Jon Russell

Messaging PM @slackhq. Formerly Product @blueapron, @movableink, @ebay, @hunch

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@CMShahanaHanif It’s awful how poorly this is done. Drivers way more aggressive to pedestrians and other drivers now so it feels much more dangerous. And where’s any enforcement? Cars in the bus lane and passing via the empty bus lane in the other direction all the time.

[Slack @SlackHQ]

👋 Hi, hello. How's it going? A small announcement:

Slack now (finally) supports underlining text! 🎉

✍️ Emphasize your messages.
❗️Underscore important points.
🏅Give CMD+U something to do.

How will you put underlining to use? 👀

[Jeff Morris Jr. @jmj]

Everyone talks about AI slop.
No one talks about PE (private equity) slop.

- restaurants that lost their soul
- medical practices that feel like assembly lines
- apartment buildings designed by an Excel formula

The algorithm didn’t kill culture. The margin model did.

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@patrickc How many others would align though? One thing to see three correlate but could be a macro trend across more than just these three?

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@rjonesy @orienwu Yes. You have two weeks to bring the old phone in for the trade in.

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@stevesi Red badges to signup for things I already have. The persistent reminders to enable Siri are framed as “finish setting up your phone.” I opted for no and I keep being nagged for a yes…

iMessage promotional messages were the beginning of the end. This will keep getting worse.

[Blake Scholl 🛫 @bscholl]

https://t.co/e8t7X5BeiV

[critical_thinker @hypos0v]

@WallStreetApes Print this out for when you need it.

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@shreyas The way I’d put it is fridays many fewer are working from manhattan. And your event is likely gonna be there. So you’d definitely miss many attendees on a Friday imho.

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@kimmytaylor Allegra daily and an occasional saline nasal spray. Also had allergies come around in my mid 30s

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

Never, ever buy a product you first learn about on Amazon. All junk unless you verified it isn’t crap elsewhere first.

[Granite Mtn. @gran1te_mtn]

Amazon is genuinely pretty bad now and every product is called something like “Wireless Bluetooth 5.4 Earbuds LED Power Display, Deep Bass Stereo Sound, 100-Hour Playtime, Noise Cancelling Waterproof Sweatproof Lightweight Earphones for Sport Running Gym Workout iOS Android”

[Abraham John 🦄🦓 @Abmankendrick]

This can’t just be a coincidence 👀

Severance / Slack

[sam @sam_d_1995]

here’s a crazy fact: the average weekday ridership for the MTA is higher than the population of 30 U.S. states

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Gene Hackman as Royal Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@sdamico Cool power but what an awful spot for a screen that is far too large for its actual utility. Hard to see this as a cooking focused tool with an iPad in the middle where I want a 5th burner

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

New release from me and my team at Slack! 🚀

[Slack @SlackHQ]

Never miss an important message again.

Say hello to VIPs, now in Slack. 💫

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@youwouldntpost Only til the wings dropped though

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@longisland @goldbelly @bagelboss App checkout isn’t working. At the checkout screen and it doesn’t scroll to the checkout button or even payment options. Busted big time.

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@engineering_bae Lots of the new one got these happy little chime songs for all kinds of stuff. Found out sometimes the happy chimes are actually bad news! I appreciate the optimistic vibes given off though

[Jon Russell @jlruss]

@hpdailyrant 100% the opposite from my experience of a six month break from work. No problem getting new interviews and all you’ll speak with will be more excited to hear what you’ve been up to compared to other interviewees. Do it!