Kenny Friedman

I care about humans, computers, and interfaces. But mostly humans.
Currently @apple, previously @magicleap @mit

I'm also at

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This is what I've been working on at Apple. I hope you like it.

https://t.co/W4xEOD4vS9

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My team and I have been working on Siri AI, an entirely new version of Siri.

It’s been a big team effort! I hope you like it.

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@mattyp @colinhacks These are examples of windows, and some of us really like them 😊

(via https://t.co/qaRSvIj1X3)

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@daltonc @semiozz @gruber @aaronsw https://t.co/GuwuH79gm9

[John Gruber @gruber]

@adders A niggle: I am Markdown’s sole creator, not co-creator. I assume, you’re thinking of Aaron Swartz, whose feedback was instrumental…

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@SFBARTalert Was this scheduled or unscheduled maintenance?

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@TechEmails similar energy
https://t.co/TDOCEJuO4M

[Internal Tech Emails @TechEmails]

Steve Jobs emails Adobe's CEO

May 26, 2005

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@matthewskiles @macbartender @dieworkwear

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@raphaelschaad The capital R in your URL results in a 404 error.

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@benhylak https://t.co/bn1DrZmz6D

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@sharifshameem https://t.co/TEHTkF9hRG

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@snowmaker > we called it YC research, but it eventually got renamed open AI

This is weird though, because it's incorrect — right? Or am I missing something?

From the Wikipedia page for YC:

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@faythebest Looks great! What experiences did she try?

[Julia Marcus @MadEyeMarcus]

I think part of growing up is realizing that nothing will ever make you feel as whole and buoyant as Modern Vampires of the City did

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thinking about this again

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If you’ve ever referred to an engineer, or any human, as a “resource”, you’ve already lost.

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@adigunturu @Freya_Wyy @nandizhang_ @rubaiat @ryosuzk Fantastic work

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@colinhacks @sptonjohn no way this wasn’t staged.

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@ShriramKMurthi True. The side note on my blog post mentions the absurdity.

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My 2019 write up of it: The 2034 Website

https://t.co/9BvnTaaHxR

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When I rebuilt a class website at MIT, I wanted it to last 15 years after I left.

I used static HTML/CSS, minimal JS. Python / Flask backend. SQLite DB.

It handles users, grades, recitations, lectures. Has a custom built CMS.

5 years later, no one's broken it yet.

[Omar Rizwan @rsnous]

how many 'modern' tools will run 30 years in the future, compared to plain HTML? will you even be able to build the site? (are these tools even intended for such a periodic cycle, or are they made for Facebook and Google teams of people continuously maintaining their engine?)

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@Flomerboy wow!

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@rsms Congrats! That's very exciting. I remember long ago downloading the the _first_ preview 😉 At the time, I believe some primitive shapes would be drawn on screen.