Erik Nelson

making a new imessage for people + agents prev consumer product founder

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

yes!!!! it's not about a chat or a component... it's about weaving context to give people the best product in any given moment

h/t @bchesky the voiceover is incredible for this demo

[TBPN @tbpn]

"I do not think a chatbot is the right interface for travel or e-commerce." - @bchesky

"I think the future is not apps. The future is agents, but I don't think they're going to be text-forward. I think they're going to be really rich user interfaces."

"Imagine using iMessage to do everything, when in fact every other app has a unique interface."

"With e-commerce, you want a very rich user interface. It would be agentic. You can have a conversation with it, but the point is that it has to be more visual."

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

setting up agents with connections to existing tools feels like giving someone a new set of horseshoes for their flying car

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@nikita_builds Agents are power users not bots

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@mvanhorn @trevin printing press has been inspiring

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

The Printing Press by @mvanhorn and @trevin is the future of products and distribution.

You can now meet users wherever they are which means wherever they interact with their agents (slack, discord, telegram, imessage, contact).

Successful products are built by teams who are power users and listen to external user feedback.

But when your users are agents, they can be your biggest user and top contributor.

Agents are power users, not bots.

Products that win will be ones who embrace agents as consumers and producers.

By doing this you’ll outcompete any team that enters user feedback into a ticket backlog.

If your company is on the printing press it’s a strong signal you have agents as power users that you should listen to.

And if your company isn’t (or your competitor is) it’s a strong signal you are isolating your biggest market of power users.

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

Obsession was the most my jaw dropped watching a movie in a while

The production of it also happens to be incredibly inspiring. Total focus on making a movie people want

[frostzy @lmkifiwin]

a horror movie made for $750,000 is about to become one of the most profitable films ever made.

Obsession - shot in 20 days in Alabama by a 26-year-old YouTuber with no stars in the cast - is now eyeing a $250 million+ box office finish. that's a return north of 300 times its budget. it's already the highest-grossing release in Focus Features history.

now look at what the industry spent that same money on:
- Joker: Folie a Deux - ~$200 million budget. a punchline.
- Mickey 17 - ~$118 million. forgotten in a month.
- The Mandalorian & Grogu - $165 million, 7 years, the entire Lucasfilm machine. it's currently losing the weekday box office to... Obsession.

Hollywood keeps insisting you need $200 million, a pre-sold IP, and a marketing budget the size of a small country to make a hit. then a guy with a camera, a wish-granting toy, and three weeks in Alabama outearned all of them on a rounding error of their catering bill.

the most profitable movie of the year cost less than a single second of screen time in the average blockbuster. turns out audiences never wanted the budget. they wanted a good movie.

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

> pregnancy announcement game
> personalized lawn care guide
> family trip planner
> pop culture mood boards

these are just a few things friends and family with 0 AI subscriptions have created by adding an agent to our group chats

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@jackfriks How’s this one? https://t.co/3dZNSeIxRN

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@FlyaKiet need a group chat with them all

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

yes!!!! it's not about a chat or a component... it's about weaving context to give people the best product in any given moment

h/t @bchesky the voiceover is incredible for this demo

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@thekitze @shadcn wait same

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

The average consumer doesn’t realize their own demand for compute

iCloud and Google Drive has brought a new generation to understand cloud storage but their demand for compute is hidden and left to services to handle

People will want to do stuff with all of their things in cloud storage that generalized apps can’t always service

[Haseeb ＞|＜ @hosseeb]

Compute is the new currency

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@0thernet The infinity stones must be collected

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@mvanhorn all of the above with printing press clis throughout
gh: eabnelson

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@nickgraynews One small extension cord away from glory

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@r_marked 👀👀

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@mvanhorn @ppressdev printing press cli —> vercel json render —> in message threat components

And a component identifier skill for the agent to know what components it can use

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@BobbyThakkar finally gets offline to read a book

book becomes sentient

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@benhylak @bchesky bring any agent or person into a familiar interface https://t.co/KWtgWg1y1G

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

yes!!!! it's not about a chat or a component... it's about weaving context to give people the best product in any given moment

h/t @bchesky the voiceover is incredible for this demo

[Erik Nelson @eabnelson]

@OpenAI Like this?