trip.

[Dev Bala @devbala]

Words to live by: NEVER GIVE UP

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Dusty Baker went FORTY YEARS in between World Series titles, after winning in 1981 as a player

That’s the most years b/w any 2 World Series wins as player (min 1 PS game played) and/or manager

Prior longest such stretch: 29 years, by Bob Lemon

NEVER GIVE UP

h/t @EliasSports

[Dev Bala @devbala]

The App Store continues to make a strong case for antitrust reform if not outright legal action.

[Eric Seufert @eric_seufert]

Apple has update its App Store guidelines to require that social media post “boosts” be purchased as IAPs, entitling Apple to 30% of that advertising revenue. This is new as of iOS 16.1, which was released today

[Dev Bala @devbala]

If you ever feel like big tech has fixed all the easy problems, remember it takes six clicks to import an ICS appointment into @GoogleWorkspace. Even they have room to improve 😉

[Dev Bala @devbala]

They will never be fully out of inventory, bc that = failure. This is a slow burn to graceful irrelevancy.

[Dev Bala @devbala]

Sigh. I hate what so many of us I'm the valley have created these past 15 yrs.

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

#YouHaveNotifications

[Dev Bala @devbala]

Terrific summary of the inspiring team @InclusivelyAI and their vision for a more inclusive future. I'm honored to support them!

[MIT Sloan Alumni @MITSloanAlumni]

After taking second place at the @mit100k Entrepreneurship Competition Launch event in May, @InclusivelyAI wants to make DEI even more actionable.

https://t.co/DHGzPtv5Da

[Dev Bala @devbala]

I've seen this move many times @stanfordmenslax!

[Joe Tsai @joetsai1999]

World Lacrosse U21 men’s championships. Hong Kong v Netherlands. Dash Tsai makes the Dutch pay 💰 🤣

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

One of the best pieces of research/media this week:

For poor children, living in an area where people have more friendships that cut across class lines significantly increases how much they earn in adulthood
https://t.co/gNouFPrLMo

[Stanford Lacrosse @stanfordmenslax]

Congratulations to our 2022 Scholar Athletes: Brian Hanley, John Whiting, and Ryan McJannet!